Post Your Best GTX460 Overclocks & Benchmarks

Lord_Exodia

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I know there are some 460 models that can be soft modded and others that can't be. Performance is all over the place on these models with reference cards overclocked cards, super overclocked cards. What I'd like to see is what the card is capable of now that people have had time to push it. Please post your best overclocks and benchmark results. Pics are welcome. Especially if you modded with aftermarket cooling. Finally how far can these cards be pushed. Dare we say to GTX 480 performance ;)
 
I have the Inno3D 768MB model.
Currently clocked at 829/1658/1800 core/shader/memory, at default 1.012V. I tested up to 875MHz core with the same voltage and it ran Furmark but failed during F@H - this is my highest stable F@H clock. At 50% fan speed, which is inaudible with my other fans, it's currently maxed at 72C after folding for around 2 weeks, it's rather warm in my room now. If I open the window, it will get down to around 65C.
Pushing the voltage to the max I can achieve without modding the BIOS, 1.087V, nets me a huge increase in heat output and not much further on the clock speeds. As heat is the reason I switched to this card from my 280, I've backed off from that. The memory on my card doesn't seem to like going above stock speeds, but memory clock doesn't matter for F@H (the main thing this card is used for) so that's OK.
The only benchmark I have is F@H, the card nets me a steady 10152ppd at these clocks. I'm experiencing a weird downclocking issue in the only game I have installed right now, BFBC2, so I'm unable to provide further tests. I'm unsure if this is a driver issue or a problem with the card itself, but I don't want to derail this thread so I'm posting a new one about this problem.
I'm sure others will have more detailed results, I just wanted to chime in with my experience.
Oh, I will be returning this card soon anyway for the Sparkle 768 version - the Inno3D's cooler can't be easily removed due to some sticky pads, so I can't change the thermal paste or do anything with the cooler, should I need/want to further down the line.
 
Mine is 840/1680/1970 at default voltage.

Max load 74 at 100% fan speed. Sounds like a jet engine. Thankfully I use headphones.

EVGA GTX 460 1GB EE standard model

I use this overclock 24/7 and have not tried taking it higher
 
840/1680/2100 @ 1.050v OCCT Stable

If anyone wants to check for GPU stability, OCCT is better. Majority of the time, Furmark doesn't show artifacts but OCCT does immediately. I recommend anyone that thinks their GPU OC is stable give OCCT a try with "Error Checking" enabled
 
I have the Inno3D 768MB model.
Currently clocked at 829/1658/1800 core/shader/memory, at default 1.012V. I tested up to 875MHz core with the same voltage and it ran Furmark but failed during F@H - this is my highest stable F@H clock. At 50% fan speed, which is inaudible with my other fans, it's currently maxed at 72C after folding for around 2 weeks, it's rather warm in my room now. If I open the window, it will get down to around 65C.
Pushing the voltage to the max I can achieve without modding the BIOS, 1.087V, nets me a huge increase in heat output and not much further on the clock speeds. As heat is the reason I switched to this card from my 280, I've backed off from that. The memory on my card doesn't seem to like going above stock speeds, but memory clock doesn't matter for F@H (the main thing this card is used for) so that's OK.
The only benchmark I have is F@H, the card nets me a steady 10152ppd at these clocks. I'm experiencing a weird downclocking issue in the only game I have installed right now, BFBC2, so I'm unable to provide further tests. I'm unsure if this is a driver issue or a problem with the card itself, but I don't want to derail this thread so I'm posting a new one about this problem.
I'm sure others will have more detailed results, I just wanted to chime in with my experience.
Oh, I will be returning this card soon anyway for the Sparkle 768 version - the Inno3D's cooler can't be easily removed due to some sticky pads, so I can't change the thermal paste or do anything with the cooler, should I need/want to further down the line.

Cool man I can't blame you for returning it. I need to be able to maintain and mod my card especially if I'm customizing a bios and overclocking it. Thanks for popping the cherry on this thread. ;)
 
Mine is 840/1680/1970 at default voltage.

Max load 74 at 100% fan speed. Sounds like a jet engine. Thankfully I use headphones.

EVGA GTX 460 1GB EE standard model

I use this overclock 24/7 and have not tried taking it higher

Wow 840 on stock voltage, I'd softmod it if I were you to see how far that can be pushed. Maybe 860/1700/1980 How does this perform compared to a GTX 480 with your config? any 3d mark numbers or furmark?
 
Does anyone have a good write up for this overclocking? I've been researching but I've had no luck with turning up the settings. Whenever I attempt to take it from 673 core clock up to 700, it immediately freezes and blue screens on me.

I'm using the GTX 460 EVGA 1gb EE superclocked card.

Any thoughts?
 
I think you'd maybe get GTX 470 performance considering the 460 only has 256bit memory and a lot less stream processors. I'm sure its the best bang for the buck card now though.

I have a feeling that softmodded and pushed to the extreme maybe even watercooled beyond 470 performance can be obtained but that hasn't been posted anywhere that's why I'm starting this thread. I'm trying to see what the [H]ardest gamers in the world are doing with their GTX460s. If somebody had some real world gaming numbers comparing a [H]eavilly overclocked and modded 460 vs a GTX480 I'd be really interested to see what you can get. Also a pair in of those same cards in SLi. That may be my next upgrade. Unless I hit the lottery or come upon some serious money.

I used to be known to have some serious Rigs on this forum long ago but since I bought a house and have a son now I can't spend as much on my rig as I would want. I think this is the longest I've gone with a setup in a while.

