Try to overclock my 1060
Try to overclock my 1060
Hello,
I'm trying to test overclocking for my Palit 1060 super jetstream with a 6GB RAM. I thought it would be worth it since others seem able to push this card further. I decided to use MSI Afterburner for the process.
However, whenever I try to increase either my memory or core clock above 150MHz, my computer freezes and shows a black screen for a few seconds while playing Overwatch. Also, I noticed I've set my power limit to 110, so I'm unsure if the card is actually failing or just losing performance.
I'm relatively new to overclocking, so maybe it's due to a mistake on my end. Thanks for your help.
I can only manage around +120mhz on my 1060 stable, which equals 2110mhz on that model. I also boost +450mhz to the memory stable. Most 1060s won’t exceed such performance on the core. I usually try overclocking the max core first, then adjust the memory settings—your high core clock seems more likely causing instability than the memory overclock. I suspect you’re expecting too much; could you share your core clock after adding the 150mhz? It probably goes past 2100mhz, where most 1060s face issues.
It's completely normal. Not every graphics card model performs identically. Some overclock more effectively than others, so luck plays a role. Your setup is average, considering Palit already boosted the GPU to around 110-120 MHz. Adding a bit more overclocking might push it to 1950-2000 MHz with the Core and GPU boost 3.0.
If you're experiencing freezing, keep an eye on temperatures or reduce the overclock slightly to determine if the issue is due to excessive heat or insufficient power.
Thanks for the answers man.
I've try to lower my core clocks to +100mhz now, and pushing my mem clocks to +170mhz and it seems it's the core clocks is the problem. I'm just too greedy lol. I'll play more with overclocking but I guess that's all for now. Since I got a nice FPS on most games + a bit better ethernum mining rate
Also yeah my core clocks is around 2105 MHz with GPU boost + OC.
Btw, not sure if I has to push my power limit to the max if I reach my max oc mem clock? Or 110-115 is enough.
EDIT 2: so I've try to push mine to +780mhz mem clocks, and +95 core clock (turned down a bit because I've tried with ghost recon wildland and this game doesnt like that high core clock I guess? Crashed a lot. Overwatch is still fine or maybe because ubisucks and/or overwatch is more lighter than ghost recon.) haven't try with games but I'm mining some altcoin and it's works great though.
Thanks for the responses. I've been adjusting my core clocks to +100mhz and pushing my memory clocks to +170mhz, but it seems the core clocks are still the issue. I'm a bit too eager, though. I plan to experiment more with overclocking, but for now it looks like this is the main problem. I've achieved good FPS in most games and improved my Ethernet mining rate slightly.
My core clock is around 2105 MHz with GPU boost and overclocking enabled. Regarding power limits, I'm not sure if pushing to the maximum is necessary if I hit my max memory clock speed. A range of 110-115 seems sufficient.
Also, I tried increasing my memory clocks to +780mhz and core clocks to +95mhz (adjusted a bit after issues with Ghost Recon Wildland), but the game didn't handle it well—many crashes occurred. Overwatch seems to work better, possibly because of its lighter load compared to Ghost Recon. I haven't tested other games yet, but mining some altcoins is going well.
Running my 1060 X with a core clock of +150Mhz and memory clock at +200Mhz has been satisfactory. Just to note, you usually don't mine at full clock speeds for coins since the card isn't efficient at that point—you tend to underclock it for mining purposes.