This setup works perfectly with my GTX 1070 Cant OC Well.
This setup works perfectly with my GTX 1070 Cant OC Well.
I own a GTX 1070 Gaming 8g from MSI and I truly wished to push it overclock. The graphics card functions properly as it stands, but I aim for that additional speed boost. I rely on EVGA's Precision X OC software because MSI's Afterburner prevented me from adjusting my voltage in any way. I increased the power limit to 126% and set the thermal threshold to 92°C. Then I adjusted the core clock to +150 MHZ, memory to +400 MHZ, and boosted the voltage to +50%. After running a game, I experienced an instant crash. I had to restart using the reset switch on my PC case. This issue kept recurring until I settled on +130 for the core, +350 for memory, and with the same power and thermal settings, +30% on voltage. That was a rather disappointing overclock compared to what reviewers achieved with FOUNDERS EDITION cards. Just note that my power supply is adequate (600W) and the card never exceeds 73°C. There’s no reason I can’t even reach 150 on the core or 400 on memory. Either I made a mistake during the overclock process, or I was unlucky and hit a bad silicon combination.
I have the same card as you and I’m also only achieving +130 core and +350 memory speeds with MSI Afterburner. It’s frustrating, but the +130 still surpasses the 2GHz mark.
I already talked about how irrelevant the difference would be. But that isn’t the core of this message. I was just curious about why my GTX 1070 couldn’t reach the speeds that every reviewer or user says they achieved without even overclocking. In fact, I built a PC for a friend using an EVGA ACX 3.0 1070, and it would simply jump to 2.01-2.02 GHZ with GPU boost. It wasn’t a specially modified factory model—just a standard ACX 3.0 card. I just wanted to understand why my own card can’t even approach those speeds, even when I push its thermal and power limits, without causing the PC to fail instantly.
I used MSI Afterburner and GPUTweak2 on my GTX 1070 Strix Edition, but nothing worked. I increased the Boost Clock to +25 without changing the voltage. I began running Valley Benchmark, which seemed to be the issue. After a few minutes it stopped loading and skipped scenes, then crashed after about 4-5 minutes. Please note I’m not very experienced with overclocking, so don’t be too hard on me because I made a mistake. If I’m still here, I’d like to know whether boosting Boost Clock or Memory Clock would improve performance.
I have a GTX 1070 Strix Edition, and I attempted to use MSI Afterburner and GPUTweak2. On both attempts, I wasn't able to achieve anything, not even a slight improvement.
I will go through what I did. Initially, I increased the Boost Clock by +25 without adjusting the voltage. Then I started running Valley Benchmark, which seemed to be the issue. After a few minutes, the game stopped loading and skipped scenes, and after another 4-5 minutes it crashed completely.
Please note I'm not very experienced with overclocking, so don't be too hard on me because I made a mistake.
If I'm still here, I'd like to ask: which setting should provide better performance, Boost Clock or Memory Clock?
My rig details:
- Intel i7 6700K at 4.6GHz
- GTX 1070 Strix Edition
- 16GB DDR4 RAM at 2400Hz
- GA-Z270X-Gaming motherboard
- Additional components that aren't crucial.
If it isn't too late to answer your question (sorry, I should have saved this thread), your adjustments to the core clock are correct. However, you shouldn't be too worried about changing the voltage each time a crash happens. Also, Valley Benchmark is a good way to test if your overclock is stable.
First, increase the power and thermal limits to their maximum settings, then raise the core (and memory—around 50MHz) and check stability. If crashes still occur, just increase the voltage by 5-10% and observe. Keep repeating this until you reach the highest possible overclock. Keep in mind that some games and apps might gain more from a memory clock boost than a core clock boost, but generally, boosting the core clock helps more with frame rates.
Yeah, it's just the luck of the draw. My 1070 is running at 2045mhz, which I didn't expect. I thought overclocking wouldn't work well with my machine, but it's actually a pretty good performance. Before this model, my 1070s were really underwhelming. Sorry if that came up—did you check the MSI Afterburner settings and enable "Unlock Voltage control"? For some reason, my 1070 is still holding up at 2044-2045mhz while gaming.