Kepler Overclocking 101: The GTX 670/680 Overclocking Master-Guide (Overclock.net)

[RussianSensation]

Great thread at OCN for those new to Kepler overclocking and who require basic guidance. :thumbsup:

~~The GTX 670 Overclocking Master-Guide~~

 

[Gordon Freemen]

What you where just in another thread bashing nvidia now you are promoting them LOL.

 

[hyrule4927]

What you where just in another thread bashing nvidia now you are promoting them LOL.

Bashing? I'd say he has one of the most balanced viewpoints on this forum and generally tells it like it is.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

Bashing? I'd say he has one of the most balanced viewpoints on this forum and generally tells it like it is.

I am proclaiming Blasphemy "Jokes" LOL

 

[balane]

What you where just in another thread bashing nvidia now you are promoting them LOL.

In another thread Russian recommended to me that I get an nVidia card so I did. I've never seen him have any type of biased view on this forum and I respect his information greatly.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

In another thread Russian recommended to me that I get an nVidia card so I did. I've never seen him have any type of biased view on this forum and I respect his information greatly.

Don't know his post style and history well enough but the one thread I seen he seemed to be quite biased towards Radeon HD to put it lightly. If I am wrong then I will reconsider this as an isolated case.

 

[balane]

I do feel he believes there are people who don't give AMD cards a fair shake and does lean more on the Radeon side of things when it comes to pointing out inconsistencies in opinionated posts. But I've always found his information to be as accurate as he can make it.

But I can truthfully say this; I've had only ATI cards in my gaming computers for over a decade and I wanted to buy a Radeon card for my upgrade (7950 or 7970) but he steered me towards the 670 and I followed his advice. (Well, sort of, I went with a 680 instead.) And he was right, I love it.

 

[toyota]

One thing to keep in mind is the Kepler Boost is only throttled once per throttle point. For example, if the GPU got up to 75C, it would be throttled exactly one time at 70C by 13MHz; It would not be throttled continuously until the temperature dropped back below 70C

not my experience. sometimes I would not go to full boost even though I was below 70 and all conditions were right. sometimes it would take several minutes for that full boost to kick in even though I needed it. also several times that I hit 70, it would throttle TWICE instead of one bin. and also dropping back below 70 C did not always make the boost come back up. or if it did it would sometimes give only one of those 12-13mhz bins back even though it dropped two of them. I have also been it drop off by less than 12mhz too which was odd. again this was all under conditions where the boost was fully needed such as Crysis 2 on max settings with vsync off.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

I do feel he believes there are people who don't give AMD cards a fair shake and does lean more on the Radeon side of things when it comes to pointing out inconsistencies in opinionated posts. But I've always found his information to be as accurate as he can make it.

But I can truthfully say this; I've had only ATI cards in my gaming computers for over a decade and I wanted to buy a Radeon card for my upgrade (7950 or 7970) but he steered me towards the 670 and I followed his advice. (Well, sort of, I went with a 680 instead.) And he was right, I love it.

Well of course you would enjoy a Crème de la Crème card like a GTX680 and if anybody would say it sucks it only being dishonest with themselves. I really do like Radeon but that does not mean I will not use nvidia if they are offering a better deal for the money I want to spend. Radeon and Geforce are so identical in overall performance it is really coming down to the gun.

 

[toyota]

lets try to stay on topic here. even if Russian was biased, which he is not, he posted this thread to discuss Kepler overclocking.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

lets try to stay on topic here. even if Russian was biased, which he is not, he posted this thread to discuss Kepler overclocking.

Kepler 680 is an OVERCLOCKING BEAST there . .. That being said you know he was being biased in that other thread.

 

[3DVagabond]

Kepler 680 is an OVERCLOCKING BEAST there . .. That being said you know he was being biased in that other thread.

1,FWIW you aren't helping your rep around here by insisting on attacking a long standing member even after a number of people have told you that you are mistaken.

2,This is not debating anything. This is just a personal attack at this point.

3,As you were told you are derailing this thread.

2 and 3 are infractions. If someone hasn't already reported you I assure you, sooner or later, that someone will. (There are people here who love to run to the teacher. ) Or, possibly a mod might see this on their own and you'll receive infractions. This is just an FYI.

 

[zebrax2]

Kepler 680 is an OVERCLOCKING BEAST there . .. That being said you know he was being biased in that other thread.

When he post he usually have evidence to back up his claim so no he isn't being biased just expressing his on opinion based on what he reads/experience.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

When he post he usually have evidence to back up his claim so no he isn't being biased just expressing his on opinion based on what he reads/experience.

