New to overclocking, do these numbers look right?
Hello there, thanks for joining me on this adventure. I just followed a guide i found that was very specific and careful, and so was i. I got a GTX 970 GPU and currently the numbers i've got for you today is as follows:
Power limit: 110
Core Clock +115
Memory Clock +485
Temps are good, got custom fan speed on.
Do these numbers look correct? Looking online i see people getting +200 Core Clock while also only getting +200 Memory clock for example. It's baffling to me because it's the opposit for me, low core clock and really high memory clock. So just want to make sure this is correct or not? I have no artifacts that i can find, stress tested it in Heaven while upping everything, lowered it by maybe 15-20 on the respective one as soon as i saw any signs of artifacts. Also stress tested for about 15 minutes after i was done with both overclocks active at the same time and no crashes or artifacts that i can see.
Please help me! Thank you so much for reading!
Posted Dec 6, 2018, 11:16 AM UTC
That's the silicon lottery my friend, look it up if you don't know what it is
I've heard about it and have a general idea of what it is, but i didn't think it'd affect them seperately, i thought if you got a good card you were able to up both Core and Memory clock, not one or the other. Is that how it works? And how good/bad is my lottery ticket?
If this overclock is stable, than I would say your overclock is way higher than average and it's a very nice overclock
It seems stable to me. As i was upping the memory clock just a few things in Unigine Heaven started flashing black, turned it back down about 20, i still see something tiny tiny flashing somewhere sometimes while it's running but could that just be something native to the program? because it's so infrequent and tiny. And when i was overclocking my core i saw dots popping in and out of existence, so i turned it down another 20 points and no dots at all. Is that stable enough? How do i know that i'm REALLY stable? Like super duper stable?
Also what's a good GPU temp, it's at around 65c at full load, any point in keeping it that low?
Edit: Also, worth it to mess with the Core Voltage for any reason? Would i be able to up any of the others even though i currently have artifacts at a higher setting?
65c is more than super save already and a stable overclock by running 1 or 2 different benchmarks for like half an hour and if everything stays normal as it should, than your overclock is fine and you're good to go