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Downclocking gtx 660 oc edition

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June 24, 2013 5:16:19 PM

hi all

i had to downclock my gtx 660 oc from msi because of crashes in bf3 etc, it works fine now and doesnt crash anymore but could it be causing me fps drops or sluggish performance?

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June 24, 2013 7:48:13 PM

Gvgd94 said:
hi all

i had to downclock my gtx 660 oc from msi because of crashes in bf3 etc, it works fine now and doesnt crash anymore but could it be causing me fps drops or sluggish performance?


If you down clocked your card because you were getting crashes in game, then you should RMA it and get one that works before you do something that voids the warranty. If the original overclock was too high though out of the box, there is the potential of crashing and sluggish performance which was most likely your issue.
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June 25, 2013 1:23:37 AM

mclovits said:
Gvgd94 said:
hi all

i had to downclock my gtx 660 oc from msi because of crashes in bf3 etc, it works fine now and doesnt crash anymore but could it be causing me fps drops or sluggish performance?


If you down clocked your card because you were getting crashes in game, then you should RMA it and get one that works before you do something that voids the warranty. If the original overclock was too high though out of the box, there is the potential of crashing and sluggish performance which was most likely your issue.


But its stable now at stock clock, and some games feel sluggish due to this downclocking? Basicly i now have a stock gtx 660 (core at 982)
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June 25, 2013 1:27:38 AM

Gvgd94 said:
mclovits said:
Gvgd94 said:
hi all

i had to downclock my gtx 660 oc from msi because of crashes in bf3 etc, it works fine now and doesnt crash anymore but could it be causing me fps drops or sluggish performance?


If you down clocked your card because you were getting crashes in game, then you should RMA it and get one that works before you do something that voids the warranty. If the original overclock was too high though out of the box, there is the potential of crashing and sluggish performance which was most likely your issue.


But its stable now at stock clock, and some games feel sluggish due to this downclocking? Basicly i now have a stock gtx 660 (core at 982)


Well some performance was lost that's for sure. If you paid extra for a factory overclocked card and you had issues with said overclock, you should RMA the card and get one that works, then you don't have to worry about sluggish gameplay or crashing.
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June 25, 2013 3:07:18 AM

i had some issues like that, not in bf3, but in crysis 2 or 3. it even says in the crysis 2 disclaimer that some factory OC cards may need the clocks dropped back to be stable in this game. But i fixed all my issues, it wasnt the overclock at all, its the boost clock causing the instability. i used nvidia inspector batch files to force the clock rate, instructions here>
http://forum.notebookreview.com/gaming-software-graphic...
and another here>
http://www.overclock.net/t/1267918/guide-nvidia-inspect...
just modify the template to replace your cards clock speeds and voltages into the appropriate section. Has worked miracles for a few people including myself.
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June 25, 2013 5:59:35 AM

iam2thecrowe said:
i had some issues like that, not in bf3, but in crysis 2 or 3. it even says in the crysis 2 disclaimer that some factory OC cards may need the clocks dropped back to be stable in this game. But i fixed all my issues, it wasnt the overclock at all, its the boost clock causing the instability. i used nvidia inspector batch files to force the clock rate, instructions here>
http://forum.notebookreview.com/gaming-software-graphic...
and another here>
http://www.overclock.net/t/1267918/guide-nvidia-inspect...
just modify the template to replace your cards clock speeds and voltages into the appropriate section. Has worked miracles for a few people including myself.


So you also had crashes with a factory OC'ed card? Did you try the core clock stock settings by any chance? :) 
So the issue was the boost clock and not the core clock OC? because when i look at gpuZ i see that when i downclock my gpu it stays at the 985mhz even when idle, and when i dont change anyting the coreclock drops when being idle
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June 26, 2013 5:00:11 AM

Gvgd94 said:
iam2thecrowe said:
i had some issues like that, not in bf3, but in crysis 2 or 3. it even says in the crysis 2 disclaimer that some factory OC cards may need the clocks dropped back to be stable in this game. But i fixed all my issues, it wasnt the overclock at all, its the boost clock causing the instability. i used nvidia inspector batch files to force the clock rate, instructions here>
http://forum.notebookreview.com/gaming-software-graphic...
and another here>
http://www.overclock.net/t/1267918/guide-nvidia-inspect...
just modify the template to replace your cards clock speeds and voltages into the appropriate section. Has worked miracles for a few people including myself.


So you also had crashes with a factory OC'ed card? Did you try the core clock stock settings by any chance? :) 
So the issue was the boost clock and not the core clock OC? because when i look at gpuZ i see that when i downclock my gpu it stays at the 985mhz even when idle, and when i dont change anyting the coreclock drops when being idle


the problem is with the boost, downclocking reduced the problems but wasnt 100% fix. using nvidia inspector to force a constant clock speed, weather overclocked or not, resulted in stability.
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