Like we all do most of the time or we strive to still we at times slip up to the fan boy faeries how long we have been on the forms has nothing to do with this fact unless he is not human LOL. As I sated in an earlier post I wil state it again for you. "Don't know his post style and history well enough but the one thread I seen he seemed to be quite biased towards Radeon HD to put it lightly. If I am wrong then I will reconsider this as an isolated case."

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Russian wasn't biased. Period. You have got a comprehension disability.

 

[blackened23]

Kepler 680 is an OVERCLOCKING BEAST there . .. That being said you know he was being biased in that other thread.

Anyone that has followed this forum for more than the past month would realize that RS neither promotes or bashes either side, its pretty ridiculous to call him biased. Opinions are subject to change based on prices / market conditions, iirc he was very critical of the 79xx series initially due to price.

 

[n0x1ous]

RussianSensation is one of the most unbiased members I have come across. Always well thought out posts with evidence supporting his viewpoints. Always a pleasure to read and always add something worthwhile to a thread.

 

[SirPauly]

That was a nice write up there at OCN, thanks!

 

[tviceman]

What you where just in another thread bashing nvidia now you are promoting them LOL.

Pretty sure he is just pointing out that AMD has better prices right now.

 

[SirPauly]

What you where just in another thread bashing nvidia now you are promoting them LOL.

Maybe it is not bashing or promoting but being consistent on price/performance and over-clocking. Actually it's refreshing to see posters consistent.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I still will never understand where they csme up with 70c as the first throttle point. Why not 80c? I think for a gpu, 70c is really low.

With my setip I know I am at the overclock limits. A few mhz more and I will crash somewhere in some game or benchmark. A lot of trial and error to find this.

 

[blackened23]

I don't like the OC restrictions either. Which is why I went with MSI lightning 680s which have none of them on the LN2 BIOS - they're awesome cards, love them. Its really quite a tragedy that nvidia is making high overclocks such a pain in the neck, if I had known about this before I probably would have kept my 7970s months ago; They really were set it and forget it in terms of overclocking. With the kepler you have to worry about 1) temperature throttle threshold 2) overpower threshold 3) can I over voltage with BIOS / software hacks. Pretty dumb if you ask me, but whatever.

Thankfully, I avoid all 3 of those issues on the lightnings

 

[guskline]

RussianSensation; Thank you for the link!

 

[Elfear]

RussianSensation is one of the most unbiased members I have come across. Always well thought out posts with evidence supporting his viewpoints. Always a pleasure to read and always add something worthwhile to a thread.

+1

Thanks for the link RS. I don't have a Kepler but it looks like a good guide.

 

[bryanW1995]

In another thread Russian recommended to me that I get an nVidia card so I did. I've never seen him have any type of biased view on this forum and I respect his information greatly.

Don't know his post style and history well enough but the one thread I seen he seemed to be quite biased towards Radeon HD to put it lightly. If I am wrong then I will reconsider this as an isolated case.

I do feel he believes there are people who don't give AMD cards a fair shake and does lean more on the Radeon side of things when it comes to pointing out inconsistencies in opinionated posts. But I've always found his information to be as accurate as he can make it.

But I can truthfully say this; I've had only ATI cards in my gaming computers for over a decade and I wanted to buy a Radeon card for my upgrade (7950 or 7970) but he steered me towards the 670 and I followed his advice. (Well, sort of, I went with a 680 instead.) And he was right, I love it.

There are several people here who, at various times, have been severely critisized by aggressive fans of both camps. RussianSensation is probably the most impartial person I've seen on this site over the past few years overall, at least from a specific team preference. He, like most of us, tends to promote the cards/deals that he thinks make the most sense for people. However, he received scathing criticism here last year because of a supposed pro-NV bias. The only reason he's saying good things about AMD right now is that AMD has some good (albeit pricey) products in almost every GPU category, while NV has 2 good high end products and a bunch of crap other than that.

I still will never understand where they csme up with 70c as the first throttle point. Why not 80c? I think for a gpu, 70c is really low.

With my setip I know I am at the overclock limits. A few mhz more and I will crash somewhere in some game or benchmark. A lot of trial and error to find this.

Keep in mind that NV cut a lot of corners with gtx 680/670 on the hardware side, plus, they're in the enviable position of not having to push the crap out of their current high end gpu (ala my gtx 480 for example). So they're being a bit conservative with the auto-overclocking settings.