1080 TI overclock results?

[Frankenburger]

Just now, jimmyjimmies said:

Okay got it. And last question-- when do you alter the gpu voltage during your overclocking process? I've heard a ton of varying opinions on whether or not to even touch it. Thanks!

If the card/bios/drivers allows for voltage adjustments, you first have to enable overvolting in Afterburner or Precision X's settings. Once you do, the Core Voltage slider on the main screen will unlock. 

 

It doesn't seem like Afterburner or Precision X will allow for overvolting the 1080Ti though. Neither of the two programs allow me to adjust the voltages, even when enabling the overvolt option. It's kind of unfortunate, because in my scenario, clearly I have enough thermal overhead to push further, and I could only imagine how far the 1080 Ti's could go on water. It wouldn't surprise me if it was hard locked since the 1080Ti's already draw so much power (between 230W-250W depending who you ask). But it personally doesn't bother me too much. I really only ever OC if I need the extra frames.

[Frankenburger]

10 minutes ago, jimmyjimmies said:

Okay got it. And last question-- when do you alter the gpu voltage during your overclocking process? I've heard a ton of varying opinions on whether or not to even touch it. Thanks!

In addendum to my previous post, when I did have cards that allowed for overvolting, I usually just started right off with the +87mV and 120% power target. Like I mentioned earlier, overclocking the core is pretty safe nowadays.

 

The only time I recommend adjusting the voltage and power target after adjusting the core clock is if thermals and airflow is a concern. In that situation, OC until your not stable, then bump the volts and power target as necessary.

[jimmyjimmies]

19 minutes ago, Frankenburger said:

If the card/bios/drivers allows for voltage adjustments, you first have to enable overvolting in Afterburner or Precision X's settings. Once you do, the Core Voltage slider on the main screen will unlock. 

 

It doesn't seem like Afterburner or Precision X will allow for overvolting the 1080Ti though. Neither of the two programs allow me to adjust the voltages, even when enabling the overvolt option. It's kind of unfortunate, because in my scenario, clearly I have enough thermal overhead to push further, and I could only imagine how far the 1080 Ti's could go on water. It wouldn't surprise me if it was hard locked since the 1080Ti's already draw so much power (between 230W-250W depending who you ask). But it personally doesn't bother me too much. I really only ever OC if I need the extra frames.

really? thats pretty surprising. I would have assumed they'd have the default set to a safe range and leave voltage adjustments for the overclockers that want to push past the guaranteed safe voltage. Maybe they just figured the gpu voltage adjustments don't push temps high enough to cause damage  so they just set it to the max by default? That's good to know though, I'd probably have spent hours trying to figure out why i can't adjust it when I get my TI strix in a few days lmao. Thanks again for all the info, you da man

[Frankenburger]

You're welcome. Good luck and have fun with that Strix!

[Hunter-97-G]

On 8/4/2017 at 4:09 AM, Mufastang said:

Is that completely maxed, or are you turning down settings for a constant 60 fps? 
Cause on Wildlands and Watch dogs 2 etc. I'm sipping down to mid 40's a lot. That's with everything maxed minus the msaa

GR Wildlands and WD2 are the worst examples ever, their Ultra Settings are incredibly unoptimized. Try high.

 

I've tested the card in DOOM, Overwatch, Titanfall 2, Battlefield 1, Nier Automata and Dishonored 2 (reinstalling Witcher 3 right now but I know that w/o Hairworks it'll go stable at Ultra 60). All of them completely maxed out. Out of those, only Dishonored 2 dropped to the low 50's but as you know that one has optimization issues.

 

As for the overclocking.

 

My card is not the FE, it's the Gaming OC from Gigabyte. It has 75 Mhz of factory OC over the FE and the Windforce 3X cooler. It doesn't have a backplate but it costs the same as the FE which is great. 8+2 phases, just 1 more than the FE. At stock the boostclock hovers in the 1860 territory, going as high as 1911 Mhz and as low as 1797 Mhz which is still a far cry from the advertised 1657Mhz OC mode. Temps are around 72-73C (stock fan curve) which is like 3 celsius higher than my 1080, which, considering the Ti has 1024 extra CUDA's, I find very good.

 

About Custom OC, currently I've 'only' been able to achieve +135Mhz on the core and +400 on the memory, which means around 2012 core and 5900 memory. The core clock though drops usually to the 1960's-70's which maybe has something to do with the card only having 8+6 power inputs instead of 8+8 like higher end custom models. Temps while OC'ed and with the fans at 65% are about 75-76C.

