HD6850 overclocking?

[GoStumpy]

Lets put it in a thread!

I've been slowly bumping my XFX XXX-Edition from the stock 800 up...
Currently stable in BF3 @ 875/1175, which I am very happy with

Temps are 30C idle, 57C load.

Anyone able to add their results?

 

[toyota]

I think you are about a year late for this thread.

those temps seem very low though...

 

[GoStumpy]

Damn, no one sent me the memo :hmm:

I'm getting really good results FPS-wise overclocking mine... Stock is 800core/1050mem, and I got 48avg FPS... At 925core/1100mem I'm getting 62fps! Both in full and busy maps, multiplayer. Nearly 30% improvement!

 

[Zorander]

What resolution and graphic setting are you playing at? And what is the rest of your system spec? 48avg fps is very good for a HD6850, judging by Xbit Lab's review...

 

[Jhatfie]

Yeah the HD 6850 is a nice little card. I put one in my son's rig a while back and bumped the voltage and it will do over 1000/1170 with pretty respectable temps, although not 57C load like yours. For 24/7 use though I run it at 960/1150.

 

[biostud]

Just a mild 900/1100

 

[IGhzI]

I hope your using a burn in program to test those oc's

Sent from my HD7 using Board Express

 

[GoStumpy]

What is the purpose of a burn-in program to test the OC?

If it can reliably run BF3, the most demanding game I own, what more reason is there?

 

[WaTaGuMp]

I don't believe in video card overclocking.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

What is the purpose of a burn-in program to test the OC?

If it can reliably run BF3, the most demanding game I own, what more reason is there?

Fuck burn in testing, as long as games run who cares. :thumbsup:

 

[GoStumpy]

Really wish I could play with voltage control on my 6850, I'd sure like to try a bit higher considering my temps are so good!

 

[dust]

nvm

 

[GoStumpy]

I get it now. :ninja:

 

[lopri]

I don't believe in video card overclocking.

Have to agree. I still do it for fun but usually the gains are not worth the hassle. (especially fiddling with voltages - tiny gains, many side effects) It's especially bad if overclocking mess with idle frequencies. Having said that, now that both AMD and NV have excellent power management so I'm not against it, either.

 

[toyota]

this gtx570 is the first card I have owned where overclocking is not worth the trouble. I have to add to much voltage just to get decent oc and I do not like that. all of my other Nvidia graphics cards oced between 20-33% without touching the voltage at all. that was enough to make a massive playbale difference since performance scaled almost perfectly. in fact if I oced my 8600gt core/sp by 20%, I picked up nearly 20% performance. and then ocing my 8600gt memory by 20% picked up almost another 20%. thats almost a freaking 40% gain in performance with no downside at all. about the same thing applied for my gtx260 which could match or beat a stock gtx460 768mb in pretty much every case.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Have to agree. I still do it for fun but usually the gains are not worth the hassle. (especially fiddling with voltages - tiny gains, many side effects) It's especially bad if overclocking mess with idle frequencies. Having said that, now that both AMD and NV have excellent power management so I'm not against it, either.

My 6850 is overclocked quite well on stock voltage, I was being kinda sarcastic. In the past, I haven't done it cause like you said, tiny gains etc, but for my Asus, it was just way too easy. This is the best card I have owned ever.

 

[lehtv]

It really depends on the GPU, overclocking can be a huge advantage. Many 560 Ti for example OC from 822 to over 900 with a minimal voltage increase. 10% overclock is nothing to scoff at. Also I read someone OC'd his triple-slot Asus 570 by nearly 200Mhz, making it faster than a 580 while keeping good temps. And the MSI Power Editions are crazy overclockers, the 6950 can go 1GHz which is a 20% overclock.

 

[happy medium]

6850's no longer see an advantage when overclocked past 950 core. Temps,noise, and fan speeds will go throught the roof.

 

[GoStumpy]

 

[happy medium]

6850's no longer see an advantage when overclocked past 950 core. Temps,noise, and fan speeds will go throught the roof.

as in no longer worth it performance wise.

It would be like my gtx460 at 950 core, temps and noise start to become crazy.

 

[MustangSVT]

if it doesnt heat up much, o/c it as high as u can. before it dies you'll upgrade anyway.

mine at 990/1150 at stock volt.