MSI Cyclone 460 1GB OCing

[Rifter]

Hi guys, finally got my new vid card today and its time to OC the thing.

UPDATE: Got CPU stable at 3.88Ghz(4.07Ghz w/turbo)

Did a 3dmark Vantage 1.01 run at stock speeds for the MSI 460 Cyclone(725 core/1800mem)and default settings/res for 3dmark and scored:

3dmark score: 16473
GPU: 13422
CPU: 51779
Max GPU temp for run was 55c

Then started to OC, got it stable at 850 core, 1900mem. with 1.00v

3dmark score: 18895
GPU: 15530
CPU: 53992
Max GPU temp for run of 63C

Fan speed for both runs was 60%, Putting it higher even up to 100% yielded less than a 4c difference in temp but was noticeably louder so i decided 60% was a good fan speed.


The Cyclone heatsink seems to be doing a good job, it was lapped as well as the GPU heatspreader and im using AS 5 on it.

Going to go for more and will post back.

 

[Rifter]

got it stable at 900 core 1000 mem.

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/2853/gpu90010003dmark.jpg

 

[Rifter]

DP, the forums seem a little messed up tonight.

 

[jvroig]

I'm thinking of a 460 myself, but I can wait until Oct, it's not like I actually have time these days to game, anyway.

How much of an improvement did you get in games? Have any you can benchmark or have benchmarked? Your rig looks like a great testbed for videocard OCs, since your CPU is awesome enough not to be a bottleneck at the resolution you are using.

 

[tviceman]

Did you overvolt to get to 900mhz?

 

[kami]

Gotta love these cards. I haven't bothered pushing mine past 800mhz yet (at the default 0.975v) cause I don't really need to for any games yet, but I'm sure 900mhz is easy for any cyclone.

I get approx 33k in vantage with the cards @ 800mhz, stock memory.

 

[Rifter]

I'm thinking of a 460 myself, but I can wait until Oct, it's not like I actually have time these days to game, anyway.

How much of an improvement did you get in games? Have any you can benchmark or have benchmarked? Your rig looks like a great testbed for videocard OCs, since your CPU is awesome enough not to be a bottleneck at the resolution you are using.

I just put the system together and got steam and fraps installed, i will begin game testing soon. Im looking for my crysis CD's as well.

So far i have only played a few hours of l4d2 and mass effect 2 and can tell you it is smoother than my old system overall. l4d2 is kinda irrelevant as old system and new system never go below 60 and i have vsync on. I did gey my i7 up to 4Ghz now and with that and my 460 OC it is noticeably smoother in mass effect 2 than my old setup(3.6Ghz quad phenom II with 1Ghz 4890). I play ME2 at 1080P Max settings and effects with 4x MSAA, old system would bog down to 35-40 FPS when alot was going on in the screen, new system i have not seen drop below 55FPS yet in this game at those settings.

Did you overvolt to get to 900mhz?

Yes i did, as you can see from the pic if it works for you its running at 1.05V, stock was .967v

It will do 800Mhz stock voltage, up to 875Mhz at 1.00v, and needs 1.05v to be furmark stable at 900Mhz.

I guess i did a kick ass lapping job and the cyclone is a good cooler because even at 1.05v and 900Mhz it never goes over 65c furmark and 60c gaming and thats with 30c ambient.

 

[Rifter]

Gotta love these cards. I haven't bothered pushing mine past 800mhz yet (at the default 0.975v) cause I don't really need to for any games yet, but I'm sure 900mhz is easy for any cyclone.

I get approx 33k in vantage with the cards @ 800mhz, stock memory.

good to know they scale well in SLI, it is my intent to go SLI within the next 3 months. And yeah 900Mhz was easy, just like 4Ghz on these i7's, man im in OCing heaven right now.

 

[solofly]

After two days of testing I found my max stable overclock at 790core and 1037mem.(stock volts of course) Mine are by eVGA mind you...



(If you notice I'm pushing over 600 watts with my main rig and the only thing I have connected there is the computer. Monitor is plugged into a separate UPS)

 

[happy medium]

After two days of testing I found my max stable overclock at 790core and 1037mem.(stock volts of course) Mine are by eVGA mind you...



(If you notice I'm pushing over 600 watts with my main rig and the only thing I have connected there is the computer. Monitor is plugged into a separate UPS)

It seems you recieved the worst gtx460 card on the internet for overclocking.
Coincidence? Good luck with the extra voltage, but something tells me your card will run really hot and loud with extra voltage, even though the Evga is one of the quieter gtx 460's out there.

 

[solofly]

Games run fine at much higher frequency but Furmark crashes...

 

[Rifter]

Games run fine at much higher frequency but Furmark crashes...

You need to increase voltage, mine will run at stock voltage at 850 for a 3dmark run or gaming but good luck getting it past furmark without some extra power..

I highly reccomend the MSI afterburner software, easy to OC with and has a built in MSI branded furmark testing program.

 

[Rifter]

Oh and my UPS is telling me im drawing around 450-500W under full load with CPU at 4Ghz(those i7's just suck back the power past 3.5Ghz or so i noticed) i only have a single card but will be going SLI soon, good thing i have a 850W corsair PSU.

 

[evolucion8]

MSI Cyclone is a good cooler, its quite silent, and with a nice PC case, it should be able to perform very close to the best GPU coolers in the market.

 

[Rifter]

MSI Cyclone is a good cooler, its quite silent, and with a nice PC case, it should be able to perform along close to the best GPU coolers in the market.

I have noticed this, my case has less than optimal airflow now because of the frekking huge CPU cooler i am using. But still the Cyclone after being lapped and with some AS 5 applied is performing way better than i could have ever hoped.

I am considering waterblocks for when i go SLI but we will see if i have the cash, and can figure out a spot for the rad.

 

[MyLeftNut]

Will your current stable GPU clocks pass 15mins of OCCT GPU Stress test with shader complexity level 8 and full screen native resolution?

 

[Rifter]

i have no idea, it will run furmark for 30 min. ill download occt.

 

[Rifter]

wow occt is brutal, it passed 15 min at those setting but hit 74c to do it. I cant believe it got hotter than furmark.

 

[MyLeftNut]

wow occt is brutal, it passed 15 min at those setting but hit 74c to do it. I cant believe it got hotter than furmark.

74C is nothing to worry about. If you're passing occt at shader complexity 8, full screen, at highest resolution you can handle, it should be a lot more stable than furmark or any other program out there will indicate.