+90 on the GPU (effective 1370) and +100 on memory
that did not work for me

+90 sounds ok.
 

fabbasi


Just played BF3 on ultra settings with
GPU 1316MHZ, 2633MHz 98%
Mem 3348Mhz, 1582MB
FPS 70-100

how did you manage to OC the card that high? I thought you said u can't OC it without getting any crash.

Even though I can't OC the GPU clock offset any further than the factory OC, I can still OC the Mem Clock Offset all the way up to +450 mhz.
 
I ran crysis 2 for more than 30 minutes without crashing.

So mem +450 mhz totaling to 3600 mhz. And this gives me a little boost 4 - 5 fps extra.

Yapchagi
My last post with my settings and scores works for me.

It's got to be a driver thing.  I can run OC scanner for an hour, no artifacts or issues.  I switch to any of my benches and I get crashes.  I noticed on Mark11 that with the OC on the first test I'm getting FPS in the 70s and then it drops to the 50's by the end of the first test.  Then crashes during either the second or third test, nothing consistent.  Of course, that being said, I haven't had a problem with the OC while gaming.  But not much gaming yet.

DeepPurple23


It's got to be a driver thing.  I can run OC scanner for an hour, no artifacts or issues.  I switch to any of my benches and I get crashes.  I noticed on Mark11 that with the OC on the first test I'm getting FPS in the 70s and then it drops to the 50's by the end of the first test.  Then crashes during either the second or third test, nothing consistent.  Of course, that being said, I haven't had a problem with the OC while gaming.  But not much gaming yet.

 
I know it's stressing us out too right? It's stable on 1 - 3 tests but then it crashes on another. We just have to have endless experiment until it doesn't crash at all, which would take hours and hours wasting our time in front of computer lol.
 
by the way, instead of +50 +40 or whatever, why not we post the exact number of the GPU clock instead? like 1300mhz, 1284mhz, 1314mhz...like that.
That way we know what each card max clock is. Isn't that what we used to say when we're OC'ing our cards in the past? We always tell our highest clock, not how much more clock we add. I remember saying my GTX 480 was oc'ed at 800/2000, not +100 GPU clock.

I did just get my benches to run at +70 and +200, but the bump in performance is not huge.  For instance, Mark 11 gives me a P10848, stock is P10428.  That's a lot of extra volts for something I'll probably never notice in game.  My CPU might be limiting as well, I'm still running a i7 970.  I was able to run the OC Scanner at +105 and +100, but the benches don't run there.

Here are some pictures of my Hydro Copper.
 

 

Looks really nice mate!!
 
Think I might just go for 2 of these and not bother waiting for the classified versions. Looks like the classified will be a fair bit more money too so dunno if they will be worth it over the standard hydros, especially as I'll only be gaming at 1920x1080.
 
The main reason I was thinking of waiting for the classy's was increased voltage for OC'ing but dunno how far beyond these clock speeds it will allow either.

Re: 3dmark 11 performance/crashing
 
It's normal for the fps to drop in the first test like that.  I've noticed that the second test in 3dmark 11 seesm to have the highest power draw for the gpu (monitoring with precision on my g15 keyboard), so it would make sense 3d mark would crash on that test if you're at your power limit.  Many other games and tests don't seem to draw as much power, in my testing, so I don't think it's a driver issue.

marcusarillius


Looks really nice mate!!

Think I might just go for 2 of these and not bother waiting for the classified versions. Looks like the classified will be a fair bit more money too so dunno if they will be worth it over the standard hydros, especially as I'll only be gaming at 1920x1080.

The main reason I was thinking of waiting for the classy's was increased voltage for OC'ing but dunno how far beyond these clock speeds it will allow either.

yeah no point to go for the classified, to be honest, just wasting more money. Same 1.175v voltage anyway. My hydro copper can't even OC like some reference GTX 680. Maybe I should have went for the reference card and install the hydro copper myself lol.
The 6+8 pin connectors and 5 phase thing are useless, in my case.

Interested to know if it's just your card or is it all the hydros?
Strange that they can't overclock as well as standard cards.

No luck man..
Even my "regular" evga gtx680 overclock higher (with ek vga hf, didn't try air ^^)
heaven score: http://imgur.com/k1uH1
clocks: http://imgur.com/y4UfL
my rig ^^ http://imgur.com/FtSMW

Wonder if it's a bios issue then with the cards cause that doesn't seem right?
Pay more for less performance?
 
Would be good if someone from EVGA could let us know.
 
I've been ready to buy 2 of them all week now but watching this thread to let me know how to proceed.
Definately not gonna spend more to get less.
It's a lot of money to spend on 2 of them so I'm not going to rush in. Interested in all your feedback here to see what the issue is.
 
I am assuming that it's bios related or some such thing, cause if they are all based on reference boards then there should be no difference.
the only difference as far as I know on this is 5 phase power which should just allow more stable OC'ing.

maybe I just happen to have a bad batch. Poor me, and this is my first time buying a Hydro Copper card.
I won't do it again next year or 2014 for GTX 700 series.

kroks


No luck man..
Even my "regular" evga gtx680 overclock higher (with ek vga hf, didn't try air ^^)
heaven score: http://imgur.com/k1uH1
clocks: http://imgur.com/y4UfL
my rig ^^ http://imgur.com/FtSMW

 
1346 mhz is sick. That's over 100 mhz from mine.
So jealous...well, at least I have a good looking card
 
That's what I would guess. Per GPU clock 100 mhz, u'll get around 8 - 10 fps extra in gaming.
Same thing with Mem clock. I got to upped the mem clock +450 mhz and I get extra 4 fps.
If you combine those, extra 14 fps!

