*GTX 260/280 Unofficial TPU! Thread*

[fury88]

yes that is true... 192's are the best clocking 260's, but any 65nm 260 can use voltage adjust.

I got mine up to 839 (850 in gpu-z but 839 is the stepping) with a little voltage bump...


http://img.techpowerup.org/091105/Untitled.jpg

thats run with an e8500 at 4Ghz flat. 857Mhz ram at 5-5-5-15 (nvidia chipsets blow)

I can help you mod your voltage in your bios... ive found 1.215 to be the best for me... I can also give you a fan profile that will kick your card up to 100% after 57C. I gave it to AlexP and he's had a good run with it.

Shoot me a PM, or I can post here if you guys want... these cards are still good, why not get a little life out of them no? Use the voltage register editing function in NiBiTor.

hey Phanbuey, i pm'd you, could you check it??

 

[fury88]

hey Phanbuey, i pm'd you, could you check it??

....lol, anyone..?...what is the gains from or neccesary reason for over volting your southbridge?

 

[phanbuey]

....lol, anyone..?...what is the gains from or neccesary reason for over volting your southbridge?

there are no gains to over volting your southbridge... northbridge will allow higher OC's but southbridge does nothing in terms of OC'ing.

 

[Triton.se]

I don't even understand why overvolting SB was brought up...

But, SB does few things and a minimal overvolt could change things for the better for few ppl: HDDs for example..I also think onboard sounds goes via SB. too much work and stock volts are not enuff. All communications goes via SB???

 

[phanbuey]

a quick guide to show how to use NiBiToR to adjust voltages using the voltage register function...

Requirements: GT200 with Voltera voltage regulators (all 65nm).

Disclaimer: DO NOT GO TOO HIGH ON STOCK COOLING This is VERY risky... not only are you flashing, which is risky in itself, but you are also running a ton of additional current through the VRM's. So that's double trouble. Watch those VRM and GPU temps! This will simultaneously pop your VRM's and void your warranty .

Get NiBiTor (5.2 or later)

1. Export your bios using GPUtool (best tool ever).

2. Save the bios...

3. Go into the Voltage IC setting

4. Modify the highest register to whatever setting you want (i would stay below 1.36, unless you have LN2, in which case you don't need this guide in the first place)

5. REMEMBER THE SETTING.

6. Go into the Voltage table editor...

7. Modify Entry #4 to the previously set register voltage.

8. Click off the Voltage tab... just to allow the window to refresh

9. Click back on the voltage tab... you should see a blank "extra" setting.

10. Select the set Voltage.

Voila... flash the new bios and your GT200 will run at the set voltage. This let me hit a 24/7 solid overclock of 810Mhz Core and 1620 Shaders... 839Mhz and 1678 for benching

Happy overclocking.

 

[Triton.se]

nice guide, I saw it earlier and was about to comment...next day I didn't see it anymore...I DO THINK this should be in main nvidia section..stickied....reason: all the good pics

 

[phanbuey]

LOL thanks... yeah I posted it and then no one commented and it only got like 50 views in two days.

I figured I would post it here, since this is the relevant audience anyways

 

[Triton.se]

"anybody" can do guides, but often they're done in too little time, ready to be used in few hours...Pics are too important today...why read 2-3 sentences over and over again, when u can stare at one pic, telling more than the word? ....gj man

 

[Kursah]

If ya don't mind phanbuey I'd like to add that to the OP, I'll give ya credit of course. It'll be the first time in a while the OP's been modified in a while, and that's more useful than what I posted up over a year ago. Nice work.

 

[Binge]

There's a way to soft volt mod without flashing the bios. I'll have links to the PDFs when my PC is back up and running tonight.