 

Conclusions: Not the best custom model for sure but I am very happy with my purchase, the card is a complete monster and it has the extra grunt for 4K where my 1080 struggled in many games to hit 60fps.

[SHADY16]

23 hours ago, Frankenburger said:

Just some string. I cut enough length to hang it from the top grill of the tower where the rad goes.

 

(Shoulda mentioned it from the get go. Running on 3 hours of sleep here. Sorry 'bout that.)

it seems even after setting all my case fans to max it still gets to 75-77c and if i leave them at low it will slowly creep passed 80c and my stock boost is only 1848 even with my 135 oc it still will drop under 2k.hits 2025 for like 20 mins then back down to 1946 and stays there sitting at 80c with 100% fan speed

[Frankenburger]

1 hour ago, SHADY16 said:

it seems even after setting all my case fans to max it still gets to 75-77c and if i leave them at low it will slowly creep passed 80c and my stock boost is only 1848 even with my 135 oc it still will drop under 2k.hits 2025 for like 20 mins then back down to 1946 and stays there sitting at 80c with 100% fan speed

It's really strange that your card is choked out as much as it is. Your tower looks like it has some decent space and you definitely have a decent amount of fans. Do you happen to know what the CFM of those fans are? Also, it might not be a bad idea to consider applying your own thermal compound on the GPU.

[SHADY16]

1 minute ago, Frankenburger said:

It's really strange that your card is choked out as much as it is. Your tower looks like it has some decent space and you definitely have a decent amount of fans. Do you happen to know what the CFM of those fans are? Also, it might not be a bad idea to consider applying your own thermal compound on the GPU.

my 3 corsair af 120s are 63.47 cfm max speed and my MLpro 140 is 75 cfm and i would do that but theres a sticker on the back of the retention screw saying warranty void if removed. also my corsair sp120 for my radiator is 62.74 cfm

[Frankenburger]

10 minutes ago, SHADY16 said:

my 3 corsair af 120s are 63.47 cfm max speed and my MLpro 140 is 75 cfm and i would do that but theres a sticker on the back of the retention screw saying warranty void if removed. also my corsair sp120 for my radiator is 62.74 cfm

What's the manufacturer of your Ti? Certain brands, such as EVGA, only uses the warranty sticker to verify if the card has been previously opened during a step-up or RMA. With them, removing the sticker won't actually void the warranty.

 

https://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2629305

 

If it's a brand other than EVGA, it couldn't hurt to sling them an e-mail and inquire on the sticker, see if your manufacturer's policy is the same as EVGA's.

[SHADY16]

Just now, Frankenburger said:

What's the manufacturer of your Ti? Certain brands, such as EVGA, only uses the warranty sticker to verify if the card has been previously opened during a step-up or RMA. With them, removing the sticker won't actually void the warranty.

 

https://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2629305

MSI is the manufacturer, i wish it was evga but it was literally the only one my local microcenter had and i think heat was starting to wear on my last 1080 acx from evga as i was getting artifacts so i returned it and got the Ti

[Frankenburger]

1 minute ago, SHADY16 said:

MSI is the manufacturer, i wish it was evga but it was literally the only one my local microcenter had and i think heat was starting to wear on my last 1080 acx from evga as i was getting artifacts so i returned it and got the Ti

I hear ya.

 

I still can't wrap my head around why your thermals are so high, even with that ACX. How much of a concern is it for you? If disassembling the card to apply new compound isn't an option, have you considered testing the system outside of the case with a fan blowing on the card?

[SHADY16]

2 minutes ago, Frankenburger said:

I hear ya.

 

I still can't wrap my head around why your thermals are so high, even with that ACX. How much of a concern is it for you? If disassembling the card to apply new compound isn't an option, have you considered testing the system outside of the case with a fan blowing on the card?

i think i might have an idea why but im not sure as the case im using the corsair 200r doesnt have open fron fan clearance just a grill on each side and one of the 3 intake fans is actually behind the HDD bracket. ive been thinking about buying a dremal and some mesh to cut away some of the front panel and adding the mesh for dust etc to improve airflow

[Frankenburger]

2 minutes ago, SHADY16 said:

i think i might have an idea why but im not sure as the case im using the corsair 200r doesnt have open fron fan clearance just a grill on each side and one of the 3 intake fans is actually behind the HDD bracket. ive been thinking about buying a dremal and some mesh to cut away some of the front panel and adding the mesh for dust etc to improve airflow

That doesn't sound like a bad idea, though I don't want to recommend something that'll cost money and might not work. Does the card get choked out if the side panel is off?

