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    7970m...how high can it overclock?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by HopelesslyFaithful, May 9, 2012.

  1. MeNtAl_DaRkNeSs

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    Since this topic also exists :p

     
    MeNtAl_DaRkNeSs, Jul 17, 2012
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  2. Wallzii

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    During the intro scene when you are attacked by the creatures? What graphic settings do you have the game set at?
     
    Wallzii, Jul 17, 2012
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  3. Raidriar

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    We must push further. supposedly a gtx 680m has hit ~8300 3d marks. Work harder Red Team :eek:
     
    Raidriar, Jul 17, 2012
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  4. Wallzii

    Wallzii Notebook Consultant

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    More specifically, it hit 8559 GPU score. Absolute madness! :twitchy:
     
    Wallzii, Jul 17, 2012
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  5. HopelesslyFaithful

    HopelesslyFaithful Notebook Virtuoso

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    do you got a link?
     
    HopelesslyFaithful, Jul 17, 2012
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    It doesn't make sense. How can a 680m go that high, thats pretty damn scary for a single card to perform that fast. it may actually be worth the 300 over the 7970m. I don't recall this being the case with 6990m vs 580m
     
    Raidriar, Jul 18, 2012
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  7. Wallzii

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    Wallzii, Jul 18, 2012
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  8. HopelesslyFaithful

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    HopelesslyFaithful, Jul 18, 2012
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  9. jaybee83

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    the OP used an overvolt in a modded vbios thats how he was able to push it that hard :)
    not convinced yet that it may be worth the extra 300 bucks since id like to know if that OC would directly translate into gaming fps!it was known before that the 680m scores better in futuremark benches but is on par with the 7970m when it comes to games :)
    aside from that,im wondering if all 680m cards could oc that high or if the OP just got lucky with a golden card ;)
    in any way, i can already see tons of newbs rushing to buy the 680m now based on one single 3dmark score :D

    Sent from my GT-I9001 using Tapatalk 2
     
    jaybee83, Jul 18, 2012
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  10. long2905

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    I'm still skeptical. Let's wait for more people to get the card and play with it.
     
    long2905, Jul 18, 2012
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  11. jellyheadz

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    Sorry, it was in metro map, in Battlefield 3, not metro2033 as you thought lol
     
    jellyheadz, Jul 20, 2012
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  12. jaybee83

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    very promising preliminary results i got here: was able to go up to 1070/1680 core/mem before i saw freezes/artifacts in kombustor. will need to do some more thorough stability testing tho :) hoping for a golden sample! :D

    @stock the card reaches 76/77C after 20 min. in kombustor :)
     
    jaybee83, Jul 20, 2012
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  13. Wallzii

    Wallzii Notebook Consultant

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    Those are some nice clocks for sure! Best I've mustered is 935/1675, still wondering if I'll ever be able to push my core further since it seems pretty low in respect to what everyone else is seeing from these beasts.

    Also, is it odd that when I overclock my card I get massive tearing on the desktop whenever I open new windows or move them around? If I disable PowerPlay in the Afterburner settings, there is no tearing. Also, if I disable PowerPlay in CCC, my idle voltages goes up to 0.90V from the 0.82V it normally sits at, but the clocks stay low at 150/300. I was wondering if this was having an effect on why my load voltage is 1.00V and not the reference 1.05V, perhaps having something to do with why my core OC won't go very high.
     
    Wallzii, Jul 20, 2012
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  14. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    wow jaybee.. can you run 3dmark11 with those clocks? very curious :)
     
    maxheap, Jul 20, 2012
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  15. jaybee83

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    haha sure. first i wanna check what stable gaming clocks would be. then ill ramp it up to breaking point and see what i can get in 3dmark11 :D
     
    jaybee83, Jul 20, 2012
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  16. kolias

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    congruz budy,now starting to mess with that...lol
    nice clocks also :eek:
    edit:do you remember when i said about a secret-special vesrion?
    here you go :)
     
    kolias, Jul 20, 2012
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  17. evoandroidevo

