MSI GTX 580 Overclocking

[and11590]

Hey guys, so I had a quick question. I have a MSI GTX 580 xtreme edition at the moment with:

Core voltage:
1063mv
Core clock:
910mhz
Shader clock:
1820mhz
Memory clock:
2200mhz

I'm using MSI Afterburner for the OC settings and I was wondering what would be:
The ideal max voltage?
And what is the best way to push this MSI to the max?

Oh and I'm running a 27 inch monitor with a 21.5 inch dual screening.

Thanks for the help!

 

[wintermint]

It's already nicely OC'ed. You won't notice any differences in games anyway right? I mean the humans eyes can only follow so FPS haha

 

[ubercake]

Also, the size doesn't matter (that's not what she said) when you're talking monitors so much as how many dots make up the picture when it comes to graphics performance. So a 21" 1080p monitor makes your GPU work just as hard as a 27" 1080p monitor.

 

[and11590]

Oh wow thats pretty interesting. Just out of pure curiosity then, looking at tweaktown's OC they did this:

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/4123/msi_gtx_580_lightning_xtreme_edition_3gb_oc_ed_video_card_review/index2.html

Lol its pretty freaking insane...... I was wondering how they pushed the card soo high?
Oh and just for a general knowledge I still was wondering what a safe max/good over voltage would be for the card?

Thanks again for the help guys

Oh and ubercake, lol I think you commented to almost every thread I made hahahah thanks a lot

 

[izoli]

1150mV is the max 'safe' 24/7 voltages, right? Not 100% correct me if im wrong

 

[and11590]

Is there a software where I could go out of afterburners 1150 mv voltage?

 

[17seconds]

Guru3d.com got the MSI Lightning Extreme up to 961 mhz on 1.2 volts using Afterburner.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/msi-geforce-gtx-580-lightning-xtreme-edition-review/21

You should try to use the latest version of Afterburner:
http://downloads.guru3d.com/-MSI-Afterburner-2.2.0-Beta-5_d2740.html

 

[and11590]

Hey matto I dled the most recent afterburner on guru like you said. For some reason its not picking up the voltage change. I'm using GPU-Z and CPUID looking up voltages and it says its at 1.01 V and 1.0130V.
Also, when I had the afterburner 2.1, (official version on website) the voltage reader gave me actual milivolt numbers. This one says + or - from 0. So like +68 or -10 meaning that I'm adding or subtracting to the original voltage.
Is this one correct?

 

[17seconds]

Hey matto I dled the most recent afterburner on guru like you said. For some reason its not picking up the voltage change. I'm using GPU-Z and CPUID looking up voltages and it says its at 1.01 V and 1.0130V.
Also, when I had the afterburner 2.1, (official version on website) the voltage reader gave me actual milivolt numbers. This one says + or - from 0. So like +68 or -10 meaning that I'm adding or subtracting to the original voltage.
Is this one correct?

I don't use that version myself, unfortunately, but I would assume that is correct. You can enable voltage monitoring in the graph to see what it changes to when the clock speed goes into 3D mode.

 

[and11590]

Ya I just uninstalled that version and installed the older one. The newer one weren't changing voltages so when I tried OC, it would show artifacts. Weird....

Thanks though

 

[17seconds]

I guess that's why it is still a beta version.

 

[and11590]

Best answer selected by and11590.

 

[SammyWheelz]

Not trying to brag but im pretty happy with my overclock which is 975/1950/2300 stable @ 1.15v

 

[Mousemonkey]

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