I wonder these scores is good.
and actually my e8400 is quite bottlenecked compare with u guys i7 system

C2Duo is too bottlenecking for GTX400s

no choice loh braddar,
no money is lidat ... wait until next year if got left over money only upgrade ?

change to lga1366 need buy mobo/proc/ram/adequate cooler... and these items can simply over 2k

Go for cheaper LGA1156, ie i5 altho phasing out but not too soon as the upcoming LGA1155 aka Sandy Bridge wont be cheap, yet.

2X MSI GTX580 SLI @ 930Mhz, 1.138v

Darn, this make me wanna sell my GTX480 real cheap. Is that is using stock cooling or waterblock?

I still got 2pcs of GTX480s sit under my bed hehe.. sayang to let go cheap2 huhu
cooled by EK FC480GTX originally for GTX480, it fits nicely on GTX580 as well due to almost identical PCBs between these two series.

Rich ppl

1.138v can get damn high clock, 930mhz already, I wonder if the BIOS is modded, maybe can reach 1000mhz?

think so, but actually SLI consumes more voltage. Saw someone clocks single GTX580 up to 950mhz at 1.025v only.
waiting for modded bios from XS guy, with limit up to 1.212v haha

It's difficult to determine my graphic card OC stability because, when I'm using Furmark or Kombustor I see no artifact.

But when in-game, on a certain game I can see graphic glitch, but not all game got that. So how do I check whether it's my graphic card or the game itself.

Most of the games that I've encountered graphical glitch are the ones that is using DX11.

What's graphic glitch? Ghosting? If it passes Furmark you're good to go and that problem you're experiencing might be something else. If it's not stable, the whole screen would've hung or go blank.

It's hard to explain here, gonna need to record it. It happens randomly, not all the time.

Maybe it's too hot sometimes? Another reason is maybe your card isn't suited for your rig. Hence, you can sell your GTX 480 to me for RM500.

1) Bad OC? Dun OC ur CPU & GPU
2) PSU is dying? Get another PSU to test
3) Don't trust ur system? Try on other PC
4) Some latest DX11 hv glitches ie AvP with audio issues > 48000Hz which is causing sudden shutdown during gameplay. Dirt2 conflicts with onboard audio. BC2 in one tank mission horizontal lines appear. Sometimes u hv to play with VSync etc
5) Sell it to Mr Alvin for RM500, if found faulty

Turning Vsync on will certainly help in graphics tearing but that would also mean you will cap your frame rates. Basically I don't think it's even an instability problem. If the OC is not stable, I doubt you can still enjoy games with a bit of glitch here and there but instead, it would just give you a nice plain coloured screen or hang on the spot.

I heard that u actually need double thermal pad thickness placed on the VRM modules. is that true?

Yupe i keep using the stock pads comes with the gtx580s.
Put wb pad on top of em to make it 2 layers. Somehow im not sure whether 1 layer is enuf to contact with wb.
Sadly i cant monitor vrm temp in gpuz.

Btw I don't have many PSU, or other extra hardwares to test around. About the temp, it only reaches around 85'c in the problematic game, which the temperature I think is acceptable for a GTX480 with air cooling.

This post has been edited by Vigilant: Dec 25 2010, 06:13 PM

my GTX460 1GB OC DirectCU on furmark at 64 temp... issit normal?

6xC is normal for this card. Means can OC further