Terrible Over clock GTX 980
Terrible Over clock GTX 980
Hello again, this is Harvey the beginner... I'm struggling to even increase my GPU clock by 30MHz. It will run for about an hour or two before the driver crashes. The temperatures are normal, so it shouldn't be affecting power limits if I'm boosting it that much. Am I doing something wrong, or is it the card itself?
It's your card, you did fine.
In the world of silicone chips, each one is unique. There are no identical chips—even two GTX 970s have different chips inside, despite sharing the same architecture, design, size, and build. Every chip has its own capabilities.
For instance, one GTX 970 can be clocked at 100Mhz higher than another, which might barely reach 10Mhz more. It's like a lottery.
you should have increased by 10mhz each step and checked it, but try raising your power limit, your card only slightly overclocked until you pushed that further.
Thanks for the feedback. All the videos you've seen and the websites are working with GTX 980s up to 1500Mhz, and your xtreme gaming 980 from gigabtye is doing just fine. I'm still a bit puzzled about why I can't reach even 100Mhz over clock stability.
Harvey_96 is asking for help about achieving stable overclocking on their GTX 980 graphics card. They mention using a Gigabyte Xtreme gaming 980 and are confused since their own chip isn't reaching 100MHz even with higher limits. They also note that results vary between users due to chip quality.
It's frustrating because the box claims they handpick the best GPUs for overclocking. I attempted to increase the voltage and power limits, but benchmarks still run up to 200MHz overclock. Even with a stable setup, the driver crashes during actual gameplay after just 10-20 minutes, even at a modest 50MHz overclock. I'm not sure why this happens.
It's bothersome because the box claims they hand select the top GPUs for overclocking. I attempted to increase the voltage and power limits, and benchmarks still ran up to 200MHz overclock. Even with an hour of continuous testing, the benchmarks stayed stable. However, when playing actual games, the driver crashes after just 10-20 minutes, even at a modest 50MHz overclock. That's quite strange—I'm not sure why this happens. Have you checked for the latest driver updates?
Yeah, I have all the newest drivers. I might think it was a bad chip if it crashed or showed signs of failure during stress tests like Valley Benchmark. But I can overclock it quite a bit and keep it stable. It just happens in actual games after about 20 minutes. It will probably stay a mystery, haha. Thanks for trying to help!
Harvey_96 explains he has all the newest drivers and thinks a bad chip would show up in stress tests, but he can still overclock and keep things stable. He notes crashes only happen after about 20 minutes and remains unclear. He asks if the issue is with his PC or just the driver.
Wow, just the driver, it seems to fix itself quickly and clears the overclock notice like (your driver bla bla has crashed and recovered successfully)