Do you guys overclock your video cards?

[Coolhand78]

I have a single leadtek Geforce GTX680 4Gb card for my workstation and I'm wondering if you guys feel its worth overclocking it? I don't do any RT work at all, but I would like some better viewport performance, when working in max (2011). I do like to use edged faces as well...

[Zdravko Barisic]

No...for better vieport performance, switch to max 2012 or 2014, if you can.

No worth of OC graphics card in 3ds max, just killing you, excellent piece of HW.

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What viewport driver do you use in MAX? OGL or D3D?

Nitrous is awesome, and is presented in max 2012, I think?

So, please do not overheat that graphic beast, it still has enough power for 3ds max.

[Dimitris Tolios]

No...for better vieport performance, switch to max 2012 or 2014, if you can.

No worth of OC graphics card in 3ds max, just killing you, excellent piece of HW.

....

What viewport driver do you use in MAX? OGL or D3D?

Nitrous is awesome, and is presented in max 2012, I think?

So, please do not overheat that graphic beast, it still has enough power for 3ds max.

 

This pretty much.

Older viewport engines don't even try to utilize your GPU to 100%...pushing it to "110%" is futile outside GPGPU where it actually does give all it has.

 

I don't have my 670 any more, but I did try to push it and test the differences in the past.

 

http://pcfoo.com/specapc-maya-2012-gpu-scores/

 

As you can see, at least for Maya 2012, made zero difference. I've "manually" placed the OCed result "above" the identical stock. The pattern is the same for the GTX Titan, with very small to intangible differences: it is pretty fast, it will get faster. If it is not, there will be little to no difference, as what it is holding it back is not lack of raw power.

Edited April 1, 2014 by dtolios

[Zdravko Barisic]

... as what it is holding it back is not luck of raw power.

 

+1!