Someone from EVGA want to let us know if it was a bad batch or what? If I can't OC as far then ill be buying a SC+ with water block 

CAxVIPER


Someone from EVGA want to let us know if it was a bad batch or what? If I can't OC as far then ill be buying a SC+ with water block 

Yea we need to know if this is the case.
If it is Bios related then I'll happily click pre-order for 2 of these as I love the look of the hydros and the current hydro I have never gave any problems, although that never overclocked at all for me beyond stock.
 
Think I will have a smile on my face going from 1 gtx 280 to 2 gtx 680's though

Yapchagi ur system is DISCO!

On my 4-way GTX 680 setup using EVGA reference cards with EK water blocks, my stable overclock is 1202 MHz core and 3534 MHz memory. Pretty much spent all day testing those clocks using Heaven 3.0, BF3, Crysis 2, Metro 2033 and Skyrim with some mods and HD texture pack would crash at the lowest frequency. So modded Skyrim set my ceiling. I found though that performance scales linearly with increased memory clocks and there is no "sweet spot". Get that memory frequency as high as it can go!
 
Those number are still pretty good considering 4-Way SLI is usually a bit harder to highly overclock. 4-way 680 just destroys Skyrim in Surround:
 
[link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvShhfWpk2M&context=C41467ecADvjVQa1PpcFOpwHlB70YlOALsTk3pZxTxt4tbGt5H9Yk=]http://www.youtube.com/wa...LsTk3pZxTxt4tbGt5H9Yk=[/link]
 
I am just astounded by how smooth the GTX 680 handles Surround using PCI-E 3.0 slots. There is no micro-stuttering, pauses or jitters. I don't think I could tell the difference between a single GPU running a single monitor and this 4-Way SLI Surround setup. Combine that with the CRT's and this is by far the smoothest and best Surround/Eyefinity setup of mine to date. 
 
It will be interesting to see if any of these new EVGA non-reference cards will allow the voltage to rise above software 1.175 (I think really the only way to get more clocks out of these and just not more power phases). 

fabbasi


Yapchagi ur system is DISCO!

haha thanks.

Does anyone know the maximum number of artifacts allowed to be considered as stable overclocking? Like 1 - 3 artifacts maximum maybe? Or absolutely zero?

EVGA could answer that.

yapchagi,

ANY artifacting = instability or unstable clocks

yapchagi


Does anyone know the maximum number of artifacts allowed to be considered as stable overclocking? Like 1 - 3 artifacts maximum maybe? Or absolutely zero?

 
id return you card and take chance in getting better one.
these cards are meant to OC...regardless if its OC by default
from what im reading stock 680 OC better
you paid a premium for it and you're not happy, i wouldn't be either

demo23019

yapchagi


Does anyone know the maximum number of artifacts allowed to be considered as stable overclocking? Like 1 - 3 artifacts maximum maybe? Or absolutely zero?

id return you card and take chance in getting better one.
these cards are meant to OC...regardless if its OC by default
from what im reading stock 680 OC better
you paid a premium for it and you're not happy, i wouldn't be either

They will not allow you to exchange a card just because it does not overclock well. You are guaranteed a card that works at stock, nothing more, even if the card is "Meant" to overclock.
Now, if your card artifacts at stock settings, then you can exchange it.
As far as having artifacts while overclocked, you should shoot for 0, but that is up to you.

Not sure if this has been discussed but if you monitor the Hydro Copper during a benchmark or game through the blue tooth application on an android you'll notice that the power consumption doesn't go past 82% At least on mine. I have the power +130% and the voltage at 1.175. It never goes past 82% No matter what clock I put it at. Maybe it's a bug with the program. 

loveha

They will not allow you to exchange a card just because it does not overclock well. You are guaranteed a card that works at stock, nothing more, even if the card is "Meant" to overclock.
Now, if your card artifacts at stock settings, then you can exchange it.
As far as having artifacts while overclocked, you should shoot for 0, but that is up to you.

he can still return regardless if defective he just bought it got to be 30 90 days
wondering though if bios update will fix but stilll 700 is allot to find out later just bad OC..im mean dont get me wrong the stock OC is still impressive arv 40c on load ...has so much potential
also can get same speed on air even more so...seems stock cards OC better but then again  i dont have cards im going by what i read

sailindawg


yapchagi,

ANY artifacting = instability or unstable clocks

thanks. I managed to max OC the card to GPU 1251 mhz and MEM 3548 mhz with zero artifact running OC Scanner X for 1 hour in 1920x1080 window mode.
That's the best I could do. Seriously, these 5 phase & 6+8 pin connector is a complete useless addition.
 
Now, look at this so-called...secrets. My Hydro Copper secret is to add +10 mhz GPU clock offset...YEAH SECRETS ALLRIGHT!?!?!???!?