Overclocking my Direct CU II GTX 570

[JaredzzC]

Hi,

Im wondering if anyone knows a stable overclock for the ASUS Direct CU II gtx 570?

Im not looking to go over the top but atleast just a bit more than the card came with.

Also, tell me if you changed voltage when overclocking

Because i heard that gpu above ^^ is pretty reasonable at overclocking, corrrect me if im wrong.

Specs:

i5-2500 @ 3.7Ghz
12GB DDR3
Water Cooled
XFX 850W PRO Series XXX Edition Modular, silver certified
Asus Direct CU II GTX 570
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Res: 1600x900

 

[inzone]

Those cards come with some really good cooling solutions for overclocking and while I don't actually have one of those cards I have overclocked the cards that I do have and what you want to do is get a benchmark software , something like 3D Mark Vantage which you can get a free download. You can raise the core clock and the memory clock as well and run the benchmark , if it runs then raise the clock some more untill the benchmark fails to run then add the next increment of voltage so that the benchmark runs and continue with that process untill you are satisfied with your overclock.
All video cards are just a little bit different from one another even though they may be the same model , so someone telling you what settings that they have may not necessarily work for you.. So you will have to do your own and the best way is to do it in small increments like I described , and not to just put in the settings from someone else.

 

[JaredzzC]

Hehe, ok thanks. Although i did specificly say " Im wondering if anyone knows a stable overclock for the ASUS Direct CU II gtx 570? " But yes, your right about the fact that just because rebranded models are the same card in the sense of 570 they will perform differently to certain things. And thanks, i will try as you said.. will put it up by 10mhz each time and runk 3dmark.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/asus_gtx570_directcu2/4.htm

With such a massive cooling system and the voltage tweaking capability baked in, I have high hopes of success with this card. I began in earnest trying to find the upper limits of this chip. Opening up ASUS' bundled Smart Doctor utility with GPU-Z to verify settings, I set the fans to 100% and ran MSI's Kombustor utility to warm up the card and provide background stress as I push the card. I began moving up 10 MHz at a time, leaving the voltage at stock for now, allowing five minutes in between bumps to verify moderate stability. I continued doing this up to 865 MHz, where I finally crashed. I went back down to 860 MHz and let it burn in for 15 minutes with no errors and the GPU core sitting at a mere 62 degrees Celcius, I knew this was going to be fun. I nudged up the voltage and continued, swapping between voltage and clock speed as I went. I maxed out at a mind-numbing 925 MHz on the core at 1.1v and 988 on the DDR5 running at 80 degrees Celcius.

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=2816
http://downloads.guru3d.com/MSI-Kombustor-%28Furmark%29-0.7.0-Beta_d2461.html

OCCT 4.0
http://www.ocbase.com/perestroika_en/index.php?Download

 

[JaredzzC]

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/asus_gtx570_directcu2/4.htm

With such a massive cooling system and the voltage tweaking capability baked in, I have high hopes of success with this card. I began in earnest trying to find the upper limits of this chip. Opening up ASUS' bundled Smart Doctor utility with GPU-Z to verify settings, I set the fans to 100% and ran MSI's Kombustor utility to warm up the card and provide background stress as I push the card. I began moving up 10 MHz at a time, leaving the voltage at stock for now, allowing five minutes in between bumps to verify moderate stability. I continued doing this up to 865 MHz, where I finally crashed. I went back down to 860 MHz and let it burn in for 15 minutes with no errors and the GPU core sitting at a mere 62 degrees Celcius, I knew this was going to be fun. I nudged up the voltage and continued, swapping between voltage and clock speed as I went. I maxed out at a mind-numbing 925 MHz on the core at 1.1v and 988 on the DDR5 running at 80 degrees Celcius.

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=2816
http://downloads.guru3d.com/MSI-Kombustor-%28Furmark%29-0.7.0-Beta_d2461.html

OCCT 4.0
http://www.ocbase.com/perestroika_en/index.php?Download

Ok, thx

Although,

Shader clock? They didnt do anything with that? Or in general its best not to boost the shader clocks?

Also, whats OCCT 4.0?

 

[JaredzzC]

Shaders as well? :/