Overclock not working

[Kumichi58]

Hey guys, I used to be able to OC my GPU (MSI RTX 2060 Ventus XS OC) to +300 MHz core clock and +1250 MHz memory clock stably and works fine during hours of game-play, but now it always crash and creates artifacts during a 3dmark benchmark test and crashes the whole screen when applying the setting using afterburner. prior to this, I'm not sure if it's relevant, afterburner been acting weird, I lost the profile I saved so I had to dial in a new one, since I still remember the numbers, I just dial it in as it is, but now it won't work. any ideas what seems to be the issue? should I get my gpu checked by the store I bought it from to see if there's a fault?

 

thanks in advance!

[Hairless Monkey]

Has the ambient temperature changed since the OC was working? Every 1C increase in ambient temps = 1C increase in GPU temps. Clean the dust out of your system and make sure your case fans are providing plenty of fresh air.

 

Are you playing different games than before? Different games utilize the GPU in different ways. A stable OC in one game may not be stable in another.

 

Finally, OC potential of a CPU/GPU will decrease overtime with use.

[boggy77]

in addition to the above, driver updates may sometimes make an OC less stable.

[Kumichi58]

21 minutes ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

Has the ambient temperature changed since the OC was working? Every 1C increase in ambient temps = 1C increase in GPU temps. Clean the dust out of your system and make sure your case fans are providing plenty of fresh air.

 

Are you playing different games than before? Different games utilize the GPU in different ways. A stable OC in one game may not be stable in another.

 

Finally, OC potential of a CPU/GPU will decrease overtime with use.

There's no change in ambient temperature, and I played different games after overclocking (Far Cry 5, CSGO, and RS6). Does it decrease that quickly? I overclocked my GPU last week

[Kumichi58]

20 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

in addition to the above, driver updates may sometimes make an OC less stable.

There's no driver update since I overclocked my GPU

[Kumichi58]

I noticed a drop in performance the morning I played some games and watch YouTube. 3dmark shows a drop in performance even in stock settings.

[boggy77]

looks like it was an unstable overclock and you were unlucky (or lucky) to not detect it early. just dial back on the frequencies a bit and you'll be fine.

[Kumichi58]

7 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

looks like it was an unstable overclock and you were unlucky (or lucky) to not detect it early. just dial back on the frequencies a bit and you'll be fine.

Problem is, I did multiple 3dmark stress test and it's pretty stable, the benchmark's also quite good. I'll try dialling in lower numbers and post an update

[Kumichi58]

Latest update:

 

I managed to get it working at lower settings:

 

Core clock: +130 MHz

Memory clock stays the same at +1250 MHz.

 

I also noticed a drop in performance while running stock, should I be worried?

[boggy77]

5 hours ago, Kumichi58 said:

Latest update:

 

I managed to get it working at lower settings:

 

Core clock: +130 MHz

Memory clock stays the same at +1250 MHz.

 

I also noticed a drop in performance while running stock, should I be worried?

i mean, I'm surprised you got +300 in the first place, that's a lot of overclock. you might want to try msi afterburner's auto-oc

[Kumichi58]

2 hours ago, boggy77 said:

i mean, I'm surprised you got +300 in the first place, that's a lot of overclock. you might want to try msi afterburner's auto-oc

yeah I realised that after reading through reddit, I haven't found one that overclocked their rtx 2060 to +300 MHz. I've let greed cloud my judgement