RX 580 8gb underclocked
RX 580 8gb underclocked
After adjusting R5 1500X to 4ghz without changing the GPU clock, I experienced significant frame drops while playing games. In Firestrike, my performance dropped to a quarter of what it was before overclocking. Cinebench indicated improvements from the overclock and 20 minutes of Aida64 didn’t trigger a crash. Monitoring data showed RAM and core frequencies at 300Mhz. I resolved the issue by reverting BIOS settings to defaults, though it still occurred consistently during each OC session. It seems my GPU might have been under-volted to handle the extra CPU load, but I’m not sure. Any suggestions?
You might be experiencing thermal throttling because of the overclock. If you're attempting a full-time 4Ghz boost across all cores with the standard cooler, this is likely the cause. Are you using an automatic tool or manually setting the overclock in BIOS?
Download CoreTemp: http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
Navigate to Tools, then Options, and verify the box labeled "show distance to tj max".
Open Core Temp., enable the overclock again, and continue with your previous configuration while monitoring the thermal sensors for each core's temperature relative to tjmax.
If any core approaches within roughly 10 degrees of tjmax, it suggests overheating due to insufficient cooling.
You might be experiencing thermal throttling because of the overclock. If you're attempting a complete 4Ghz overclock across all cores with the standard cooler, this is likely the cause. Are you using an automatic tool or manually setting the overclock in BIOS?
Visit CoreTemp: http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
Navigate to Tools, then Options, and verify the box labeled "show distance to tj max".
Edit Core Temp., enable the overclock again, and continue with whatever you were doing before. Monitor the thermal sensors for each core's distance to tjmax.
If any core approaches within roughly 10 degrees of tjmax, overheating is likely due to insufficient CPU or case cooling. Also watch the CPU core clock speeds closely. If they aren't reaching around 4Ghz (consider running Prime95 v26.6 on Small FFT to push 100% across all cores), then throttling is probable.
A standard cooler isn't built for such continuous full-time overclocking. Turbo features usually only raise one core to maximum speeds and then lower them if more cores are required. If you have a full-time 4Ghz OC and it's exceeding even that limit, thermal problems are almost certain. Check the exact core clock speeds during your issues and compare with the CPU and GPU core temperature readings.