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So I did it! I finally broke the 4000pt barrier on furmark! To get there though it took about 2 hours of slowly increasing the memory and core clocks and voltage accordingly, as well as using k-boost. (oh ya my GTX 650 ti SSC edition 2gb is manufactured by EVGA). Pretty good for a card that only has a 128-bit interface.

However, with just default settings I was still getting anywhere from 3200-3300 pts and my card never got above 54c, the idle temp was 23c.

Now the max temp it gets to is 61c and its idle temp is about 36c. My computer is extremely well cooled for an air cooled pc (3 140mm & 4 120mm fans, plus a Zalman CPU fan), but was wondering (for fine tuning my fan curve), what generally is the temperature (in Celsius please) that you don't want to get to on a GPU? I was thinking about 70c-75c is about when it gets into the no no zone.

Anyway, here are my scores. For anybody wondering I have 8gb of g.skill ddr2 running at 800mhz

http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/furmark_score_180.php?id=4b1c22fdde994d605285ca86a6292f4e
 
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66c is perfectly fine. Obviously lower is better but that shouldn't cause any problems. Yes, if you start hitting higher temps like 70-75 it won't be problematic either but I'd be concerned about longevity as those coil wines start to get louder and more frequent I don't think the card is at it's "happiest" running that hot for extended periods of time. Save the profile for benchmarking and find a performance temp for gaming that you find acceptable.
As I submitted and saw the above post, while it's true you can hit 105 I'd steer clear of the 80s and 90s. But that's just me. I say upgrade your gpu and sell yours while it's still working if you're that unhappy with the card's performance. Otherwise, you burn your chip, are out a...
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Those temperatures are fine, I'd start worrying once it starts hitting the mid 80s, the maximum operating temperature of the 650 Ti is 105C so you'll be fine

In terms of longevity the card will last you well until the time it becomes severely outdated, my 5 year old GTX 260 maxed out at 86C during games and still works as normal to this day
 
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66c is perfectly fine. Obviously lower is better but that shouldn't cause any problems. Yes, if you start hitting higher temps like 70-75 it won't be problematic either but I'd be concerned about longevity as those coil wines start to get louder and more frequent I don't think the card is at it's "happiest" running that hot for extended periods of time. Save the profile for benchmarking and find a performance temp for gaming that you find acceptable.
As I submitted and saw the above post, while it's true you can hit 105 I'd steer clear of the 80s and 90s. But that's just me. I say upgrade your gpu and sell yours while it's still working if you're that unhappy with the card's performance. Otherwise, you burn your chip, are out a gpu and now have to buy a lesser card than you would have if you'd saved this one's life and sold it for something. But for testing, like the poster above said, you should be fine if not just to hit a benchmark but find a much cooler profile you're comfortable with afterwards and stick with that. Happy gaming!
 
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I was going to say, he answered you first so give it to rolandzhang3! What a nice community we've got! However, I am trying to build my badges up for resumes etc so I would appreciate it!
That's a pretty good score for sure for even that card. Nice oc'er you got!
 
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Ya for sure, tomshardware is the shit, nobody trolls, ya a lot of questions are asked that could simply be googled but when you ask here people are nice and you get personalized answers.
 
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ya man +210 on the core clock and +360 on the memory clock with 1137mV and k-boost on. Just fine tuned my fan curve and the idle temp now is 36c with my fan at 35% (you can't hear the GPU fan over all 7 of my other fans until about 42%, and it isn't really that noticeable until 50% (given all my case fans are fractal design r2 quiet series fans, but still)) and I have an analog nob for my CPU fan (Zalman 110mm cnps9700) and just match that fan's speed to match the decibels of my case fans. I gotta say, I really think Zalman makes some of the best high quality cpu fans out there.

In terms of temperature to decibels to performance my case temp is almost on par with my buddy's full ATX rig (in a server case) that is liquid cooled and has DDR3 plus an ivy bridge i7k. I like outperforming all of my friend's rigs with full ATX formfactor mobos and full towers with just my mATX in a mini case :wahoo:, in fact I'm looking to get this for my next mobo while I wait for DDR4 to become more mainstream (I'll be getting a Haswell Core i5k also), for what it was for the time and still though, the Core 2 Quad Yorkfield is a great CPU!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188132

Once DDR4 is out and CPU's with DDR4 controllers are out as well I will be switching back to mATX however, with two pci-e x16 slots so I can SLI in the future, and will probably buy a 240mm radiator as my case supports liquid cooling. Unfortunately the GTX 650 ti is not SLI compatible.
 
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Haha there's always the temptation to SLI two beastly cards once you've saved up enough, I do regret going with an E8500 rather than one of those Yorkfield Core 2 Quads, would have lasted me a bit longer :lol:

Maxwell should be more energy efficient so we'll wait and see what the future brings
 
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Will the Maxwell be compatible with DDR4? I heard the first CPU that will have DDR4 controllers is the Haswell-E, but when both come out will cost a pretty penny and be a bit buggy as memory transitions aren't the smoothest.

But yes I agree, it is quite a temptation to SLI two cards when you got the cash haha

hmmm, now my curiosity is piqued about this Maxwell, to google!
 
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oh word, ya I've been following DDR4 and the Haswell-E a lot it just seems like it'll never come out! I've been hearing "ddr4 to be released next month" since September!

I just hope that EVGA makes a mATX board on the z99 platform when it comes out.

And yes, I am an EVGA whore :pt1cable:, but alas, they have replaced two of mine/my brother's cards in the past for stuff that was our fault for free, all we had to do was pay shipping. Best customer service ever imo.
 
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Yup, my whole family has home built computers (except my mom she has a Macintosh G5, like the old school one with the dual IBM powerpc processors before Apple went with Intel, and it's still kickin and doin just fine!) and the only one who doesn't have an EVGA GPU is my dad (he has an AMD Radeon 7770 1gb manufactured by Sapphire, which imo is the EVGA equivilant when it comes to AMD cards), that for all intents and purposes is a great card. If it was a 2gb card I'd ask him to trade for my GTX 650 ti and crossfire two of those babies! Other than that we all have EVGA power supplies and my one little brother has a gtx 285 with an EVGA ATX triple channel ddr3 board, dunno exactly what it is though except that it is on the platform that ran the first gen core i7

You sure they sent him a 650 ti boost? The 650 ti boost isn't SLI capable
 
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haha ya I just realized that the boost is sli capable (durr durr durr) lol. for some reason I thought all 650's weren't sli capable.

makes you wonder why the hell it doesn't support SLI though
 
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