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    where can i find a 1.75v OV for a dell card i cant seem to find it
    Edit well i found out why my card doesnt like to overclock its max voltage only got to 1.00v

    so since the voltage on my card is only 1.00v what would be suggested to flash then?
     
    evoandroidevo, Aug 2, 2012
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  18. Wallzii

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    My card also runs at 1.00V at 3D clocks, however upon pulling my vBIOS and having it inspected, I was told that everything looked normal and voltage was set at reference levels. Another user has also used my exact BIOS on their card and reported reference voltage levels at load, so it seems something else is causing my voltage to be lower than reference and so far no one has been able to explain it.
     
    Wallzii, Aug 3, 2012
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  19. evoandroidevo

    evoandroidevo Notebook Evangelist

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    Well dang it guess ill try to get a 1.75 OV then and see how that works out

    Sent From My Rooted E3D
     
    evoandroidevo, Aug 3, 2012
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  20. long2905

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    The stock card inside my R4 is not that good a card. It can't endure crysis 2 maxed at 950/1400/1.075V :|. Like a few seconds outside of the submarine and bam black screen and echoing sound. Should I call Dell and haggle to get a replacement card?
     
    long2905, Aug 4, 2012
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  21. Arestavo

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    1.075V you mean? As for getting a replacement - how about trying slightly lower clocks? Some games just don't like being run near the max OC of a video card, not as well as some anyways.
     
    Arestavo, Aug 4, 2012
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  22. long2905

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    ah yeah that's what I meant. My previous QS card can stay on that frequency just fine so I'm a bit disappointed is all. So far it seems BF3 and Crysis 2 are the 2 candidates.
     
    long2905, Aug 4, 2012
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  23. james_het

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    so far with the latest Clevo official drivers ( i think they are 12.5) i can reach in games and 3dmark11 1034/1500 core/mem. Dunno why but i go any higher on the core (say 1050) i get a BSOD and nothing else be4 it happens, i mean no strange visual effects on the monitor, no artifacts nothing, just it blocks and BSOD. I wish i could flash the bios and OV, but i never did it and i don t like much the idea of a blind-flash thing i read here on the forums, so i prefer to wait and seee if anything comes out to let me flash the card in a easier way. And of course all this OC/OV is useless without Enduro being fixed on my EM damn machine......shame on AMD for this.....
     
    james_het, Aug 4, 2012
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  24. HopelesslyFaithful

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    if your getting 1034/1500 without overvolt that is why it is BSOD...lack of voltage...that is an awesome care to reach that with no OV
     
    HopelesslyFaithful, Aug 4, 2012
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  25. Marecki_clf

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    I have used Your vBIOS in my 7970M and it runs at 1.00V at full load in my machine as well (MSI GX740). What is more, enabling OC in MSI Afterburner and bumping the clocks even by 1MHz causes heavy artifacting. When everything is on stock, there's absolutely zero problems.
     
    Marecki_clf, Aug 4, 2012
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  26. SegaDE

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    i can go up to 1060/1600 and doing benchmarks w/o any problems, and already playd some games on 1050/1550 and didnt seen any artifacts or somethink alse. but if i try go any higher ill get black screen=( it all on stock vbios and voltage
     
    SegaDE, Aug 4, 2012
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  27. long2905

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    you should be satisfied and enjoying that card right now rather than complaining to us it can't go any further on stock clock :O
     
    long2905, Aug 4, 2012
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  28. HopelesslyFaithful

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    i think he is the first to get that on stock voltage...that has to be one of the best cards yet! If that with new drivers too? if so that is amazing. Even slickdude didn't even hit that with his card with old drivers and with new drivers he dropped way below and he had one of the better cards
     
    HopelesslyFaithful, Aug 4, 2012
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  29. long2905

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    halogod and some guys with M18x were able to get that high too IIRC. But yeah it's really rare. So that's why I'm telling him to celebrate instead of complaining lol :p
     
    long2905, Aug 4, 2012
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  30. Wallzii

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    I had the same artifacting, but if you disable PowerPlay settings in the MSI configuration file ("UnofficialOverclockingMode=2" instead of 1) the artifacting is gone. Of course by doing this your card won't downclock when not at load so when your done a gaming session or benchmarking you'll have to either restart your computer or enable PowerPlay in the MSI configuration again and reset your clocks so they can return to an idle state when not at load.
     
