GTX 470 Overclocks

Kaguya · 05-02-10, 09:56 AM

Just wondering what people are getting for their overclocks on the 470? Please point out if you're using voltage adjustment and if so, what voltage. If you know how high/stable you can go without adjusting for voltage, that would be great to know too. Thanks!

**Maverick123w** · 05-02-10, 01:22 PM

800/1600/2000 @ 1.075v

Could only get about 650 core before I started over-volting.

I've gotten up to 875/1750/2000 but it required 1.087 volts and I wasn't sure if that was safe. Not to mention it started getting a lot harder to keep it cool.

I'm thinking of toning it down to 775/1550/1900 to see if I can get it to run around 1.05v. I'd feel a little better about card longevity then, and benchmarking shows insignificant differences.

CaptNKILL · 05-02-10, 06:23 PM

Is there any official comment on how much voltage is "safe" for the 470? If MSI makes a program that allows you to overvolt the card they should have some sort of guidelines for it.

Blacklash · 05-02-10, 07:12 PM

Stock voltage card one will do 742|1850. Card two will do 733|1756. Volted up they both do 797|1900. (1.075v) They will run 800|1990 and performance falls vs the lower clock so it's pointless to set it.

CaptNKILL · 05-13-10, 04:24 PM

My new case has helped my GTX 470 overclocking endeavors tremendously.

As of right now I've got it running stable at 788\1575\1900 with 1.062v. In Kombustor it tops out at around 82C, in the Cryostasis benchmark it sat at 84C for a while. The fan is fairly loud because it scales almost 1:1 once the GPU gets over 75C, but its not too bad. Its currently about 68F in my room, so its fairly cool in here.

The performance is through the roof because of this as well.

Check out the increases I recorded from overclocking in the Cryostasis tech demo benchmark:

Cryostasis Tech Demo - 1920x1200 - DX10 - High Preset (Physx on GTS 250 @ 600/1566/800)

GTX 470 @ 600/1215/1674

Avg 48.1
Min 29.0
Max 110.4

GTX 470 @ 725/1450/1800 (1.025v)

Avg 55.8
Min 34.0
Max 129.1

GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1800 (1.050v)

Avg 57.0
Min 34.7
Max 130.8

GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1875 (1.050v)

Avg 57.5
Min 34.3
Max 133.5

GTX 470 @ 788/1575/1900 (1.062v)

Avg 59.5
Min 36.4
Max 134.5

That's a 23.7% increase in average frame rate from overclocking.

I've never seen GPU overclocking results like this before. I'm very impressed!

agentkay · 05-13-10, 04:26 PM

Congrats, those are sweet gains, especially when you can keep the temperatures under control. I was also impressed with my overclocking quicktests. It definitely scaled more than I expected.

**bob saget** · 05-13-10, 04:31 PM

looks great.

05-14-10, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptNKILL

My new case has helped my GTX 470 overclocking endeavors tremendously.

As of right now I've got it running stable at 788\1575\1900 with 1.062v. In Kombustor it tops out at around 82C, in the Cryostasis benchmark it sat at 84C for a while. The fan is fairly loud because it scales almost 1:1 once the GPU gets over 75C, but its not too bad. Its currently about 68F in my room, so its fairly cool in here.

The performance is through the roof because of this as well.

Check out the increases I recorded from overclocking in the Cryostasis tech demo benchmark:

Cryostasis Tech Demo - 1920x1200 - DX10 - High Preset (Physx on GTS 250 @ 600/1566/800)

GTX 470 @ 600/1215/1674

Avg 48.1
Min 29.0
Max 110.4

GTX 470 @ 725/1450/1800 (1.025v)

Avg 55.8
Min 34.0
Max 129.1

GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1800 (1.050v)

Avg 57.0
Min 34.7
Max 130.8

GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1875 (1.050v)

Avg 57.5
Min 34.3
Max 133.5

GTX 470 @ 788/1575/1900 (1.062v)

Avg 59.5
Min 36.4
Max 134.5

That's a 23.7% increase in average frame rate from overclocking.

I've never seen GPU overclocking results like this before. I'm very impressed!

That's a nice gain Capt.

Personally though (not knocking your results!) I'm more concerned with min and avg, and the gain is minimal over 725/1450/1800. Just to be on the safe side I think I'll keep mine at stock speeds unless several more games show greater minimum gains.

The max is nice, but over 100 (or 60fps I've heard?) there won't be much, if any, noticeable difference to the naked eye. Others may be much more sensitive to it than I though...

Still, even that first OC result is a heck of an OC - very nice!

05-02-10, 09:56 AM	#1
Kaguya Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 661	GTX 470 Overclocks Just wondering what people are getting for their overclocks on the 470? Please point out if you're using voltage adjustment and if so, what voltage. If you know how high/stable you can go without adjusting for voltage, that would be great to know too. Thanks! __________________ Intel Core i7 960 @ 3.6Ghz EVGA X58 3X SLI OCZ Gold 12GB DDR3 EVGA GeForce GTX 470 x2 SLI OCZ Vertex 2 EX & Corsair P256 LG GH22NS50 22X DVD-RW SATA Antec TruePower Quattro 1000w SLI PSU Acer HN274H 1920x1080 3D Ready LCD Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers Antec 900 Ultimate Gamer Case

05-02-10, 01:22 PM	#2
Maverick123w Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 1,841	Re: GTX 470 Overclocks 800/1600/2000 @ 1.075v Could only get about 650 core before I started over-volting. I've gotten up to 875/1750/2000 but it required 1.087 volts and I wasn't sure if that was safe. Not to mention it started getting a lot harder to keep it cool. I'm thinking of toning it down to 775/1550/1900 to see if I can get it to run around 1.05v. I'd feel a little better about card longevity then, and benchmarking shows insignificant differences.

