hossdaddy
2[H]4U
- Joined
- Mar 1, 2007
- Messages
- 2,847
ok guys I just got a nice Gigabyte Windforce gtx 570. What Nvidia driver version are you all using. I would like to overclock as well.
TIA!
TIA!
![[H]ard|Forum](/styles/hardforum/xenforo/logo_dark.png){kind=logo}
Calling all gtx 570 owners....
- Thread starter hossdaddy
- Start date
MavericK
Zero Cool
- Joined
- Sep 2, 2004
- Messages
- 31,901
Just use the latest ones. Work fine for me with my 570 SLI setup.
As for overclocking, 800-850 core seems to be a typical overclock for 570s, but see what you can get.
As for overclocking, 800-850 core seems to be a typical overclock for 570s, but see what you can get.
It's already oc to 845 for you. There's probably not a lot left, if any. If it crashes or stutters during Crysis or BF3, lower the clock to 772.
hossdaddy
2[H]4U
- Joined
- Mar 1, 2007
- Messages
- 2,847
Its factory clock is 780. I will start ocing this week for sure say 15mhz at a time. How much should I rasie the shaders and the memory?
dont bother overclocking the memory, i think its useless for the resolution that you use, and there is a chance you could damage it.
822mhz on the gpu is the highest the company overclocked out of the box so i would not go higher than that.
822mhz on the gpu is the highest the company overclocked out of the box so i would not go higher than that.
Last edited:
hossdaddy
2[H]4U
- Joined
- Mar 1, 2007
- Messages
- 2,847
cool thnx man!
MavericK
Zero Cool
- Joined
- Sep 2, 2004
- Messages
- 31,901
Yeah I tried 825 on mine and started getting some artifacts. Might try 810 but honestly I don't think that extra 10 MHz is gonna make that much of a difference. 
Plus, 800/1600/2000 is kind of a nice, round set of numbers.
Plus, 800/1600/2000 is kind of a nice, round set of numbers.
TheWeazmeister
<a href=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.parentdish.com/
- Joined
- Jul 16, 2010
- Messages
- 3,346
Yeah I tried 825 on mine and started getting some artifacts. Might try 810 but honestly I don't think that extra 10 MHz is gonna make that much of a difference.
Plus, 800/1600/2000 is kind of a nice, round set of numbers.
Mine will do 900/2100 and pass 3DMark11 w/o problems, but games like BF3 will CTD. I run it 850/2100 w/o any issues.
MavericK
Zero Cool
- Joined
- Sep 2, 2004
- Messages
- 31,901
850 is not that common from what I've seen.
DisgustipatedAP1
n00b
- Joined
- Nov 7, 2011
- Messages
- 33
I've had several like that too. I've tested over 12 different GTX 570's (including 3x 2.5GB ones) and they all OC differently. Out of that sample group, 3 would go to 900 mhz core or above, 4 would only go to 880 mhz, and the rest would go to 860 mhz or so.
The one I kept for myself (a 2.5 GB) must be a golden sample or something because it has insane OC potential. My highest stable OC with it in 3Dmark11 is 960 core, 2300 MHz RAM (score was P7500). I play Battlefield 3 for hours with it at 940/2220, so it is rock solid. With extra volts (say, 1.125v) I think it'd hit 1 Ghz stable. The card's stock voltage is 0.963v, the lowest I've ever seen for a 570!
GTX 570's are definitely the most fun GPU's I've ever played with. Here's hoping the GTX 670 offers the same great performance/price/OC potential.
hossdaddy
2[H]4U
- Joined
- Mar 1, 2007
- Messages
- 2,847
how much extra voltage should I bump it by if I go from 780 to say 825mhz?
I run mine at 825 most of the time at 1050 volts, that should be a good starting point for you. Using Afterburner.
MavericK
Zero Cool
- Joined
- Sep 2, 2004
- Messages
- 31,901
Did you test any of those MSI 570s with the 470 PCB/cooler? I keep hearing that pushing the voltage on those is a bad idea but I haven't seen a whole lot of overclocking info on them, either.
hossdaddy
2[H]4U
- Joined
- Mar 1, 2007
- Messages
- 2,847
ok small problem, afterburner is not allowing me to adjust the voltage? I have unlock voltage control, unlock voltage monitoring and force voltage constant checked and still no joy??
thoughts? My card is a Gigabyte windforce edition.
thoughts? My card is a Gigabyte windforce edition.
DisgustipatedAP1
n00b
- Joined
- Nov 7, 2011
- Messages
- 33
I have not tested those, but they are garbage. 470 cooler is junk, I have no idea why they switched to it. Probably for cost efficiency.
All 12 of the GTX 570's I've tested had at least reference coolers on them. Reference cooler is actually pretty damn great considering the OC's you can achieve.
Did you unlock the overclocking mode?
Go into MSI Afterburner's folder in Program files, open the cfg file called MSIAfterburner.cfg. Open it with Notepad. Then go to these lines and change them to look like this:
UnofficialOverclockingEULA = I confirm that I am aware of unofficial overclocking limitations and fully understand that MSI will not provide me any support on it
UnofficialOverclockingMode = 1
hossdaddy
2[H]4U
- Joined
- Mar 1, 2007
- Messages
- 2,847
uhh afterburner is an overclocking tool, why would I need to unlock it? The card is currently overclocked slightly @ 800mhz
I thought what he said about UnofficialOverclockingEULA was only for Radeons.