Should I overclock my EVGA 680 Classified

[kuddlesworth9419]

I only just got my new EVGA 680 Classified and was wondering should i overclock it a bit. I do have experience in overclocking my 560 ti but had some problems with it after overclocking it, I might have damaged it slightly.

 

[tinytomlogan]

The only way you can damage it is by raging the volts too much.......

Also if you start getting issues when the ram is high knock it back, core is more important than insane ram speeds.

 

[jamesriley94]

MSI afterburner, max out the volts and power limit...

Then I usually set the fans to max while stress testing, then up the mhz in increments of say 50mhz(?) then refine it when it becomes unstable.

Stress test with Unigine Heaven, and 3 loops is normally relatively accurate for stressing, although many would argue that gaming is the only way you can be totally certain. For example, my 670 is stable for 3 loops of unigine but if I leave it at that high an overclock it isn't stable on BF3.

You just have to play around with it really. Don't use Furmark or any furmark style program as they can wreck your GPU and try not to let temps go above 65-70ish.

People can't really tell you much more than that tbh as it'll be massively different depending on your setup.

 

[dragoonk]

I agree with Tom. Voltage is the main factor that influences temperature, and increasing it too much could easily damage your card. If the temps reach dangerous values, stop.
Yes memory frequency is't as important as the core clock.

 

[Rastalovich]

Should I overclock my EVGA 680 Classified

Yes ?

 

[SieB]

I think the question is why aren't you overclocking it already?

 

[dragoonk]

Do it, do it, do it!

 

[kuddlesworth9419]

MSI afterburner, max out the volts and power limit...

Then I usually set the fans to max while stress testing, then up the mhz in increments of say 50mhz(?) then refine it when it becomes unstable.

Stress test with Unigine Heaven, and 3 loops is normally relatively accurate for stressing, although many would argue that gaming is the only way you can be totally certain. For example, my 670 is stable for 3 loops of unigine but if I leave it at that high an overclock it isn't stable on BF3.

You just have to play around with it really. Don't use Furmark or any furmark style program as they can wreck your GPU and try not to let temps go above 65-70ish.

People can't really tell you much more than that tbh as it'll be massively different depending on your setup.

I used FIremark and the PhysX, and all of the other variants on my 560 ti all at the same time. Could this be why it has problems with it

 

[kuddlesworth9419]

The card cost a lot and I don't won't anything bad to happen to it. With my 560 ti getting glitchy on me because I overcloked it and used the furemark programmes is preventing me from overcloking it. But if you guys think it will be ok to overclock it i can get into the hobby of doing it again although can someone recomend me a good programme for overcloking the evga cards

 

[jamesriley94]

The card cost a lot and I don't won't anything bad to happen to it. With my 560 ti getting glitchy on me because I overcloked it and used the furemark programmes is preventing me from overcloking it. But if you guys think it will be ok to overclock it i can get into the hobby of doing it again although can someone recomend me a good programme for overcloking the evga cards

Furmark type programs can overvolt cards or something like that.

I started a stress test on my old OCed 5770, and accidentally left the fans locked to 20%... Then left to go to the toilet, came back a minute or so later to fine the GPU temp being listed at 120 degrees C. It was never fully stable after that.
Not sure if I'd blame my negligence or Furmark for that - but the general consensus is that Furmark should be avoided and Heaven or just general gaming is a better way to test.

As for others saying killing a GPU from putting too many volts through it, I thought the GPU's BIOS normally had voltages locked down to prevent you doing that? In my experience, maxing out the volts on afterburner has never caused any issues. The only time I can ever really see that being an issue is if the locked settings are removed from the vga's BIOS and so you go overkill on it.
As long as temps are alright, I wouldn't have a problem in maxing out the voltage and power limits in afterburner.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Should I overclock my EVGA 680 Classified

Yes ?

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