    Wallzii, Aug 4, 2012
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  31. SegaDE

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    ofc i celebrate it) just want to know how high i can go if overvolted, but cant do it on my p170em=(
     
    SegaDE, Aug 5, 2012
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  32. HopelesslyFaithful

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    not sure how high you can go with what your getting on stock but i bet it is ridiculous lol.
     
    HopelesslyFaithful, Aug 5, 2012
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    Post some benchmarks? ;)
     
    GeoCake, Aug 5, 2012
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    SegaDE, Aug 5, 2012
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    this is my test at 1034/1500 @ default vcore.

    AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3720QM Processor,CLEVO P170EM score: P6827 3DMarks

    do u know if we 170EM users could OV by flashing the bios someday? im not too interested atm, i still prefer so much to see enduro fixed, but i would like to know if i could do that.

    PS: why the other guy with the same CPU and only a bunch of mhz more on the GP core is getting 300+ points than me? also my combined score was very low.....could it be only cause of the drivers? i tried everything bt i was unable to install either 12.7 beta or latest 12.8, is there any deatiled guide with video maybe to explain us how to install new drivers?
     
    james_het, Aug 5, 2012
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    nice score Geo, I noticed that this run is roughly the same clocks as your friend Robert's, and also the same drivers, both running dell cards:
    AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3920XM Processor Extreme Edition,Alienware M17xR4 score: P27862 3DMarks

    eventhough you have a better cpu score, his gpu score is way higher with almost 4000 points difference...

    any idea why this big difference between in gpu score???
     
    ahmadmud, Aug 5, 2012
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    james_het, Aug 7, 2012
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    SlickDude80, Aug 7, 2012
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    dkocak94, Aug 8, 2012
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  41. HopelesslyFaithful

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    what are readings from gpu-z?
     
    HopelesslyFaithful, Aug 8, 2012
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    I got P6890 with 1100/1550 @ default Vcore.

    My system: Clevo P150EM with i7-3820QM and Stock 7970m drivers.

    Does anybody know Why I can't get more than 57-63 FPS on Battlefield 3 even at low settings?
     
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    Enduro issue, check the clevo forum if you want to know more about it.
     
    Saodexan, Aug 8, 2012
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    WTH....1100 @ default core? is it a record?
     
    james_het, Aug 9, 2012
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  45. jaybee83

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    i suppose it is! but strangely i would expect a score way beyond 7k at this core clock in 3dmark11. at my clocks (see sig) im already reaching 6.9-7k! try lowering the core clock slightly and run the bench again mate :)

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
    jaybee83, Aug 9, 2012
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  46. Marecki_clf

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    Thanks for this information, artifacting is gone indeed :) +rep
     
    Marecki_clf, Aug 9, 2012
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  47. HopelesslyFaithful

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    Ask someone said before score is more affected by vram than core. So find an app that tests more core then vram. Like F@H OR SOMETHING
     
    HopelesslyFaithful, Aug 9, 2012
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  48. jaybee83

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    not true. in general its a rule of thumb that vram only affects the scores slightly but in the case of the 7970m it does give a significant boost to an already OCed core. that doesnt meant that the vram has MORE effect than the core,it just means that in this case its more significant than usual :)

    for example: OCing the core from 850 to 1015 gave me a boost of approx. 10% whereas the vram OC from 1200 to 1580 just gave me another 5%. :)

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
    jaybee83, Aug 10, 2012
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  49. Marecki_clf

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    After experimenting a bit, I am happy with 930/1400 clocks @1.0V.
     
    Marecki_clf, Aug 11, 2012
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