Overclocking Advice

TheRevTastic · October 3, 2014

Okay, I just got a new EVGA GTX 780 FTW card today. And I am wanting to over clock it. But I am a complete novice and beginner when it comes to this.

Here is a picture of my GPU-Z info:

What would be the best core speeds to use in the evga PrecisionX program that are stable? I don't want to go crazy with it but enough to pull out maybe another 10 fps in games?

FearMe · October 3, 2014

You'll have to try that out yourself. Start at like 50 MHz and work your way up there in 25 MHz increments or something. Make sure to test every time you change the frequency to see if it's stable.

SpecTre12345 · October 3, 2014

My baseline overclocks start with +50 on the core and +200 on the memory. Then I test in Heaven Benchmark 4.0 for stability. If it crashes, then I know I have to lower the core. If I get artifacts then I know I have to lower the memory. If it makes it through a full pass of Heaven then I increase it in small increments and re-test with Heaven.

The biggest test for stability comes from playing a game or two for an extended period of time. You will find that you can have your clocks much higher in a benchmark than in a game. So if I start getting crashes in game, I start backing down the overclock in small increments to fine tune it.