If you want to run at those clocks for 24/7..better keep it at 1175mv. You can OC more once you enable unofficial overclocking for MSi AB. I'm going to sleep now.. .

Edit: Well, just ignore my post on saving electricity...if you can afford a $600USD card, then RM100 monthly shouldn't be aproblem to you right? haha

This post has been edited by shepard: Feb 9 2012, 04:02 AM

I just played a game for 2 hours .. Max temp with the OCed card 81 degrees.. is this ok ?

How to enable unofficial overclocking ?

This post has been edited by Faith94: Feb 9 2012, 12:33 PM

TBH, I wont let my GPU reach even 70degC while gaming. Try to increase the fan speed a little bit and undervolt your core voltage..try 1150mV at 1125MHz core and 1575MHz Mem and see if no problem arises then check again your max temps...I think your gpu is hotter then mine..because with my current fan profile, gpu temps never reach 70degC while gaming (Crysis2, crysis warhead, BF3, metro 2033, skyrim etc..at highest settings).

What casing you're using and what is your 7970's idle temp at stock clock/voltage?

My GPU reached 83 degrees max just now, but after like 4 hours of gaming..

I am using Lian Li PC-8FIB casing

7970 idle temp below around 40-50 degrees.

My fan is really loud like 100% sometimes.

I undervolted the core voltaga to 1150mV , 1125/1575 benchmark again..

max gpu temp : 73



the score increased lol , p9232



This post has been edited by Faith94: Feb 9 2012, 06:21 PM

maybe it's your casing, the airflow might not be that good. I dunno..but like i suggest, try to undervolt or increase fan speed at lower temps..

update: great, if you can gaming at 1150mv with that clock maybe 2-3hours non stop then you may want to save the profile with lower voltage(1150mv). but it's your call whether to use 1150mv or going with even lower voltage to reduce the heat from GPU. your score is considered high already at that clock speed..congrats

This post has been edited by shepard: Feb 9 2012, 06:31 PM

above 80 degrees is dangerous ?



This post has been edited by Faith94: Feb 9 2012, 06:32 PM

I think for GPU should be fine...but i advice you to always monitor your temps maybe let it settle at max 80-82degC only but not for a longer period of time. However, to me I wont let my CPU & GPU to ever reach 70degC in daily apps/games .

thanks for the advice ! will see what to do next

7970 x3 @ 1275/6600 1.25v/1.6v





Peak power consumption hit 1364W

This post has been edited by owikh84: Feb 10 2012, 12:28 AM

What a superb score with triple 7970s! How's your temps on all 3 cards if OC'ed to 1275MHz, 1.25V?

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This post has been edited by Faith94: Feb 10 2012, 07:34 PM

max temp recorded by Asus GPUTweak hit 61C; somehow i find it inaccurate as MSI AB & TRIXX reporting 51C
ambient here is 35C at night.

This post has been edited by owikh84: Feb 11 2012, 11:12 AM

You are AWESOME!!!! . ..


one more thing WTF with my score... i cant even get pass 9k marks in Performance benching...




PS: already clock at 1150/1600

edited: is CPU contribute that much for score because im using 2500k running at 4.8

This post has been edited by kambing69: Feb 11 2012, 02:09 AM


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If I'm not mistaken, 3dmark utilize all cpu threads during benchmark. Since your cpu dont support HT, you only have 4 cores that's why your score is lower compare to others using 2600k or 2700k with 8 threads...someone expert pls correct me if I'm wrong.

btw, P scores is a combination of both CPU and GPU, that's why you cannot past p9k score at 1150/1600. My score with 2600k at 4.7GHz and 7970@ 1170/1600 was ~P9600 simply because of higher cpu scores.

This post has been edited by shepard: Feb 11 2012, 02:22 AM

damn!! i though soo

thanks for the info~

if i wanna overclock my i7-2700k to 4.8ghz what voltage do i need?

No idea... what your current volt right now? You better ask in intel 1155 OC room for this...

Auto , i oc-ed it to 4.2ghz it's stable now.. around 1.2v
But I ran Linx stability test the temps are quite high around the 70s

I tried oc to 4.8 with 1.4v .. Blue screen maybe need better cooling ?



This post has been edited by Faith94: Feb 11 2012, 07:20 AM

1.4v at load or idle?
BSOD has nothing to do with cooling.
If it's code x101 & x124, your CPU needs more joice, increase vcore till you get rid of that BSOD.
For further discussion pls proceed to the SB OC thread.

bro kevin, 61degC is too good already for trifire setup . what's the cost of 1pcs 7970 waterblock? and how do I get it from here? I wish to add 1 more 7970 and watercool them later in march. But If GTX680 really 45% faster than 7970 maybe need to change the plan haha