Question Overclocking my RTX 2080 – unexpectedly steady high RAM boosts
Question Overclocking my RTX 2080 – unexpectedly steady high RAM boosts
Hello fellow enthusiasts of high-performance builds
I recently assembled a new machine a couple of months back (details in the specs below) equipped with an RTX 2080 graphics card. I began experimenting with overclocking the GPU last week, using this resourceful guide:
https://www.overclockersclub.com/guides/..._oc_guide/
Initially, I only adjusted the memory settings, leaving the GPU clock unchanged. This brought me to around +1500 Mhz in the benchmark. Beyond that point, visual distortions began to appear and the test would frequently terminate. The anomalies looked like brief flashes of red light—intermittent and erratic. After resetting the memory clock, I limited the overclocking to just the GPU, which settled into a consistent +155 Mhz range. When I merged these two approaches, my optimal configuration turned out to be approximately +1200MHz for memory and +140MHz for the GPU. So far, after several hours of playthroughs, the game has only crashed once.
I also scoured online forums and discovered that other overclockers typically aim for stable memory offsets around +700MHz. Now I’m left wondering if my results are truly reliable or if I risk damaging my graphics card. Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated.
In the screenshot I’m using Unigine Heaven as a stress test for the GPU. The memory clock is at 8200 Mhz, the GPU runs at 1980 Mhz, and the benchmark remains stable. The overclocking parameters are clearly visible.
Screenshot:
https://imgur.com/GeCaE13
View: https://imgur.com/GeCaE13
Thank you in advance for your insights.
Are those figures considering the DDR standard? For example, the +1200 might actually be +600, yet at double-data rate it's shown as 1200? I haven't ever overclocked a graphics card before, so take that with a grain of salt. But a jump from 1200 to 1500 for memory overclocking seems unlikely.