Adjusting Asus Zen3 processors to higher speeds
Adjusting Asus Zen3 processors to higher speeds
I'm unsure how much I should push the car, wanting to avoid damage or failure. Up to now, I've managed about 1000 extra points. Right now, I'm adjusting the voltage limits on the card after giving it more power.
1000 points are reasonable. Limiting voltage probably won’t help much since performance improves with higher voltages. Keeping below 1.25V on VCore should keep things stable, especially if you’re just running tests—there’s minimal danger there. I’d avoid anything above 1.25V daily.
I used MPT to enhance its performance. Initially, I tried the manual method, but it didn’t hold well. Re-checking my steps suggests it might have been overlooked. On average, I’ve achieved: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/78634306? This result comes with a power set of 800, though my GPU tests rarely exceed 480. My GPU’s Min/Max frequency sits between 2619–2719MHz and I’ve undervolted it to 1150mV. I’ve experimented with VRAM tuning, but scores haven’t improved much. I’ve managed to tweak frequencies a bit, yet this configuration consistently pushes over 23500. My highest score was around 23751. Satisfied with the outcome.
That is a pretty good graphics score, ~1800 points higher than average for those cards. Undervolting is only really a good idea with those cards when thermally or power limited. If you aren't thermal or power limited, those cards do scale to about 1.25-1.3V on air. That said, you are in the high 60s for temps according to the 3DMark readout, that's probably high enough to make more voltage cause instability (my card personally needs to stay in the mid 50s in order to be stable at those frequencies). The Gaming Z you've got is a good card, it is one of the best 6950 XTs you can get, it's just not the best cooler for a 6950 XT you can get. If you want to try pushing it further, you need to pull the temps down, either by maxing out the fans, putting the card on water, or just pointing an AC unit at it. That said, that's a good score, and if you want to stop there I wouldn't blame you.
Yeah. This is part of the reason why I tried undervolting it a bit, as I figured that might help keep temps down. I might look into "proper" water cooling at some point, but not for now. Not too happy with the AIO I put in there for my CPU. Cooling is fine, but software for it does not work and would like to monitor things a bit more. So an overall "real" water cooling solution might be something I'd look into down the line. Happy with where it is at now though, will see if I get an urge to boost it more down the line.