Items featuring MSI GTX 970 (OC) cards
Items featuring MSI GTX 970 (OC) cards
Hi, just got this card and began overclocking. I only managed +140 mhz on core and 450 on mems before artifacts appeared. Some advised increasing voltage and TDP (my max is +87, TDP is +110), so I did that. Now I'm at 140/400 but still see artifacts in games and benchmarks even with max settings. What should I do to improve the overclock?
It might be a power supply or motherboard problem. Try reducing the overclock until it stabilizes—nothing you need to do. It could even be your GPU, but luck favors the draw. Different overclocks work better for different systems. Share the rest of the specs, and you can use Speccy to check the motherboard and CPU model if needed.
I didn't realize the picture was not mine—it came from a friend who also has an MSI GTX 970 with the same settings. I followed the same steps and it crashed before the game began. After a few restarts, I feel stable with 140/460 and TDP 110. No matter how high I increase the voltage, if I push the core or MEMS too much, artifacts appear... My PC specs are: i5-3330 @ 3.4GHz, Gigabyte GA-z77-ds3h, 8GB DDR3 at 1866MHz, MSI GTX 970, Antec HCG 520.
Seems like it MAY be your power supply..... Could also be a slight CPU bottleneck, but I'm not sure, check your CPU usage while you're running your game. A 520 watt power supply should be enough to handle that, but it may be a little on the low end. Get back to me with CPU info, and I'll take a look.
Other system specs check out, check the temps on the Motherboard VRM's and CPU temp/load with Speccy or MSI Afterburner
Does the game run fine with the GPU stock?
Yeah, let me see.. My CPU is actually bottlenecking me in certain zones of certain games like The Witcher 3 (is the one I'm using to test) in places like cities. Well, the game works just fine with the GPU at stock, no artifacts, just perfect.
The problem happens when I OC the GPU, I mean, I know my CPU bottlenecks my GPU but if I set 2 or 3 options to low, my GPU benefits very well with the OC.
If I set more than 140/460 I just get artifacts and no matter if I raise the voltage... the artifacts doens't disappear, I think its because the OC isn't stable, but theres the question, raising the voltage don't solver the problem :\
My PSU is good enough, it has a good quality and I think its quite enough for the single GPU
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Greetings!
Would increasing the voltage to its highest setting harm the GPU?