overclocking r9 280x

[szewei]

Hello, i have a sapphire r9 280x vapour x Oc it comes with 1100mhz stock and i'm not sure the best way to overclock it

 

i tested it with unigine heaven 4.0 and got 1166 score with gpu max tempt at 73c ,which one should i use? unigine heaven or valley or something else?

 

i tried setting core clock to 1200mhz and ran msi kombustor for 20mins and had no problems but how should i overclock memory?

 

how much do you think i should push it? max temps? voltage? and what do people usually get from overclocking the 280x?

 

 

[Si3Rra_7]

Use Furmark , Heaven, and a game ( i use bf4 ) for testing OCs . Up the gpu clock and leave the memory , then only the memory , then try both and experiment which one is the problem. 

[Volbet]

Both Unigin Heaven and Valley should be fine for testing. If you want something different, I would suggest a game.

Don't use MSi Kompuster/FurMark. They are really bad a stability testing overclocks. 

 

I don't know if your card supports overvoltage, but I wouldn't suggest pushing the temperature higher than 90°C. 

You overclock the memory exactly the same way you overclock the GPU. Raise the speed and stability test. But don't overclock the memory and the GPU at the same time. First overclock one and then the other. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

Heaven and Valley are good for testing temps and artefacts, but it's a good idea to test a game that you play a lot to make sure that it's stable in that. 

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

Furmark, 3DMark 11, Kumbustor, a game or an in game benchmark 

[Si3Rra_7]

Never

 

Both Unigin Heaven and Valley should be fine for testing. If you want something different, I would suggest a game.

Don't use MSi Kompuster/FurMark. They are really bad a stability testing overclocks. 

 

Never had a problem with furmark . I use it for really temp intensive tests

[maazster]

Use Valley for temps and 3D mark Vantage for stability.

[Toxic Tom]

I usually push the gpu speed to as fast as it will go, then turn it down a tiny bit to allow for memory overclocking. Then I just push the memory to as fast as it will go and see if the gpu speed wants to go back to its highest clock speed.