Just curious GTX 260 OC possibilities?

[jay2tall]

I am very close to pulling the trigger on a GTX 260 216core. I was up in the air between this and the 4870 but decided to lean this way. My question is, I see that XFX has a Black Edition clocked at 666 core and 2300 Mem. What are the limits of OCing on stock cooling with these cards? I know my current 8800GTS/512 overclocked an easy 100MHZ on the gpu side. What do these guys do?

 

[masteryoda34]

I've got an EVGA GTX 260 regular and I clocked it up to 729/1224/1458 (core/mem/shader) on the stock cooling. I would hope that the xfx black edition would clock a bit better yet. Although, it has more cores enabled, which means more heat so maybe not.

 

[jay2tall]

I really don't think the "Black Edition" is anything more than the card OCed from factory. I always get the plain vanilla cards and OC myself.

So 729MHz you say? That is Impressive.

 

[kelfen]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102810
if you can find a GTX 260 cheaper then go for it otherwise save the extra money for christmas gifts ect and buy 4870

 

[gimpy1]

I have an EVGA 260 regular, and it runs at 735/1200/1400 (core/mem/shaders). With the stock cooler on 100%, it maxes out at about 56 degrees.

 

[masteryoda34]

I really don't think the "Black Edition" is anything more than the card OCed from factory. I always get the plain vanilla cards and OC myself.

So 729MHz you say? That is Impressive.

The factory overclocked cards technically should be binned higher though.

And my fan is left on auto. Gets up to 45-50% RPM under full load. 75C max temp.