Do drivers affect how well your card overclocks?

ziggo0 · 12-17-07, 04:12 PM

This blows my mind. Does the driver you have installed affect how well, or HOW BAD your card will overclock? I've noticed something along the lines of this a while back but since then I haven't needed a large overclock. My card is stock 500/400, I can get the RAM to 500 (For DDR2 its impressive, which is fine by me), but my core can barely be stable at 525? I've seen people with the same setups hit 600 on the core without breaking a sweat. I know all cards are different but a lot of people have said certain drivers have gotten better overclocks, or worse.

thideras · 12-17-07, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ziggo0

This blows my mind. Does the driver you have installed affect how well, or HOW BAD your card will overclock? I've noticed something along the lines of this a while back but since then I haven't needed a large overclock. My card is stock 500/400, I can get the RAM to 500 (For DDR2 its impressive, which is fine by me), but my core can barely be stable at 525? I've seen people with the same setups hit 600 on the core without breaking a sweat. I know all cards are different but a lot of people have said certain drivers have gotten better overclocks, or worse.

Yup

Kind of strange, but it must be in the way they coded it.

ziggo0 · 12-17-07, 04:25 PM

Well damn, I know what I'll be doing tonight!! My 8600m stays nice and cool compared to other 8600m's at 600+, I knew there was something up.

thideras · 12-17-07, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ziggo0

Well damn, I know what I'll be doing tonight!! My 8600m stays nice and cool compared to other 8600m's at 600+, I knew there was something up.

Drivers may not be the only factor

oakstave · 12-17-07, 04:43 PM

Sure it does!

I went from a max gpu overclock of 688mhz to 695mhz, by switching to the latest drivers. A small, but noticable. difference.

deathman20 · 12-18-07, 10:46 AM

Yup each driver release can affect overall stability of the card. Might swing clocks up and swing them down. Its luck of the draw on how good the card is and how the driver directly affect parts of the card.

ziggo0 · 12-18-07, 12:37 PM

I'm now stable at 550 on the core, as where 530 would artifact like mad. Thats just odd...

WonderingSoul · 12-18-07, 01:19 PM

I was stable at 580 core on OLD 91.XX drivers I think. But Gears of War went ballistic with those drivers and my DoD 1.3 smoke and muzzle flare didn't work at all so I had to update... Now the best I can get is 563 on core

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ziggo0 Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: La Porte, Indiana	Do drivers affect how well your card overclocks? This blows my mind. Does the driver you have installed affect how well, or HOW BAD your card will overclock? I've noticed something along the lines of this a while back but since then I haven't needed a large overclock. My card is stock 500/400, I can get the RAM to 500 (For DDR2 its impressive, which is fine by me), but my core can barely be stable at 525? I've seen people with the same setups hit 600 on the core without breaking a sweat. I know all cards are different but a lot of people have said certain drivers have gotten better overclocks, or worse. __________________ My Heatware
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12-17-07, 04:25 PM	Thread Starter #3
ziggo0 Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: La Porte, Indiana	Well damn, I know what I'll be doing tonight!! My 8600m stays nice and cool compared to other 8600m's at 600+, I knew there was something up. __________________ My Heatware
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12-17-07, 04:43 PM	#5
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12-18-07, 10:46 AM	#6
deathman20 High Speed Senior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Where the Cheese Heads Live	Yup each driver release can affect overall stability of the card. Might swing clocks up and swing them down. Its luck of the draw on how good the card is and how the driver directly affect parts of the card. __________________ -=The Gamer=- MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) \| i5 2500k @ 4.5Ghz \| 1.3875V \| 28C Idle / 65C Load (LinX) 8Gig G.Skill Ripjaw PC3-12800 9-9-9-24 @ 1600Mhz w/ 1.5V \| TR Ultra eXtreme 120 w/ 2 Fans Sapphire 7950 VaporX 1150/1500 w/ 1.2V/1.5V \| 32C Idle / 64C Load \| 2x 128Gig Crucial M4 SSD's BitFenix Shinobi Window Case \| SilverStone DA750 \| Dell 2405FPW 24" Screen -=The Server=- Synology DS1511+ \| Dual Core 1.8Ghz CPU \| 30C Idle / 38C Load 3 Gig PC2-6400 \| 3x Samsung F4 2TB Raid5 \| 2x Samsung F4 2TB Heat
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12-18-07, 12:37 PM	Thread Starter #7
ziggo0 Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: La Porte, Indiana	I'm now stable at 550 on the core, as where 530 would artifact like mad. Thats just odd... __________________ My Heatware
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WonderingSoul Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Crack the Skye	I was stable at 580 core on OLD 91.XX drivers I think. But Gears of War went ballistic with those drivers and my DoD 1.3 smoke and muzzle flare didn't work at all so I had to update... Now the best I can get is 563 on core __________________ Project Quick Bench i7 920 - P6T Deluxe V2 - 6gb XMS3 1600 - 2x GTX 460 1GB in SLI - Corsair AX 850 HRT Music Streamer Pro > Rockhopper Beta 22 > HiFiMAN HE-500 / Sennheiser HD650 Heatware
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