Voltage limit

[Metro_boomin]

My Msi gtx 1060 6gb gaming x ALWAYS hits it's voltage limits, (even at 100% voltage in afterburner) and I think this is why I can’t push it past 1669mhz. Help needed

 

edit: would lowering my memory clock help?

Edited January 7, 2019 by Metro_boomin

[knightslugger]

1.093 is the Voltage cap. without a modded VBIOS, you cannot go further than that.

 

up your power limit and increase your cooling solution. keep Pascal as cool as possible.

[TheBean]

1669mhz for pascal is low. usually oc'ing pascal can push it to 2000mhz. 

while writing i just realised. check power limit slider in afterburner

[Metro_boomin]

2 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

1.093 is the Voltage cap. without a modded VBIOS, you cannot go further than that.

 

up your power limit and increase your cooling solution. keep Pascal as cool as possible.

Power and temp sliders maxed out. I tried a pretty aggressive fan curve and it never passed about 62 c

[Metro_boomin]

4 minutes ago, Saksham said:

1669mhz for pascal is low. usually oc'ing pascal can push it to 2000mhz. 

while writing i just realised. check power limit slider in afterburner

Power and temp sliders maxed. It hits 2050mhz on boost.

[TheBean]

12 minutes ago, Metro_boomin said:

Power and temp sliders maxed. It hits 2050mhz on boost.

so its fixed now?

[Metro_boomin]

14 minutes ago, Saksham said:

so its fixed now?

No, not really. When I said 1669mhz I was talking about it’s base clock. It’s been boosting to ~2050mhz for a while

[TheBean]

25 minutes ago, Metro_boomin said:

No, not really. When I said 1669mhz I was talking about it’s base clock. It’s been boosting to ~2050mhz for a while

is that not the normal behavior?

[Metro_boomin]

31 minutes ago, Saksham said:

is that not the normal behavior?

I. Damn ok I feel hella stupid ima just delete this thread

[Mick Naughty]

Voltage limit isn’t a problem. Just temps. 

[Crunchy Dragon]

2 hours ago, knightslugger said:

up your power limit

Pascal is pretty limited in terms of power, if I recall correctly, you couldn't go above 100% in Afterburner on any card post-Kepler or Maxwell.

[knightslugger]

4 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Pascal is pretty limited in terms of power, if I recall correctly, you couldn't go above 100% in Afterburner on any card post-Kepler or Maxwell.

Not true. If the VBIOS allows it, I've seen factory power limits in excess of 122% on some AIB cards.

[Mick Naughty]

And it will still hit the power limit. So it really doesn’t matter. 

[Metro_boomin]

 

On 1/6/2019 at 10:18 PM, Mick Naughty said:

Voltage limit isn’t a problem. Just temps. 

Idk I’ve been artifacting wayy before I’m even close to tdp, and furmark was saying I was hitting a voltage limit maybe I just got bad silicon 

[knightslugger]

Just now, Metro_boomin said:

 

Idk I’ve been artifacting wayy before I’m even close to tdp, and furmark was saying I was hitting a voltage limit maybe I just got bad silicon 

Artifacting can be memory OC related too. what are your settings?

[Metro_boomin]

Just now, knightslugger said:

Artifacting can be memory OC related too. what are your settings?

I’m at school rn so I’m not completely sure. In afterburner my memory clock is +550mhz but I’ve gotten it to +625

[knightslugger]

7 minutes ago, Metro_boomin said:

I’m at school rn so I’m not completely sure. In afterburner my memory clock is +550mhz but I’ve gotten it to +625

*whistle*

[Mick Naughty]

1 hour ago, Metro_boomin said:

 

Idk I’ve been artifacting wayy before I’m even close to tdp, and furmark was saying I was hitting a voltage limit maybe I just got bad silicon 

Th card will always have a voltage limit. Do a shunt mod if you somehow think that a 1060 is held back by voltage. 

[Metro_boomin]

1 hour ago, knightslugger said:

*whistle*

Not sure what that means but I found a note where I wrote it down. Core 2076 (+102) memory 4590 (+585) memory bus 2295 (I’m not sure if I should switch memory and memory bus idk what they mean lmao) 

[Metro_boomin]

6 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

Th card will always have a voltage limit. Do a shunt mod if you somehow think that a 1060 is held back by voltage. 

Haha that’s a no for me thanks though

[knightslugger]

2 minutes ago, Metro_boomin said:

Not sure what that means but I found a note where I wrote it down. Core 2076 (+102) memory 4590 (+585) memory bus 2295 (I’m not sure if I should switch memory and memory bus idk what they mean lmao) 

2295 MHz is the actual memory speed, but because it is DDR (Double Data Rate) the expressed value is 4590 MHz. But that is a HEAVY overclock for GDDR5. Would probably work just fine for mining or folding, but quality video display output... i'd drop that down a few hundred MHz.

[Metro_boomin]

Just now, knightslugger said:

2295 MHz is the actual memory speed, but because it is DDR (Double Data Rate) the expressed value is 4590 MHz. But that is a HEAVY overclock for GDDR5. Would probably work just fine for mining or folding, but quality video display output... i'd drop that down a few hundred MHz.

Ohh thanks. So would dropping it to like 2000mhz or 2100mhz be a better idea, and would that help with getting a higher core clock?

[knightslugger]

5 minutes ago, Metro_boomin said:

Ohh thanks. So would dropping it to like 2000mhz or 2100mhz be a better idea, and would that help with getting a higher core clock?

Core and Memory are seperate. If you want higher core clocks, you need to keep the core cool, push more power and/or voltage. since you can't really increase voltage without a modded VBIOS, and pushing more power is not in the plan, finding a way to get the core to 50*C or lower will be your only solution while pushing clock speed OC up.

 

not an easy task on air cooling.

 

I would drop your Memory OC to +300 to reduce or eliminate artifacting.

[Metro_boomin]

2 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

Core and Memory are seperate. If you want higher core clocks, you need to keep the core cool, push more power and/or voltage. since you can't really increase voltage without a modded VBIOS, and pushing more power is not in the plan, finding a way to get the core to 50*C or lower will be your only solution while pushing clock speed OC up.

 

not an easy task on air cooling.

 

I would drop your Memory OC to +300 to reduce or eliminate artifacting.

Thank you so much that big helped!! Ima set a more aggressive fan curve to keep that boi at/under 50. I had no clue memory was causing artifacting I thought that was a lack of voltage to the core. Oof

[knightslugger]

1 minute ago, Metro_boomin said:

Thank you so much that big helped!! Ima set a more aggressive fan curve to keep that boi at/under 50. I had no clue memory was causing artifacting I thought that was a lack of voltage to the core. Oof

well, artifacting can be a symptom of an overly aggressive core frequency, but Boost 3.0 is temperature dependant on Pascal and the driver will crash more than it'll artifact. memory is my #1 reason for artifacting, and to be honest, memory doesn't affect frame rate nearly to the degree that core does. It will start to downclock when the core hits 50C.