Games keep crashing because of too much OC. Need help please!
Games keep crashing because of too much OC. Need help please!
Hey everyone, I own a ROG 2080 Ti Strix OC and recently managed a very smooth overclock for about four weeks without any issues. I was playing all my games at 120fps in 2K, including Battlefield, Apex, Rust, and Borderlands 2. Last night after a long day of playing South Park, I updated Battlefield V and it kept crashing. When I tried to launch Fortnite, the game also crashed immediately. Apex had the same issue, so I used the ASUS GPU tweaker II app to adjust my graphics card settings and turned off the overclock. The games ran fine afterward. However, they only maintained stable performance between 60-80fps. I reduced all sliders and started from the beginning, using the maximum power supply, which slightly improved stability. Raising the memory clock to its maximum helped too. But now, when I try to adjust the GPU Boost clock (MHz), it’s causing problems. I usually set it to 1855 (+200), but now I can only reach 1775 (+125) for a stable overclock, which gives me an average of around 95 FPS in 2K. Anyone have any ideas about why this is happening? Any suggestions or fixes would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your help!
there’s nothing that can be done sincerely, each chip behaves differently; some require higher overclocking with less voltage, while others need more voltage for the same performance. now we should compare the stock GPU’s fps to the version with +125mhz. this helps us see if the final fps falls outside normal ranges, which might point to a deeper problem. honestly, with a +125mhz core, you’d likely get no more than 5fps compared to the stock version.
wow thats a lot of complicated info packed together.
anyways, I doubt an overclock would skyrocket 60-80 to something like 120 fps, even peak, thats insane.
then, you gotta specify your whole system specs, is the CPU overclocked too? did you get a BSOD or you get a crash in which it says the executable could not access the GPU? slight overclocks usually results in a soft driver crash, meaning you don't even have to reboot the CPU...
anyways, theres no 'fix' for overclock crashes, you simply have reached the limit, to go futher you need to increase the voltages, something i'd never do on a GPU
The CPU is also boosted at 5.1GHz with 1.3V settings on an I9 9900K, paired with 3600Mhz RAM (four 8GB modules from a single source). The game will briefly freeze for about five seconds before crashing. The system and CPU are functioning normally; restarting the whole setup isn’t necessary—only the games are affected.
CPU overclocking consistently leads to BSOD or total system freeze, which seems acceptable. GPU performance is more complex, involving both core and memory clocks. I recommend resetting everything to defaults, then begin with +100mhz on the core, increasing by 10-15 increments until failure. A +125mhz setting appears sufficient without further voltage increases, while +200mhz may be excessive. Once the core is identified, focus on memory, which can often exceed core performance by a significant margin—possibly up to +300mhz or more, depending on your setup. The main issue likely stems from the GPU's built-in turbo feature, which automatically boosts speed beyond manual settings, causing instability if the voltage isn't adjusted accordingly. Your reported 40 FPS drop suggests the problem lies in either core or memory performance.
As I mentioned earlier, the FPS was around 110-120 FPS on average with the exact SAEM OC I have. In the video you shared (link provided), you can see the performance around 8 minutes in, then yesterday it just stopped working. I had a profile set for that exact OC and was getting very high frames at 2560x1440 resolution. However, it began crashing all my games on that profile, requiring resets, and now I’m not even close to reaching the GPU frequency anymore, which is dropping to a maximum of 100 FPS.
there’s nothing that can be done sincerely, each chip behaves differently; some require higher overclocking with less voltage while others need more voltage for the same performance. now we should compare the stock GPU’s fps to the version with +125mhz. this helps us see if the final fps falls outside normal ranges, which might point to a deeper problem. honestly, with a +125mhz core, you’d likely not exceed 5fps compared to the stock version.