Achieving better lower Haven scores and significantly increased stable memory overclocking on the GPU.
Achieving better lower Haven scores and significantly increased stable memory overclocking on the GPU.
I recently assembled my initial computer and chose to boost its performance using MSI afterburner. After some experimentation, I achieved a stable overclock of +160 for the core clock and +650 for memory with a 23% voltage increase. Using Heaven benchmark at extreme settings on full screen, I received a score of 2060 with stock settings and 2239 with the overclock. Everything seemed fine until I mistakenly entered 1600, which caused a black screen. Since MSI afterburner was enabled at startup, I kept experiencing crashes. I switched to safe mode, removed MSI afterburner, and reinstalled it afterward. Once back in normal mode, everything worked smoothly again. After that, I managed to increase my memory overclock to +1100 and core clock to +160 with a 20% voltage boost. In Haven benchmark, the same settings gave a score of 2192, while at stock levels it was 1971. I attempted reinstalling my NVIDIA drivers and Haven again, but couldn’t restore the previous performance. I’ve read that pushing memory overclock too high can actually reduce performance rather than improve it, so I tried other values like 1000, 900, 800, etc., though they all resulted in lower scores than the 1100 MHz boost. If anyone could clarify what’s happening or suggest a solution, it would be greatly appreciated.
Exceeding memory limits leads to errors, triggering GPU error correction that further reduces performance. Adjust your overclock and restart the system. Repeated attempts may disrupt settings from third-party tools.
Run a RTX game similar to Control. If colors fade out and the image goes black, the RAM OC might be too high. A crash indicates the core is too high. Also, distorted geometry such as spikes may appear; lower the core frequency. Small colored spots in the RAM are signs that will likely cause a crash soon. The card can stay stable in some games even after it becomes unstable.
I'll check different values for scaling the memory overclock, but they all result in worse performance than when it was at 1100. I also removed MSI afterburner and reinstalled my Nvidia drivers, yet the stock settings still don't perform as well. Could this mean I've damaged my hardware?