RTX 3080 OC NUMBERS

[bebejapes]

Hi i just wanted some help in understanding this from asus website

 

Engine Clock

OC Mode - 1935 MHz (Boost Clock) Gaming Mode (Default) - GPU Boost Clock : 1905 MHz , GPU Base Clock : 1440 MHz

 

this is my HW monitor numbers

[Levent]

GPU Base clock = minimum clock speed your GPU will hit when it is not able to boost. (Can be due to temperatures, power limits, voltage or simply due to you not needing to boost your GPU clock frequency). You can think of this as the guaranteed minimum clock as long as your card is not throttling due to temperature.

 

GPU Boost clock = frequency your GPU can clock UP TO when your GPU temperatures, power limits and voltage limits lets you.

 

OC Mode = is usually a BIOS switch on the card itself where it provides minimal increase to GPU Boost clock. Same temperature, power limit and voltage limits apply. This profile usually has a different fan curve (usually louder but not noticeably)

 

[bebejapes]

1 minute ago, Levent said:

GPU Base clock = minimum clock speed your GPU will hit when it is not able to boost. (Can be due to temperatures, power limits, voltage or simply due to you not needing to boost your GPU clock frequency). You can think of this as the guaranteed minimum clock as long as your card is not throttling due to temperature.

 

GPU Boost clock = frequency your GPU can clock UP TO when your GPU temperatures, power limits and voltage limits lets you.

 

OC Mode = is usually a BIOS switch on the card itself where it provides minimal increase to GPU Boost clock. Same temperature, power limit and voltage limits apply. This profile usually has a different fan curve (usually louder but not noticeably)

 

okay makes sense. now how does my numbers compare to that of asus

[Levent]

Just now, bebejapes said:

okay makes sense. now how does my numbers compare to that of asus

Fine? looks like around +105mhz overclock. Its not anything special and probably %99 of all 3080 can hit that.

[bebejapes]

1 minute ago, Levent said:

Fine? looks like around +105mhz overclock. Its not anything special and probably %99 of all 3080 can hit that.

ahh so the graphic card is = to hw monitor "graphic"

[bebejapes]

@Levent how are my air temps looking?

[Levent]

Just now, bebejapes said:

@Levent how are my air temps looking?

Perfectly fine for stock fan profiles, every Asus card I had targets 80 to 75c. IIRC even my GTX970 Strix was like that and my current 3070 Noctua is also like that.

[bebejapes]

1 minute ago, Levent said:

Perfectly fine for stock fan profiles, every Asus card I had targets 80 to 75c. IIRC even my GTX970 Strix was like that and my current 3070 Noctua is also like that.

thanks man

[PDifolco]

18 minutes ago, Levent said:

Fine? looks like around +105mhz overclock. Its not anything special and probably %99 of all 3080 can hit that.

Not mine, basic Gigabyte Eagle with locked power limit at 320W, can't get past 1905MHz (and usually run @1860) 

[Levent]

Just now, PDifolco said:

Not mine, basic Gigabyte Eagle with locked power limit at 320W, can't get past 1905MHz (and usually run @1860) 

OP apperantly has a 3080 Strix, my bad 3080 clock table is significantly different than 3070s that I am familiar with.

[PDifolco]

Just now, Levent said:

OP apperantly has a 3080 Strix, my bad 3080 clock table is significantly different than 3070s that I am familiar with.

Yup and as per his HWInfo data his GPU eats up to 360W, which allows OC

[bebejapes]

1 minute ago, Levent said:

OP apperantly has a 3080 Strix, my bad 3080 clock table is significantly different than 3070s that I am familiar with.

is this a good or bad thing

 

 

[Levent]

Just now, bebejapes said:

is this a good or bad thing

 

 

Good. Higher clocks = more performance.

[bebejapes]

1 minute ago, PDifolco said:

Yup and as per his HWInfo data his GPU eats up to 360W, which allows OC

i try to optimize my temps and fan curves so it naturally hit higher numbers

[PDifolco]

2 minutes ago, bebejapes said:

i try to optimize my temps and fan curves so it naturally hit higher numbers

If you really want to lower temps and reduce fan noise just do the reverse : slight undervolt (say 0.875V at 1900MHz) and limit power to 90% of base 320W, so say 280W, you'll lose less than 5% performance but will significantly reduce temps and then fan ramp up as well

 

[bebejapes]

3 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

If you really want to lower temps and reduce fan noise just do the reverse : slight undervolt (say 0.875V at 1900MHz) and limit power to 90% of base 320W, so say 280W, you'll lose less than 5% performance but will significantly reduce temps and then fan ramp up as well

 

are my temps that bad?

[PDifolco]

2 minutes ago, bebejapes said:

are my temps that bad?

No, they're ok, but the fans @2000 rpm should be quite audible...I was fed up with my GPU fans noise so decided to watercool it (360mm rad), temps down by 10 to 15C and fans no higher than 1300 rpm now

 

 

[bebejapes]

13 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

No, they're ok, but the fans @2000 rpm should be quite audible...I was fed up with my GPU fans noise so decided to watercool it (360mm rad), temps down by 10 to 15C and fans no higher than 1300 rpm now

 

 

what did you do to watercool it?

[PDifolco]

1 hour ago, bebejapes said:

what did you do to watercool it?

Got a GPU AIO from Alphacool, they exist for many 3080 models