significant performance decline immediately following the first overlock
significant performance decline immediately following the first overlock
I was trying my first overclock today and I believe I have encountered an unusual issue.
I used EVGA precision XOC for the overclocking process and was running the unigien heaven benchmark 4.0.
My GTX 1080 Strix gaming graphics card is connected.
I set the power target to 120% and the temperature target to 80%.
Gradually, I increased my GPU clock by 10 MHz during each stability check.
It reached a peak of +194 MHz before the benchmark crashed.
I then lowered the GPU clock offset to +184 MHz, and after an hour of testing, the clock stabilized at 2088 MHz with 205 FPS.
Next, I increased the voltage to 70% (just below the red line) and attempted to raise the clock offset again to +194 MHz.
The benchmark crashed once more, so I reset the voltage back to 0% and restored the clock offset to +184 MHz.
At that point, the problem started.
I opened Unigien Valley 1.0 and my FPS remained around 10.
I returned to the benchmark, assuming the software was not compatible with my system.
I resumed testing The Witcher 3, which also showed a consistent 10 FPS.
I reinstalled everything from default and confirmed no changes.
I updated the drivers but saw no improvement.
I tried overclocking again at +184 MHz while browsing for solutions.
While doing so, I noticed my benchmark FPS returned to about 205, except when I clicked the program, which dropped back to 10.
I tested with both The Witcher 3 and Valley Benchmark, which both confirmed the same issue.
High FPS when the program wasn’t active, but slow when it was selected.
Here are my specifications:
- GTX 1080 Strix gaming graphics card
- ASUS Strix X99 motherboard
- Intel i7 5820K processor
- Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 650W power supply
I hope someone can assist with this peculiar situation.
Thanks, Fantagar!
If you have a consistent overclock at 2088mhz, raising your voltage significantly without reason could cause instability or damage to the system.
When you have a steady overclock at 2088mhz, raising your voltage significantly without reason could cause instability or damage.
So I was going through this tutorial and wanted to find out what I could achieve with my GPU, right?