Gigabyte 680oc overclocking with Afterburner. HELP!!

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Shrewsie_B

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Suffice it to say I'm a pc noob like crazy and the ability to boost more out of a stock system is crazy intriguing. I wanna show you guys my system and I'm hoping to get some general Afterburner settings that are safe and stable.

System:

CPU - Intel i7 3770k @ 3.5GHz
GPU - Gigabyte 680oc windforce 3x
MOBO - Gigabyte P8Z77-V
PSU - Corsair TX 650w
Case - Corsair 200r
Mem - Corsair Vengeance 8Gb
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 1TB
LG Blu-ray op-dr
2-140mm after-market fans

Stock overclock is 1071mhz, but Afterburner shows 1110mhz when running 720p furry and tessy test. I would like to (safely) get an overclocked boost out of this card. Anybody ran a similar set-up and have some ideas????

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Cygnus x-1
You should be able to get roughly 1200mhz boost and +300 or more on the memory on stock voltage. You'll need the up the power target slider to around 115 or more. That keeps the card from down locking when tdp is met. My computer is off but I have,if memory serves, +105 on the core, and + 350 on the memory. That is with a reference model 680. You should have no problem running those clocks, as your card cools much better than mine.
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My advice is to stick with the STOCK CLOCKS.

1) Overclocked versions are generally within a few percentage of their maximum clocks.
2) Games vary in how much the GPU is stressed (some games won't crash, but some might when overclocking)
3) FAN NOISE often ramps up significantly when you try to get that last few percent overclock.

1110MHz vs 1071MHz:
The difference you see here is PROBABLY because you're comparing the Base Clock to the Boost Clock. The GTX600 series will only boost beyond the Base Clock if it needs to (and can without overheating). So if you hit 60FPS VSYNC'd already at the Base Clock, the Boost Clock won't kick in.

*I'm not saying do NOT attempt to overclock, however my experience has been that it's generally not worth it especially with fans that can be a LOT noisier with only a 5% overclock.
 
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Thanks for the replies. To answer photonboy, the fan noise isn't even a consideration at all right now. The Windforce 3x is crazy quiet, I just want to make sure that I'm juicing as much STABLE ability out of this card as possible. I bought this Gigabyte 680oc after initially buying an EVGA 660 Ti Superclocked that I'm having trouble selling. So I'm wondering if THAT was worth it, b/c I want to (somewhat) future-proof my system, and I thought a stock OC'd 680 would be better than a 660Ti.

So...should I forget about OC'ing the already OC'd card???? I've seen OC'ing on this card a couple of times, I just want some more specific direction for the Gigabyte 680OC in particularly.

Thanks
 
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You should be able to get roughly 1200mhz boost and +300 or more on the memory on stock voltage. You'll need the up the power target slider to around 115 or more. That keeps the card from down locking when tdp is met. My computer is off but I have,if memory serves, +105 on the core, and + 350 on the memory. That is with a reference model 680. You should have no problem running those clocks, as your card cools much better than mine.
 
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You can overclock the card, just remember your results will vary from others even with the same card (case cooling, room temp, GPU's vary).

Just remember your card might run stable on most games and be unstable on one that stresses your GPU more.

*When temperatures rise in the summer, a card that's stable now might NOT be then.
 
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