Whats the best way to OC nVidia cards now?

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nitromullet

nitromullet

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Afterburner does everything you'll want it to...

OC core/mem
Voltage
Fan control/profiles
Monitoring
Starts at boot and hides in the tray unless you want to look at it.

My favorite over clocking app by far.
 
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Idontcare

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nitromullet said:
Afterburner does everything you'll want it to...

OC core/mem
Voltage
Fan control/profiles
Monitoring
Starts at boot and hides in the tray unless you want to look at it.

My favorite over clocking app by far.
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Not too mention it has the cool option of storing 5 profiles and letting you set up keyboard hotlinks to each one.

I have mine setup such that I only overclock the card when I want to enable the profile for CUDA stuff, then its back to default clocks the rest of the time.

I would pay money to have an app that did this for my cpu and ram.
 
solofly

solofly

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I went with eVGA's Precision...(came with all the cards anyway)

BTW, did you know that Riva tuner = MSI Afterburner = eVGA Precision...;)
 
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nitromullet

nitromullet

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solofly said:
I went with eVGA's Precision...(was included with all the cards anyway)

BTW, did you know that Riva tuner = MSI Afterburner = eVGA Precision...;)
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True, but afterburner is the best mix of features and ease of use. I'm an evga fan, but presicion isn't nearly as good as afterburner. Lacking in features and a crappy looking interface.

edit: I actually have to take this back. Looks like Precision has added some functionality since I've last used it (decided to check it out again). Looks like the only major feature not included in the app itself is voltage control, but that isn't currently supported in Afterburner yet either for GTX 500 cards. Plus, EVGA does provide a separate app for volt modding, which I'm sure will be updated once voltage control for these cards has been coded by Unwinder. I should have known better then to doubt EVGA. Thanks for getting me to check this out again.
 
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Rubycon

Rubycon

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Pick your favorite software of choice.

Find a level where the card is unstable then drop down a few clicks.
Use these settings for a few days/weeks.
If it's still stable and you're comfortable with BIOS modding/flashing make it permanent. ;)
 
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RavenSEAL

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Rubycon said:
Pick your favorite software of choice.

Find a level where the card is unstable then drop down a few clicks.
Use these settings for a few days/weeks.
If it's still stable and you're comfortable with BIOS modding/flashing make it permanent. ;)
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Ughhh, BIOS flashing...

I think i'd freak out...even though i've found the 6850 Toxic bios file :x
 
Rubycon

Rubycon

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BIOS flashing is awesome and recommended as long as you don't rush things...

I'm waiting for hardcore versions of the cards that have multiple BIOSes and a switch that lets you choose which one you want to start up with. (like enthusiast motherboards aka REXIII)
 
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RavenSEAL

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Rubycon said:
Been doing it since Geforce 2 days.

Have not messed with my 580s yet. They will probably stay virgins for a while. (they are already pretty fast at 800MHz)
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Interesting...I wouldn't mind trying if there is a way to fix any mistakes made...Hopefully nothing goes wrong in the first place.


I'm gonna play around with MSI afterburner for a few days before making my decision.
 
Rubycon

Rubycon

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BTRY B 529th FA BN said:
thought you didn't like dual GPU setups?

and since when do moderators play games!?! :p
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I have no problems since the 480s in SLI. Actually need as many CUDA cores as I can get. Not much time for games but when the time comes I expect it to play. Not much time to mess around with computers getting games to run - that's the ticket. ;)
 
VirtualLarry

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EVGA Precision 2.01 is EVIL.

It has a BAD BUG. If you set fan speed to manual, and then boost it to 100%, sometimes it FORGETS your fanspeed setting, and defaults to the LOWEST fanspeed, and it DOES NOT INCREASE WITH TEMP, because you've disabled the auto fan.

I FRIED one of my 9600GSO cards, it cooked up to 105C before I noticed (had the monitor in sleep mode for a while), did something to the fan bearing and now it's noisy. Plastic probably melted slightly.

I was using the newest 260.99 WHQL drivers for XP.

Running quad-GPU with four 9600GSOs, set as the default "LINKED" mode in Precision. (All cards clock and fanspeed settings are linked).
 
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