[SHADY16]

Just now, Frankenburger said:

That doesn't sound like a bad idea, though I don't want to recommend something that'll cost money and might not work. Does the card get choked out if the side panel is off?

i havent really tested that for long periods but i took it off for like 5 mins thermals didnt change a whole lot maybe like 2-3c lower

[VagabondWraith]

It's actually very simple to unlock voltage in Ti cards. I have mine unlocked but I only use it for benchmarking once in a while. You can unlock for TXP as well, and 1080/1070 too.

[Frankenburger]

I found a guide on how to unlcok voltages on the 1080Ti using Afterburner. It seems it's a software limitation, not a hardware/bios limitation.

 

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-1080-ti-review,32.html

[SHADY16]

13 hours ago, Frankenburger said:

I found a guide on how to unlcok voltages on the 1080Ti using Afterburner. It seems it's a software limitation, not a hardware/bios limitation.

 

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-1080-ti-review,32.html

hmm idk whats going on but it seems i had to up my fan speed to 90% to keep it under 80 now and i didnt change anything im starting to wonder if i got a bad card or not

[Frankenburger]

37 minutes ago, SHADY16 said:

hmm idk whats going on but it seems i had to up my fan speed to 90% to keep it under 80 now and i didnt change anything im starting to wonder if i got a bad card or not

That's a possibility. My first HD5970 back in 2009 had similar issues - requiring constant TLC to keep the temps down. It would often get in the 100c+ range if I wasn't careful. Eventually I got it replaced with another HD5970 and the temps on the new card were in the mid to high 80c range.

 

I do have a concern though. You mentioned the 1080 ACX you had previously was in the mid 70c range, right? That's actually a fairly high temp for the 1080 ACX. In my experience, they should be in the high 60c range, low to mid 70c if overclocking. You could always see if you can get your 1080Ti replaced, and hopefully things will turn out for the better. I just find it odd that you had 2 cards back to back with operating temperatures well above normal.

[AdmiralMeowmix]

I got my Aorus 1080 ti to 12100 Memory OC (can go higher but this is the safest) and a 1723 Boost clock that with GPU boost auto boosts up to 1990-2000. (Can't go higher, artifacting occurs along with dips) Temps never reach higher than 77 C under synthetic load. So I didn't get the best Overclocker but it's pretty good and went from a 19K firestrike score to a 22K score

[MegaDave91]

 My FE was stable at 2.1GHz during rough testing for curiosities sake.

[Frankenburger]

I'm not sure if the voltage unlock is working properly on my cards, or if I just have lemons. Even if I max out the overvolt slider, I can't OC beyond +120MHz and maintain stability.

[SHADY16]

1 hour ago, Frankenburger said:

That's a possibility. My first HD5970 back in 2009 had similar issues - requiring constant TLC to keep the temps down. It would often get in the 100c+ range if I wasn't careful. Eventually I got it replaced with another HD5970 and the temps on the new card were in the mid to high 80c range.

 

I do have a concern though. You mentioned the 1080 ACX you had previously was in the mid 70c range, right? That's actually a fairly high temp for the 1080 ACX. In my experience, they should be in the high 60c range, low to mid 70c if overclocking. You could always see if you can get your 1080Ti replaced, and hopefully things will turn out for the better. I just find it odd that you had 2 cards back to back with operating temperatures well above normal.

yeah idk im kind of suspecting my case is the culprit tbh, heck i even remember i had a 980 acx that got to 68-70c with 90% fan

[H0TS]

 

My 1080ti is stable on 2038mhz on default core volts and stays at 70 degrees on full load+ in benches. 

 

 

 

[isdouble]

Bought MSI GTX 1080 TI Seahawk X. I can maintain 100+ core / 500+ memory (2038/12000) during Heaven 4.0 with 51C Max at 36% fan speed.

It drops down to 2012 at the lowest during benchmarking.

I might have to unlock the voltage to increase the core since anything more than 100 crashes.

Not the best but I'm still happy as it can maintain 2000+ during gaming.

[jasonc_01]

A little late here, but I was able to get my 1080ti FE card to +175 core and +500 momory. Boost's to 2075mhz, I can benchmark with +700 memory but i'm not sure if theres anything to be had up there.