05-02-10, 06:23 PM	#3
CaptNKILL CUBE Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 18,844	Re: GTX 470 Overclocks Is there any official comment on how much voltage is "safe" for the 470? If MSI makes a program that allows you to overvolt the card they should have some sort of guidelines for it. __________________ ---- Primary Rig ---- CoolerMaster 690 II Advance - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0Ghz + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 6GB DDR2 @ 942Mhz 5-5-5-20 1.9v (2x1Gb Wintec AMPX PC2-8500 & 2x2Gb G.Skill PC2-6400) - EVGA Geforce GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1850 (1.050v) Sparkle Geforce GTS 250 1Gb Low-Profile (Physx) - Crucial RealSSD C300 64Gb SSD - Seagate 7200.12 500Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA ASUS VW266H 25.5" LCD - OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU - ASUS Xonar DX - Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Surround - Windows 7 Professional x64 ---- HTPC ---- Asus M3A78-EM 780G - AMD Athlon X2 5050e 45W @ 2.6Ghz - 2x2GB Kingston PC2-6400 DDR2 - Sparkle 350W PSU Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 250Gb SATA - Athenatech A100BB.350 MicroATX Desktop - Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic

05-02-10, 07:12 PM	#4
Blacklash 8^9^3 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Old Vizima Posts: 3,679	Re: GTX 470 Overclocks Stock voltage card one will do 742\|1850. Card two will do 733\|1756. Volted up they both do 797\|1900. (1.075v) They will run 800\|1990 and performance falls vs the lower clock so it's pointless to set it. __________________ Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.96GHz (1.36v)\|Mushkin 998681 XP3-12800 (3x2GB) ASUS TUF Sabertooth (X58)\|ASUS GTX 580 DirectCU II (980\|4604)\|ASUS PA246Q WD VelociRaptor 150GB HD (x2)\|Pioneer DVR-2920Q\|LG GH22LS30\|Klipsch PM20 2.0 SilverStone OP1000-E\|SilverStone TJ10-B\|Thermalright U-120 Extreme\|Win 7 HP x64

05-13-10, 04:24 PM	#5
CaptNKILL CUBE Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 18,844	Re: GTX 470 Overclocks My new case has helped my GTX 470 overclocking endeavors tremendously. As of right now I've got it running stable at 788\1575\1900 with 1.062v. In Kombustor it tops out at around 82C, in the Cryostasis benchmark it sat at 84C for a while. The fan is fairly loud because it scales almost 1:1 once the GPU gets over 75C, but its not too bad. Its currently about 68F in my room, so its fairly cool in here. The performance is through the roof because of this as well. Check out the increases I recorded from overclocking in the Cryostasis tech demo benchmark: Cryostasis Tech Demo - 1920x1200 - DX10 - High Preset (Physx on GTS 250 @ 600/1566/800) GTX 470 @ 600/1215/1674 Avg 48.1 Min 29.0 Max 110.4 GTX 470 @ 725/1450/1800 (1.025v) Avg 55.8 Min 34.0 Max 129.1 GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1800 (1.050v) Avg 57.0 Min 34.7 Max 130.8 GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1875 (1.050v) Avg 57.5 Min 34.3 Max 133.5 GTX 470 @ 788/1575/1900 (1.062v) Avg 59.5 Min 36.4 Max 134.5 That's a 23.7% increase in average frame rate from overclocking. I've never seen GPU overclocking results like this before. I'm very impressed! __________________ ---- Primary Rig ---- CoolerMaster 690 II Advance - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0Ghz + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 6GB DDR2 @ 942Mhz 5-5-5-20 1.9v (2x1Gb Wintec AMPX PC2-8500 & 2x2Gb G.Skill PC2-6400) - EVGA Geforce GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1850 (1.050v) Sparkle Geforce GTS 250 1Gb Low-Profile (Physx) - Crucial RealSSD C300 64Gb SSD - Seagate 7200.12 500Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA ASUS VW266H 25.5" LCD - OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU - ASUS Xonar DX - Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Surround - Windows 7 Professional x64 ---- HTPC ---- Asus M3A78-EM 780G - AMD Athlon X2 5050e 45W @ 2.6Ghz - 2x2GB Kingston PC2-6400 DDR2 - Sparkle 350W PSU Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 250Gb SATA - Athenatech A100BB.350 MicroATX Desktop - Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic

05-13-10, 04:26 PM	#6
agentkay Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Europe Posts: 3,866	Re: GTX 470 Overclocks Congrats, those are sweet gains, especially when you can keep the temperatures under control. I was also impressed with my overclocking quicktests. It definitely scaled more than I expected. __________________ Intel I7-920 aircooled by Prolimatech Megahalems @ 3.8Ghz (200x19) \| Gigabyte GA-X58-UD3R \| OCZ Platinum 3x2GB DDR3-1600 RAM (7-7-7-24) @ 1600 \| Gainward GTX 480 \| WD Raptor 74GB + 150GB + Samsung 1TB \| Soundblaster X-Fi Platinum \| Corsair AX850 Gold \| Coolermaster Stacker 830 silver \| Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 \| Logitech G15 keyboard \| Logitech G25 Racing Wheel \| Sharp LC-46 XL1E (gaming and work)F CliffyB.

05-13-10, 04:31 PM	#7
bob saget Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Vancouver, originally Russia Posts: 23,133	Re: GTX 470 Overclocks looks great.