Gtx 590 Overclock Issue

[Ziggamasta]

So I've been trying to push my gtx 590 to see how far I get. The base clock of the card is 612 MHz and I have managed to bump it up to 800 MHz successfully. The problem is when running benchmarks There is no difference between the scores at all. I've been using Unigen Valley and Heaven,1080p at maximum settings but consistently get scores from 972-990 every time no matter what clock speed. 

I use MSI afterburner to set my clocks and I haven't done anything to the voltage which seems to be set at a max of 913V by default. Surely there must be some kind of bottleneck somewhere?? or maybe I'm doing something wrong...

 

system specs are:

Motherboard: Asrock Fatal1ty H87 Performance

RAM: 2x4GB Kingston HyperX Beast @ 1600 MHz

CPU: Intel i5 4670k @ 3.4 GHz

PSU: Corsair 750W

GPU: ASUS GTX 590

 

any help or info would be great

[AlwaysFSX]

Check your temps and whether the card is thermally throttling.

[Ziggamasta]

Check your temps and whether the card is thermally throttling.

My temps are consistently at ~70 degrees at both clock speeds. Shouldn't be throttling at that temperature.

[AlwaysFSX]

My temps are consistently at ~70 degrees at both clock speeds. Shouldn't be throttling at that temperature.

Check, go watch something like Afterburner to see what your core speed is during a benchmark.

[aidenrelkoff]

So I've been trying to push my gtx 590 to see how far I get. The base clock of the card is 612 MHz and I have managed to bump it up to 800 MHz successfully. The problem is when running benchmarks There is no difference between the scores at all. I've been using Unigen Valley and Heaven,1080p at maximum settings but consistently get scores from 972-990 every time no matter what clock speed. 

I use MSI afterburner to set my clocks and I haven't done anything to the voltage which seems to be set at a max of 913V by default. Surely there must be some kind of bottleneck somewhere?? or maybe I'm doing something wrong...

 

system specs are:

Motherboard: Asrock Fatal1ty H87 Performance

RAM: 2x4GB Kingston HyperX Beast @ 1600 MHz

CPU: Intel i5 4670k @ 3.4 GHz

PSU: Corsair 750W

GPU: ASUS GTX 590

 

any help or info would be great

sub 1000 for that card is stupid low... my 650ti boost gets about 1923

[Ziggamasta]

sub 1000 for that card is stupid low... my 650ti boost gets about 1923

It's clocked so low because of temperatures, it has 2 gpu's i think it's part of the 500 series architecture to have it lower. (may be wrong) 

[Ziggamasta]

Check, go watch something like Afterburner to see what your core speed is during a benchmark.

You are correct, the drivers were stopping responding without me noticing and returning the clock speed back to default, am now being more careful watching the speed while I BM Thanks

[FloRolf]

My temps are consistently at ~70 degrees at both clock speeds. Shouldn't be throttling at that temperature.

How are you gettinf those temps? my 590 was constantly at 85-90°C and my case is very well ventilated!

Also your scores are very low. Check at what speed its running at with the afternurner OSD and not tge build in valley one.

[Ziggamasta]

How are you gettinf those temps? my 590 was constantly at 85-90°C and my case is very well ventilated!

Also your scores are very low. Check at what speed its running at with the afternurner OSD and not tge build in valley one.

I have seen it get to 90 before in the weirdest of places Borderlands 2 menu for example, I find it gets too hot if it's rendering lots of frames for example i can play a very demanding game at 40-70 fps and it stays around 70 degrees but if i play a less graphically intensive game it can render 300+ fps making it run super hot. It's a bit weird. my case is very poorly ventilated also.