980Ti Overclock Question
980Ti Overclock Question
I received my new baby this Christmas. It’s an Evga 980TI Sc with BP. I’m really impressed, upgrading from the Evga 760 SC. My ASIC sits at 73%, currently running around 1316Mhz for the core and 1752Mhz for memory (7812). I managed to boost the core by about +160Mhz and memory by +400Mhz, giving me roughly 1476Mhz core and 1953Mhz memory. When testing with Fur, it stayed stable for five minutes at 1920x1080 with 8x MSAA (so far three days of gaming without crashes or overheating). Temperatures were around 60°C at 58% fan speed (custom curve). I’m curious if it’s worth pushing beyond +160Mhz for the core, since I previously crashed when I didn’t overclock the memory. I’ve always been comfortable overclocking my CPU but haven’t touched my GPU much. With Precision X, I’m capped at 110% power. I think the stock voltage is around 1.99 if accurate. What safe voltage should I use if I decide to add more? The TDP was nearing 90% during Fur testing (the highest I’ve seen was 100% after gaming).
Specs
4770k @ 4.4
Asus Max Hero VI
Corshair 750W HX
I recently received my new baby for Christmas. It's an Evga 980TI Sc with BP. I'm really enjoying it, upgrading from the Evga 760 SC. My ASIC is at 73%, currently running around 1316Mhz for the core and 1752Mhz for memory. I managed to boost the core by about +160Mhz and the memory by +400Mhz, giving me roughly 1476Mhz core and 1953Mhz memory (7812). When testing with Fur it stayed stable for about 5 minutes while gaming at 1920x1080 with 8x MSAA. The system ran at 60°C with a fan speed of 58% (custom curve). I'm curious if it's worth pushing beyond the +160Mhz limit, especially since I've seen crashes when trying to go over that without memory overclocking. I usually overclock my CPU but haven't touched my GPU much. With Precision X I'm stuck at 110% power. I think the stock voltage is around 1.99 if correct. What safe voltage should I use if I add any boost? The TDP was hitting ~90% during Fur testing (the highest I've seen was 100% after gaming).
Specs:
- 4770k @ 4.4
- Asus Max Hero VI
- Corshair 750W HX
It would be beneficial to extract more performance if you opt for better cooling. If you set up a custom LC loop, I'd suggest pushing it further.
I would suggest not going over-volt, since you're unlikely to see significant gains and you probably won't notice any improvement. It's wiser to stick with the overclocking you can achieve without increasing voltage.
I achieved around 20% performance boost on my GTX 760 using overvolting.