Afterburner or Evga precision with 680?

[tdubl07]

Hi guys, been lurking around for a while and finally stopped being lazy and signed up Anyway my question is, is anyone using afterburner to monitor/overclock their 680's or strictly sticking with Evga precision? The reason I ask is it seems to me the monitoring side of afterburner is a bit nicer, but maybe that's because I haven't figured out how to run precision in the background and have it monitor my temps. All feedback is welcome. Thanks

[draemn]

I have no complaints about MSI afterburner now that I know how to overclock the 680. Just make sure you use the most recent one.

[tdubl07]

You using the beta version? And can you overclock as easily with afterburner?

[draemn]

Probably the beta version... not sure after updating it 3 times though :P Yeah, I can set the max possible core boost, overclock memory, do fan profiles, set power target up to 132%, and I haven't played with the option of voltage unlocking. Sadly I was only able to get a 100 Mhz overclock on the core without crashing in BF3... sigh... something not right or just sucks with my card.

[tdubl07]

HA, cool, I'll try the beta out. Could just be BF3 crashing in general, happened to me twice last night. Sometimes origin is just a real gem :P

[draemn]

Nah, it's from overclocking. It would crash within minutes of overclocking past +110 core boost. Disappointing since the review sample SKY got hit 147 Mhz no problem. Memory has no issues going higher though, which really helps the cards in surround.

[Arinoth]

I've had absolutely no issues with the MSI Afterburner whatever beta version that's out right now.

[tdubl07]

Cool thanks guys, I'll go back to using that instead

[Chromey]

what kind of numbers is the 680 pushing?

[crazyea]

I really like the evga utility.