 

[athenaesword]

hi guys,

i'm new here..got on cus i saw that fantastic guide in the 1st post that was recently editted. i'm looking to volt mod my palit gtx 260 sonic 216sp, and am kind of new to volt modding so i hope to get everything right before i start.

just wanted to know first: the pictures that were posted specify the volterra regulators required for modding. from what i read my card doesn't have that since nvidia replaced the regulators. would i still be able to follow this guide then?

i see some people have some success with flashing the bios to the evga ssc one which has 1.12v. would it be possible for me to flash my palit card with the evga one or does it have to be the same brand?


cheers

 

[RadeonX2]

hi guys,

i'm new here..got on cus i saw that fantastic guide in the 1st post that was recently editted. i'm looking to volt mod my palit gtx 260 sonic 216sp, and am kind of new to volt modding so i hope to get everything right before i start.

just wanted to know first: the pictures that were posted specify the volterra regulators required for modding. from what i read my card doesn't have that since nvidia replaced the regulators. would i still be able to follow this guide then?

would flashing the bios let me change the voltage in nibitor?

cheers

nope. tried it flash my 260 with 1.18v no luck on increasing voltage. I have the palit 260 1792mb 55nm.

 

[athenaesword]

nope. tried it flash my 260 with 1.18v no luck on increasing voltage. I have the palit 260 1792mb 55nm.

i see some people have some success with flashing the bios to the evga ssc one which has 1.12v, but those people had evga cards. would it be possible for me to flash my palit card with the evga one or does it have to be the same brand?

and where did you get a 1.18v bios? what exactly didn't work?

 

[RadeonX2]

i see some people have some success with flashing the bios to the evga ssc one which has 1.12v, but those people had evga cards. would it be possible for me to flash my palit card with the evga one or does it have to be the same brand?

and where did you get a 1.18v bios? what exactly didn't work?

mine is already 1.12v. well you could flash your cards bios to different manufacturer but I think you will need to edit some stuff on nibitor like the device ID to match the ID of the bios your flashing. but thats risky you could end up killing your card.

you can try phanbuey's method. editing the voltage table editor then under voltages, exact mode change the extra voltage to the voltage table editor ones that you've set.

 

[phanbuey]

55 nm doesn't work; of course you can get higher clocks by lowering temps.

but the non-Volterra regulators will need a hard mod AFAIK.

 

[RadeonX2]

55 nm doesn't work; of course you can get higher clocks by lowering temps.

but the non-Volterra regulators will need a hard mod AFAIK.

you got that right

 

[athenaesword]

55 nm doesn't work; of course you can get higher clocks by lowering temps.

but the non-Volterra regulators will need a hard mod AFAIK.

thanks guys,

what're the stable temps for you guys? i tried with my side panel off and it was stable at 67degrees with 702/1512 in furmark for 20 mins. and then i put back the side panel and it went to 75 and crapped out -.-

if i'm already hitting those temps at 1.12v, is it definitely going to get higher at a higher voltage?

why doesn't flashing bios to 1.18v work? is there some hardware limitation?

@radeonx2,

what'm i supposed to do with the voltage table editor?

 

[RadeonX2]

thanks guys,

what're the stable temps for you guys? i tried with my side panel off and it was stable at 67degrees with 702/1512 in furmark for 20 mins. and then i put back the side panel and it went to 75 and crapped out -.-

if i'm already hitting those temps at 1.12v, is it definitely going to get higher at a higher voltage?

why doesn't flashing bios to 1.18v work? is there some hardware limitation?

@radeonx2,

what'm i supposed to do with the voltage table editor?

just follow Phanbuey's guide starting at #6 all the way down to #10. set the extra voltage to the default 1.12v to 1.18.v I have read that some 260's max voltage is only 1.15v. so setting to 1.18v will only give you 1.15v. I think it was the 65nm 216.

since the shift to 55nm, Nvidia started using non-voltera VRM to reduce cost on producing cards. Voltera allows voltage change on the fly or bios editing. sadly our card uses cheap vrm not the voltera anymore

The only way overvolting our card is by doing the hardmod which require to solder some parts of the pcb.

 

[athenaesword]

just follow Phanbuey's guide starting at #6 all the way down to #10. set the extra voltage to the default 1.12v to 1.18.v I have read that some 260's max voltage is only 1.15v. so setting to 1.18v will only give you 1.15v. I think it was the 65nm 216.

since the shift to 55nm, Nvidia started using non-voltera VRM to reduce cost on producing cards. Voltera allows voltage change on the fly or bios editing. sadly our card uses cheap vrm not the voltera anymore

The only way overvolting our card is by doing the hardmod which require to solder some parts of the pcb.

oh so that voltage table thing won't work on my 55nm card anyway right?

bummer. i'm only 701/1512 when i remove my side casing. what kind of temps are normal for you on load?

