980 ti OC help

[Xyrock]

Hi! i need some insides how to OC my 980 ti and so on.

 

i watched some videos on how to OC it and i think i got the basic stuff now.

 

the only thing i want to know is: what benchmarker is good to stress test 980 ti? is furmark3d good enough?

 

Core or memory first?

and should i touch the voltage at all?

 

and lastly shall i put the power limit to 110%?

[SeanAngelo]

Hi! i need some insides how to OC my 980 ti and so on.

 

i watched some videos on how to OC it and i think i got the basic stuff now.

 

the only thing i want to know is: what benchmarker is good to stress test 980 ti? is furmark3d good enough?

 

Core or memory first?

and should i touch the voltage at all?

 

and lastly shall i put the power limit to 110%?

heaven, valley 3dmark, games

[Curufinwe_wins]

Must-do: Put power target up to 110%, Prioritize gpu core clock

Should do: increase voltage +87 mV, put memory at least up +400

 

I personally use the full 3dmark suite and that's all I have, but furmark is well viewed here.

 

Also I would note that you should really test high fps and high load separately. I can run higher overclocks at 4k than I can at 1440p and even less at 1080p (note the difference is only like 20 Mhz and 100x2 memory clock) or lower due to instability as fps increases.

[Rolling Potatoe]

core first

Yes if you want the best oc

yes

 

Furmark only helps heat up your gpu, try heaven 4.0 or valley

[Xyrock]

core first

Yes if you want the best oc

yes

 

Furmark only helps heat up your gpu, try heaven 4.0 or valley

ok ty

[Xyrock]

Must-do: Put power target up to 110%, Prioritize gpu core clock

Should do: increase voltage +87 mV, put memory at least up +400

 

I personally use the full 3dmark suite and that's all I have, but furmark is well viewed here.

 

Also I would note that you should really test high fps and high load separately. I can run higher overclocks at 4k than I can at 1440p and even less at 1080p (note the difference is only like 20 Mhz and 100x2 memory clock) or lower due to instability as fps increases.

if i increase the Voltage, doesnt it decrease my lifespan?

[Curufinwe_wins]

if i increase the Voltage, doesnt it decrease my lifespan?

By some amount that is basically impossible to quantity whatsoever.

 

Don't worry about it.

[Lays]

if i increase the Voltage, doesnt it decrease my lifespan?

You will need to test voltage and find out what your card likes the most, with big maxwell GPU cores, sometimes less voltage will provide you with a higher overclock.

[Curufinwe_wins]

You will need to test voltage and find out what your card likes the most, with big maxwell GPU cores, sometimes less voltage will provide you with a higher overclock.

Indeed, but generally it scales positively till at least 1.2 V (and I forget what that is on reference offset, but still).

[Xyrock]

Indeed, but generally it scales positively till at least 1.2 V (and I forget what that is on reference offset, but still).

i just red some info online. i dont think i wanna increase the voltage at all if i am keeping this card for atleast 5 years

[Curufinwe_wins]

i just red some info online. i dont think i wanna increase the voltage at all if i am keeping this card for atleast 5 years

Sigh... as you will. It won't matter, but whatever you are comfortable with.

[Xyrock]

Sigh... as you will. It won't matter, but whatever you are comfortable with.

they said if im changing GPU frequiently then its no problem. but if im keeping the card longer than 5 years i shouldnt risk it.

[Curufinwe_wins]

they said if im changing GPU frequiently then its no problem. but if im keeping the card longer than 5 years i shouldnt risk it.

They can say whatever they want. The proof just doesn't exist to back it up.

 

My two cents on the matter.