Issues with clocking my Evga GTX 970
Issues with clocking my Evga GTX 970
Hey everyone, I was curious if I could use your team's Brains. Maybe I can explain why I'm struggling here. So, I bought an EVGA GTX 970 with 4 gigabytes of RAM. My system runs an Intel 4790k with 16 gigabytes of RAM. I thought adding that info wouldn't matter, but I included it anyway.
Anyone... I've been trying to overclock my GPU for about a week now. It's really frustrating because every time I think the process is stable, it crashes. I can play for a few hours, then switch to another game like Rocket League, and it crashes again. I'm using MSI Afterburner as everyone suggests, and I've been doing incremental ticks starting from 200 on the clock speed, adjusting down as needed.
But I still can't get a consistent speed. The interesting part is that when I think it's working, I usually play games for 3 to 4 hours. Then I dive into Rainbow 6 Siege with friends, and after switching to Rocket League, I can only play for about 10 minutes before it crashes again.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Or maybe I should just accept the 970's built-in performance and move on.
Rochound1 was considering sharing some technical details about their setup, mentioning the EVGA GTX 970 with 4 gigs of RAM and an Intel 4790k with 16gigs of RAM. They described their attempts to overclock the GPU for a week, struggling with stability issues and crashes after reaching certain speeds. They also shared that they play games like Rocket League and Rainbow 6 Siege, but experience frequent crashes when switching between games. They asked for advice or more information on other games such as FC4, BF4, Crysis 3, and requested details about in-game core and memory clocks.
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Rochound1 :
Hey everyone, I was thinking about whether I could try using your GPUs. Maybe give a quick reason for why I’m struggling here. So, I got an EVGA GTX 970 with 4 gigabytes of RAM. My system runs an Intel 4790k with 16 gigabytes of RAM. I don’t think that extra info is needed, but I thought I’d include it just in case.
Anyone... I’ve been attempting to overclock my GPU for about a week now. It’s causing quite a problem—just trying to get the clock speed up from zero to around +100 and a +20 vcore. Every time it seems stable, it crashes. Usually I play for a few hours, then switch to another game like Rocket League, which crashes after about 10 minutes.
I’m using MSI Afterburner as everyone suggests. I’ve done incremental ticks starting from 200 on the clock speed and adjusted it down as needed. But I still can’t find a consistent stable setting.
Interesting observation: When I think it’s working, I usually play games for 3 to 4 hours. Then I dive into Rainbow 6 Siege with friends, and when we switch to Rocket League, I can only play for about 10 minutes before it crashes. That’s the pattern...
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Or should I just accept that and settle for the stock speeds of the 970?
There are some games that really don’t handle overclocks well—like Dota 2 is a famous example. I’d love to see your overclock results on other titles such as FC4, BF4, or Crysis 3. I’d also like to know if you run stress tests for extended periods and what your in-game core and memory clocks are.
We’ll find out if there’s an issue. I completely wiped the video driver and even changed the slots on the motherboard where the graphics card is installed. I reinstalled the NVIDIA driver, but instead of the latest one, I used the one just before it.
My CPU temperatures never exceeded 55 to 60°C, and my GPU temps stayed below 73°C during stress tests (using Valley Bench). But even then, my GPU never hit around 60°C. Right now, I’m running Star Citizen, ARMA III, Elite Dangerous, Rainbow 6, and Rocket League. Yet somehow it doesn’t work well with Rocket League... I monitor the temps while playing, but none of them reached the levels I was worried about.
I’ll update you once I’ve changed the video slot and reinstalled the drivers. Probably I won’t overclock it and just see how it performs at stock speeds. If anyone else has faced issues with Rocket League on an overclocked EVGA GTX 970, let me know if they managed to fix it and what their approach was.
Thanks!