 

[RadeonX2]

oh so that voltage table thing won't work on my 55nm card anyway right?

bummer. i'm only 701/1512 when i remove my side casing. what kind of temps are normal for you on load?

yep don't waste your time flashing the card with different bios settings/voltages as it will not work you'll just end up nothing or worse dead card.

lucky your temps are good mine tops at around 80c+ gaming. furmark 85+ to 90c. this with a mesh sidepanel. no doubt mine would hit 100c if I replace the mesh with acrylic sidepanel. my card is at 702/1476/1134 right now.

 

[athenaesword]

yep don't waste your time flashing the card with different bios settings/voltages as it will not work you'll just end up nothing or worse dead card.

lucky your temps are good mine tops at around 80c+ gaming. furmark 85+ to 90c. this with a mesh sidepanel. no doubt mine would hit 100c if I replace the mesh with acrylic sidepanel. my card is at 702/1476/1134 right now.

hmm mine is only stable in furmark at 684/1459 and tops about 82 degrees with the side panel.

the 701/1512 @ 67degrees that i had just now was after removing the side panel and had airconditioning blowing on it from across the room. when i put it back on, it steadily climbs to 75degrees and i don't know what happens after that cus the drivers die on me.

so yeah not a great card i would say. (btw the palit fan is louddd as hell. i don't think the sound from gaming will be able to drown it at 100% fan speed). think i might sell this card and just go 5850 instead.

is there any prog that allows you to display the temps at corner of the screen when gaming? i only have fraps that does fps but no temp

 

[RadeonX2]

yep not a great card. the cooler is ineffective paired with a loud ass twin fan and it still isn't enough to bring down temps to around 60c. I bet the reference design cooler is much more effective in cooling than this non-reference Palit had offered.

im using MSI Afterburner. monitors temps, FPS, clock speed, etc while gaming. I like the fan speed curve of this software.

to display temps, FPS and other monitoring at the corner of the screen click settings, monitoring, under monitoring check GPU temperature and check show in on-screen display

download:
http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

 

[athenaesword]

yep not a great card. the cooler is ineffective paired with a loud ass twin fan and it still isn't enough to bring down temps to around 60c. I bet the reference design cooler is much more effective in cooling than this non-reference Palit had offered.

im using MSI Afterburner. monitors temps, FPS, clock speed, etc while gaming. I like the fan speed curve of this software.

to display temps, FPS and other monitoring at the corner of the screen click settings, monitoring, under monitoring check GPU temperature and check show in on-screen display

download:
http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

thanks.. i've been using msi afterburner too. i just didn't know they had those features. now i do.

yeah exactly i've been seeing all these outrageous OCs out there for reference cards and this non ref card can't even touch them. just another reason not to buy an OC'ed card. there isn't even the option to change the heatsink if you wanted to.

too bad where i'm from evga is ridiculously expensive, and they don't offer the step up programme that they do in the states. when did you get the card and any plans for upgrade?

 

[RadeonX2]

thanks.. i've been using msi afterburner too. i just didn't know they had those features. now i do.

yeah exactly i've been seeing all these outrageous OCs out there for reference cards and this non ref card can't even touch them. just another reason not to buy an OC'ed card. there isn't even the option to change the heatsink if you wanted to.

too bad where i'm from evga is ridiculously expensive, and they don't offer the step up programme that they do in the states. when did you get the card and any plans for upgrade?

got the card last july from a local shop. was shopping for a 275 went out of stock on all shops. well atleast in asia maybe an i5 or i7 upgrade will do justice.

 

[athenaesword]

got the card last july from a local shop. was shopping for a 275 went out of stock on all shops. well atleast in asia maybe an i5 or i7 upgrade will do justice.

haha well that's quite some time ago then.. prior to this i was using an 8800gt, and while this's a significant upgrade, i can't play everything maxed without msaa on a 1920 monitor in dragon age, which makes me feel average ;/ haha.

i've heard that cpu makes a difference, and my e6750 has returned to stock 2.6ghz clocks after my crucial ballistix died from 2 years of 24/7 OC at 3.7ghz. that might be why i'm getting sub optimal performance on dragon age.

have you been following the 5 series cards? how much more performance is the 5850 likely to give me?