Vanilla EVGA GTX 670 Testing Anyone?

[Termie]

What an epic dual! Nice job, boys!

One of the ways I tested memory overclocking was to set up a bunch of overclocking profiles with the same core but different memory, and then load a singleplayer level in BF3. You can start by just standing in one place, and flip through the profiles using hot keys, waiting until the FPS drops. That will help narrow things down, and then you can bench a few runs, with different memory speeds for each one.

Doing memory overclocking using 3dMark11 will take forever - you'd have to sit through so many full runs to figure it out.

 

[Don Karnage]

I degraded the chip guys. :whiste:

All it does is crash in games. Very disappointed

 

[toyota]

I degraded the chip guys. :whiste:

All it does is crash in games. Very disappointed

even at stock speed it crashes? what games are crashing on you and what type of crash is it?

 

[guskline]

we have basically the same cpus and just adding a 53 mhz offset and 210(effective) memory increase to my FTW card gave me a score P9188. I went with the gtx670 because clock for clock its only about 3-4% slower and many gtx680 cards have no better overclocking than a gtx670.

Sorry for the delay toyota. Bad storms here in Central PA but all are over now. I ran 3dmark11 on the GTX680 with 135%power; +53 core offset and +210 memory. The 3Dmark 11 score is 9394; Graphics 9889, Physics 8272 and combined 8019. A little better than your GTX 670 but I'm amazed at the power for the GTX 670 for the price.

 

[Don Karnage]

even at stock speed it crashes? what games are crashing on you and what type of crash is it?

Even at stock speeds. Bf3 wont even load 90% of the time. It'll just crash. If o manage to get in game it'll just freeze.

 

[toyota]

Even at stock speeds. Bf3 wont even load 90% of the time. It'll just crash. If o manage to get in game it'll just freeze.

just BF3 though? I have seen many people with gtx670/680 cards report issues using the 301.42 drivers for BF3.

 

[Don Karnage]

just BF3 though? I have seen many people with gtx670/680 cards report issues using the 301.42 drivers for BF3.

Bc2 crashed to desktop 4 straight times. Tried different drivers. Oh well. Was sweet while it lasted

 

[Axon]

Can someone explain how boost clock works for me so i can set the right core in asus tweak? I set 1300 and in the monitoring it really ht over 1400 core

As I'm clocking more and more, it seems that Kepler boost just does what it wants, and we do not have the precision control that we would want over the cards.

I would think a specialized afterburner or precision x will be released specific to kepler.

 

[d3fu5i0n]

Even at stock speeds. Bf3 wont even load 90% of the time. It'll just crash. If o manage to get in game it'll just freeze.

So, now we must question as to whether the rumours were true about GK104 degrading?

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

I degraded the chip guys. :whiste:

All it does is crash in games. Very disappointed

ruh roh. Not good. The QC on the 670's has been horrendous. Although the 670 I had was awesome.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

I'm wondering if testing showed that the keplers could degrade fast so they voltage locked all of them? Makes sense. I know I will not buy a Kepler without a warranty.

 

[Don Karnage]

I'm wondering if testing showed that the keplers could degrade fast so they voltage locked all of them? Makes sense. I know I will not buy a Kepler without a warranty.

Could be. I benched it 10 times with 11. Nothing crazy or extreme.

Just for perspective. I benched my 7850 at 1300 core atleast 30+ times in 11 along with heaven and no degradation whatsoever.

Any 680s have this problem?

 

[toyota]

its sounds odd that any chip could go downhill that quick.

btw my 3dmark speed of 1300mhz did not hold up in the brutal AvP benchmark. I swear that AvP benchmark will find a weakness that no other gaming benchmark can.

 

[Don Karnage]

its sounds odd that any chip could go downhill that quick.

Especially one that has voltage locked and the max temp was 34C.

 

[realjetavenger]

Especially one that has voltage locked and the max temp was 34C.

Makes me wonder if I really want to overclock my card.

After reading through this thread, I took a run at 3DMark. My card is bone stock except for a more aggressive fan profile. The results are a huge improvement over my previous 460 sli setup.
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3568423

3DMark Score P8849
Graphics Score 9639
Physics Score 7360
Combined Score 6754

 

[toyota]

Makes me wonder if I really want to overclock my card.

After reading through this thread, I took a run at 3DMark. My card is bone stock except for a more aggressive fan profile. The results are a huge improvement over my previous 460 sli setup.
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3568423

3DMark Score P8849
Graphics Score 9639
Physics Score 7360
Combined Score 6754

um how can a bone stock gtx670 possibly get a graphics score like that?

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I degraded the chip guys. :whiste:

All it does is crash in games. Very disappointed

What was it from? overclocking it? running benches? what?

 

[Don Karnage]

What was it from? overclocking it? running benches? what?

Probably from overclocking and benching in 11. Thats all i did with it.

 

[Don Karnage]

um how can a bone stock gtx670 possibly get a graphics score like that?

I think he has a "TOP"

 

[Zanovar]

ruh roh. Not good. The QC on the 670's has been horrendous. Although the 670 I had was awesome.

So you prioritised your mustang over the gtx 670 and gaming?BURN HIM!,i jest.on a serious note i thought this degradation thing was a load of bollocks?,and even if true was only a short term thing after heavy prolonged use?not sure tbh as ive not read much about it.Maybe just a bad card Don?

 

[Don Karnage]

So you prioritised your mustang over the gtx 670 and gaming?BURN HIM!,i jest.on a serious note i thought this degradation thing was a load of bollocks?,and even if true was only a short term thing after heavy prolonged use?not sure tbh as ive not read much about it.Maybe just a bad card Don?

I just think all the reference 670's are garbage. Main reason why everyone switched them to full size 680 pcb's

 

[toyota]

So you prioritised your mustang over the gtx 670 and gaming?BURN HIM!,i jest.on a serious note i thought this degradation thing was a load of bollocks?,and even if true was only a short term thing after heavy prolonged use?not sure tbh as ive not read much about it.Maybe just a bad card Don?

not sure what you mean by short term thing. true degradation is permanent. it usually takes a long time to do that to a product though so its seems almost impossible that it has happened this quick. something might have been damaged though while he was overclocking. maybe something else on the card was not adequately protected or cooled while he was watercooling the core.

 

[Zanovar]

not sure what you mean by short term thing. true degradation is permanent. it usually takes a long time to do that to a product though so its seems almost impossible that it has happened this quick. something might have been damaged though while he was overclocking. maybe something else on the card was not adequately protected or cooled while he was watercooling the core.

Hmmm,possibly.

 

[Don Karnage]

Guys i figured it out. It was my freakin overclock. I dropped everything down to 4.5Ghz and it runs great in games now.

 

[Zanovar]

Guys i figured it out. It was my freakin overclock. I dropped everything down to 4.5Ghz and it runs great in games now.

*thumbs up*