gtx260

[wahjahka]

hello, i purchased a gtx 260 about a week or so and it should be in my system by wed and i was wondering if its safe to o/c it right out of the box or should i "break it in" first.
any help would be great

 

[blashyrkh]

It's not a car dude. Just be careful and my advice is, if you don't need OC, don't do it!! I mean, there's no game except crysis (which sucks big time IMO) that this card can't play stock. Think about it. OC and heat stresses the GPU in the longrun.

 

[boulard83]

+1 ! your 260 is already rocking the dance floor !

 

[gimpy1]

I have a 260, and I can play any game except crysis stock. But feel free to OC; the 260 has a lot of headroom. Just create a profile for the games that need it. For reference, I am stable at 735/1499/1198. Actually, it runs stable above that, but I pulled it back a bit for gaming.

 

[wahjahka]

well o/c isnt my main priority with this but it is an option, i am aware that this card is already good at stock speeds, but if i do decide to o/c it could only be a 5% increase all around, butttt a 5% wouldnt give that much a boost would it? if it doesnt which i dont think so, it would just add moer heat/stress to the card so in the end if i do decide to o/c it will be prob more than 5%, but again, its not a main priority.

 

[boulard83]

If your board can. just go for a futur sli when 260 price goes down even more....

 

[gimpy1]

When you OC, if you set the fan speed up high, like 100%, your temps will remain low. With my above over clock, my temps never go above 54c (with good case ventilation). Also, I see a 20ish percent increase in FPS with crysis. With temps around that point, it is not hard on your card. Plus, if you set profiles with hot-keys, then you can just keep the card stock until you reach a point in a game where things start to slow down. Once you get laggy, hit the hot-key get that boost.

What is not worth doing, is pushing the card to the absolute limit. That 1 or 2 FPS gain is not worth it. Just pull it back a bit once you find the stable max speed.

 

[wahjahka]

When you OC, if you set the fan speed up high, like 100%, your temps will remain low. With my above over clock, my temps never go above 54c (with good case ventilation). Also, I see a 20ish percent increase in FPS with crysis. With temps around that point, it is not hard on your card. Plus, if you set profiles with hot-keys, then you can just keep the card stock until you reach a point in a game where things start to slow down. Once you get laggy, hit the hot-key get that boost.

What is not worth doing, is pushing the card to the absolute limit. That 1 or 2 FPS gain is not worth it. Just pull it back a bit once you find the stable max speed.

thanks, i will look into that

 

[wahjahka]

If your board can. just go for a futur sli when 260 price goes down even more....

my board cannot run sli (ga-ep45-ud3p), and i have no plan on running sli ever.

 

[boulard83]

Nice, wait for new GTX 270-290 ? (maybe the 270 is gonna be way better then the 260 and the 260 price should take a drop when the new 270-290 comes out.


Haaaaa NM oubout this post, je reread that you already buyed it wrong reply !