The old Lord Exodia would have 2 or 3 GTX480s 16GB Core I7 all on water and heavilly overclocked and modded. I miss the old days but love my new life too. :p
 
I have not run 3dmark yet. I was waiting on my new CPU which I got today. I'll probably post it tomorrow for you. Want me to do 3dmark vantage?
 
I'm thinking my card's voltage isn't high enough and that's why im blue screening when i up the Core clock by 20-30mhz.
 
That is strange, you have the same card as me except yours is superclocked. I assume you meant 763 and not 673.

What power supply do you have?
 
I have the Antec 650W PSU. My mistake, I did mean 763 core clock. I'm unsure why its blue screening.. I have the correct drivers installed (and properly too) with EVGA precision. Perhaps its EVGA precision causing this? To my understanding, I shouldn't have to up the voltage for only going up to 780 mhz core clock, right?
 
Yeah, most get over 800 at stock voltage. Use MSI afterburner to overclock it, not EVGA precision.
 
Wow 840 on stock voltage, I'd softmod it if I were you to see how far that can be pushed. Maybe 860/1700/1980 How does this perform compared to a GTX 480 with your config? any 3d mark numbers or furmark?

what do you mean by softmod? the only info i can find on softmodding a 460 would be to turn it into a quaddro.
 
Strangely enough, I uninstalled EVGA precision and it looks like its stable at 783 mhz. This is using the stock cooler on the External Exhaust. What are the safest settings to overclock to? 825mhz with stock cooling? I know under full load, at 763mhz, the hottest my card gets is 66c, the loudest the fan has gotten is 60%
 
Well, you know mine is 840 gpu and 1970 memory at stock voltage. We have the same card. I could probably go higher if I wanted.
 
You have it at 840 with stock cooling? That's crazy.. are you using the External Exhaust system or something else? right now at 783, its reaching 74c under full load / test... how hot does your card get?
 
Just reread your first post saying you got 74c at 100% fan speed. I'm not sure if i could take that fan speed, why not just leave it at auto?
 
I know it can handle up to 90, but I have headphones, so I just set all fans in my computer at max.
 
what do you mean by softmod? the only info i can find on softmodding a 460 would be to turn it into a quaddro.

Basically change the voltage through software, as opposed to the hardware pencil trick. BTW once you guys get it to a stable overclock why dont you just create a custom bios for your card and flash it so that it stays at that clock without the software. That's what I've always done.
 
3dmark vantage won't run. First it sat at scanning system for 20 minutes. I had to end task it. Then, when I try to launch it, it hangs forever. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling. It just hangs forever. I checked their help and it says to download the latest version, which I already have.
 
So far im at 76c, 55% fan 840/1680 and 1970.... not bad.

Wow dude, you now have a much faster card and alot less noise. You owe Crucible1001 a beer :D Dont forget to overclock your memory and Shader clock
 
3dmark vantage won't run. First it sat at scanning system for 20 minutes. I had to end task it. Then, when I try to launch it, it hangs forever. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling. It just hangs forever. I checked their help and it says to download the latest version, which I already have.

Strange, I haven't used it in some time. There is no patch you need is there? That sux. :confused:
 
3mark vantage runs great for me. Though I haven't tried after overclocking yet.
 
I've got a pair of the EVGA 1GB superclocked reference cards that I'm thinking about overclocking. Every time you boot up do you need to open Afterburner/Precision and set the clocks or will it stick once you've set them?
 
drivers crashes keep messing me up, but im keeping it at 830 to avoid freezing. i don't experience artifacts if i raise it but the drivers become unstable.
 
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Running 850/2100 1.050
I know I can run it at low voltage but too lazy and set it to 1.050
 
I'm keeping mine at 840 mhz so for now. It's going absolutely great.

my GF has the HD 5850 and it scores a little higher even with mine overclocked that hard. Kind of makes me sad. It seems that at MAX resolution, the GTX 460 trumps the 5850, though on anything 1920x1080 and under, the 5850 just beats ass on the benchmark.

We primarily only did the MSI kompressor benchs.
 
I'm keeping mine at 840 mhz so for now. It's going absolutely great.

my GF has the HD 5850 and it scores a little higher even with mine overclocked that hard. Kind of makes me sad. It seems that at MAX resolution, the GTX 460 trumps the 5850, though on anything 1920x1080 and under, the 5850 just beats ass on the benchmark.

We primarily only did the MSI kompressor benchs.

There is more room for you to push your card but if you don't want to go there then that's cool. But it's not sad the 5850 beats the 460 it's supposed to. It's a more expensive card. Supposed to compete with a GTX470. You bought a little $230 videocard and are trading blows with a card that runs around $330. You should definitely be happy :D Also from what Hard ocp recently showed if you SLi 2x GTX460 then you'll beat Dual 5850s or dual 5870s in several applications due to the amazing SLi scaling of the Fermi architecture. ;)
 
I've got a pair of the EVGA 1GB superclocked reference cards that I'm thinking about overclocking. Every time you boot up do you need to open Afterburner/Precision and set the clocks or will it stick once you've set them?

For everyone overclocking their cards, I suggest you look into updating your cards bios. It's not really that hard. Hell I think it's more work downloading afterburner and all that stuff to overclock it. Yes you can set it to boot up with the settings but it would be so much easier for you to find your cards stable tollerances and then use nbittorr to back up your vga bios and re-write a new custom bios with the stable voltage, gpu shader and memory setting and then use nvflash to flash the bios so that your cards run this way on the hardware level. I've been doing this for years. Hell even earlier in this thread we saw that software can limit you. The EVGA program overclocked worth a crap for a previous poster. Afterburner fared even better. Just throwing my 2c in there. :D
 
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