Help!!! cant oc my asus gtx 580!!!

[viper_69]

I just switched from ati to nvid and I have used smart doctor, gpu tweaker...,msi after burner and nothin seems to be able to oc it....I use gpuz and it shows clocks change and all that but when I run 3d06 my score does not go up...the only way to get my score up is to oc my system which is fine but I would like to be able to oc my card too....
gig 890 mobo
8 gig 1600 ram ...new
955 @4.125
asus gtx 580 cuda 2...new

 

[blade061188]

Who is the manufacturer of your card? (Asus, MSI ect.)

When you say you can't OC with afterburner, are you talking about voltages, or you can't adjust the clock speed either?

 

[viper_69]

if ya read the post...asus.........i can adjust everything...and it shows up on gpuz that its ocd but no improvement in frame rates...temp goes up with raisin the volt so it seems to be doin its job...but the improvement in performance is just not there....

 

[blade061188]

You aren't seeing any improvement at all? GPUz is usually accurate.

What is the clock speed you are setting?

 

[viper_69]

finally someone replied....not an nvidia guy at all....but maxed out voltage....1.15....934 core......1886...shader.......2370 mem......i tried havin my rig at stock speeds and tried to oc it but no change in any 3d mark score...3d06 and 11....BUT gpuz registers that thats what the card is doin.....i dont get it...Im not an amateur at this......at least I didnt think I was :/....could the card somehow be stuck at stock clocks??

 

[scopey86]

When I first used MSI afterburner, I had problems with the same thing, because a) I had to activate in the settings the option to allow me to play with voltages and stuff and b) after you've set your clocks you need to click on apply, followed by save and choose a profile number to the left of that. Maybe that will help?

 

[viper_69]

When I first used MSI afterburner, I had problems with the same thing, because a) I had to activate in the settings the option to allow me to play with voltages and stuff and b) after you've set your clocks you need to click on apply, followed by save and choose a profile number to the left of that. Maybe that will help?

thanks for the info....not a noob at this...and have done that several times......with my askin around i think i just have a bad card.....but then again msi kombuster shows me that i am gettin a higher score when i oc my card....i just dont know which to believe.....or if i should just take this card back and get the 6990.....back to amd.... which is not what i wanna do.....have had amd for the longest time....time to spend the big bucks for the good stuff lol
....thx for your reply tho...anything else would be great!!

 

[viper_69]

and again gpuz registers everything over clocked.......and over volted.....im at a loss with this....

 

[scopey86]

Honestly if you can still RMA the card, do that to be safe, once you get the new one if you still have the same problem then its time to scrutinize other things.

 

[viper_69]

no cant rma the card and everything else tests out fine....what else do you think to look at.....Im starting to get a bad taste for nvidia....

 

[fah_q]

My Radeon 6950 is doing the EXACT SAME THING! What the hell... No matter what I oc it to, no increase in performance at all.

 

[scopey86]

Have you checked with nvidia inspector? Does it read the same as well? At this point honestly I'm grasping at straws, though I've read somewhere before that some manufacturers lock the core speed, maybe you shoudl check if your model is one of those??

 

[viper_69]

never heard of nvidia inspector......yjis card iis the cuda 2 model...made for overclocking...least thats the info i got on it....

 

[viper_69]

My Radeon 6950 is doing the EXACT SAME THING! What the hell... No matter what I oc it to, no increase in performance at all.

What a piss off eh? you spend a good buck and for what...a stock card you cant play with....booo on them!

 

[viper_69]

nothin yet...