9600GT Overclock Thread

[manimal]

Just picked up a BFG 9600GTOC card from BB for 170 with the coupons and started a quick and dirty OC with Rivatuner.


After adding this line in rivatuner CFG ---> G94 = 0622h --- all was golden ^^


I proceeded to see what it can do. Bone stock with the official driver released for it I got a 3dmark06 run of 12900 with my evga680i board running a Q6600 at 3.6. Even at 3.6 this pc is about 500 marks slower than a quad running at the same speed on my IP35E with the same graphics card. After running a bit of crysis CPu2 test for stability I started to OC this thing.


After finding a max of 820 on the core I started on shaders. I havent found the max yet on shaders but its very stable right now at . I am a bit reluctant to OC the ram very far so I set it at 1050 and proceeded to test for stability. So currently running at 820/ /1050 and temps are super low. I have not had to setup manual fan timing in rivatuner since the fan seems to ramp up when it gets over 65ish. Overall 3dmark results have jumped 1.4k and I still believe it has some more in it. I have a VF900 sitting in a box from the CompUSA clearance so I may slap that on it and see what more I can get out of it.


Current clocks 820/1860/1030 3dmark06 14200. SM2.0 score 5508 HDR/SM3.0 5158


While my overclocked G92GTS spanks this thing by 2kish the price to performance ratio on this card is amazing especially when one considers the low heat and power requirements of the card. If peeps post their numbers I can add their clocks to the bottom of this thread.








Cheers!!!

 

[SniperDaws]

benchmark score


3Dmark 06 10811

Sm2.0 4507
HDR/SM3.0 4346
CPU 3824

Done with Q6600@Stock 2.4Ghz and 9600GT @ Stock 650/900 x2

using 174.16.




ill be messing about more when i reinstall winXP ( i was supposed to do it tonight but i cant be arsed)

 

[ades]

rivatuner doesn't recognize my EVGA 9600gt and won't let me so much as monitor it. any suggestions? alternative programs? ati tool works great but always freezes up and other bs.

 

[imported_Shaq]

Originally posted by: ades
rivatuner doesn't recognize my EVGA 9600gt and won't let me so much as monitor it. any suggestions? alternative programs? ati tool works great but always freezes up and other bs.

You have to add the device ID that he typed at the beginning of the message for it to work in Rivatuner until a new version comes out.

 

[ades]

you know what? i'm not really as noobish as i often come off... lol.

thanks, it works now!

 

[manimal]

Let us know what kind of overclocks you get sniper and Ades. ^^ I was able to get 1900 stable on shader just now. Funny thing is that it does not overheat at all even with it overclocked as high as it is now. Load temps went up less than 5 degrees. Anything higher on the core and it locks up, its starved for volts probably if I go any higher on my card. Temps are not the issue at all with this thing.

 

[SniperDaws]

ok ive done a bit of overclocking but i cant clock it as high as you Manimal.

so 3.2Ghz Q6600

750/1900/2000

Score 12914

SM2.0 5375

HDR/SM3.0 4994

Cpu Score 5062


i tried at 800 core and it locks up or doesnt start the benchmark, ill try some more tomorrow as 3dmark is so fricking long and boring.

 

[ades]

ok, i got it up to 790 core for a while, but that was a no-go, so i set it back to 765 currently after it locked up during crysis. maybe my memory is too high at 1030 though. my shader is at 1840.

i am new to all this ocing of video cards, though i have a good bit of experience cpu and memory-wise.
i've been stress testing it on crysis and twice now it has froze after maybe 10-20 mins, and it's not a heat issue as the card never gets past around 68*c.
so any suggestions? should i lower the memory and raise the core or shader? how exactly is the shader affected by changes in the clock?

i know it can run higher clocks stable, i am just not sure which clocks to increase and which are ok where they are at.