Can I overclock my 970?

[DtrollMC]

I've never Overclocked a graphics card before and don't want to damage anything or void any warranties. I have a 970 Strix, and it sticks at 60C while playing Borderlands 2 or heavily modded Skyrim (both games max settings at 1080p) I wanted to now if there is any room for overclocking at all, and if overclocking would void my warranty. Has anyone overclocked the 970 Strix yet? What were the performance gains?

[AlwaysFSX]

Yes you can, no warranties will be voided, lots of people have, performance gains vary by card.

[JoaoPRSousa]

Depends on your PSU as well

[AlwaysFSX]

Depends on your PSU as well

You do know you can check their profile, right?

[Guest]

You well be perfectly fine unless you are idiotic with it

[JoaoPRSousa]

You do know you can check their profile, right?

Yeah, forgot about that

You can overclock it, just like everyone else said

[AlwaysFSX]

You well be perfectly fine unless you are idiotic with it

"Let me just set the voltage to 7..."

[Giraffackle]

You should be able to, just make sure to overclock a little, stress test for a while to make sure it's stable and doesn't get too hot, then keep clocking it more.

[DtrollMC]

Okay guys thanks for all the answers. I did read a guide about Overclocking that told me to slowly bump up the ram first while running Unigine, and stop when I see artefacts, and do the same for the GPU. Is that a good method? The guide I read was this one: http://www.pcgamer.com/how-to-overclock-your-graphics-card/

[Aristocrates]

Yes you can, no warranties will be voided, lots of people have, performance gains vary by card.

This ^

 

Plus with the Strix it should be incredibly easy - you can just use Asus's GPU Tweak utility

 

Although of course if you've never done this before be very careful and preferably watch a few youtube tutorials first

[KamiKatze]

I got +200 MHz core nad +300 MHz Mem on mine, so did Linus. No problem for the card at all.

[Jey R.]

You well be perfectly fine unless you are idiotic with it

Precisely why there is a safe zone when people try to set ridiculous values.

[Doughnutnator]

I got +200 MHz core nad +300 MHz Mem on mine, so did Linus. No problem for the card at all.

What 970 do you have? My G1 Gaming only goes to 1500Mhz without adding power. That's sad

[KamiKatze]

What 970 do you have? My G1 Gaming only goes to 1500Mhz without adding power. That's sad

 

I have the Strix. Its stock clocks are 1114 base, 1250 boost and i added +200 and that's it, so 1450 MHz. I think the power delivery bottlenecks it. Kinda sad, that's true.

[DildorTheDecent]

I have the Strix. Its stock clocks are 1114 base, 1250 boost and i added +200 and that's it, so 1450 MHz. I think the power delivery bottlenecks it. Kinda sad, that's true.

The strix card has 5+1 power delivery vs the stock 4+1. Definitely limited in the power delivery aspect of things.

[KamiKatze]

The strix card has 5+1 power delivery vs the stock 4+1. Definitely limited in the power delivery aspect of things.

 

When i monitor stuff in GPU-Z it tells me that it's constantly at it's max TDP (100%). Asus won't allow you to increase the voltage either. or at least not significantly, so what you see is what you get.

[VortexS]

And I'm just sitting here with my Asus 290x which can't overclock for shit.

[DildorTheDecent]

When i monitor stuff in GPU-Z it tells me that it's constantly at it's max TDP (100%). Asus won't allow you to increase the voltage either. or at least not significantly, so what you see is what you get.

Custom bios would probably help a bit there.

[Doughnutnator]

I have the Strix. Its stock clocks are 1114 base, 1250 boost and i added +200 and that's it, so 1450 MHz. I think the power delivery bottlenecks it. Kinda sad, that's true.

Oh, so I'm not so screwed Look for custom BIOS (overvolting) just be careful, the Asus 970 isn't allowed to draw a lot of power. I think that I'll leave my 970 at 1500Mhz, I don't want to overvolt a brand new GPU.

[KamiKatze]

Custom bios would probably help a bit there.

 

Oh, so I'm not so screwed Look for custom BIOS (overvolting) just be careful, the Asus 970 isn't allowed to draw a lot of power. I think that I'll leave my 970 at 1500Mhz, I don't want to overvolt a brand new GPU.

 

^this. Also why do i allways have to void the warranty with a custom BIOS allthough i bought a performance product already? Asus, wake up!

[Doughnutnator]

^this. Also why do i allways have to void the warranty with a custom BIOS allthough i bought a performance product already? Asus, wake up!

The Strix doesn't come with dual BIOS? The G1 Gaming does but I don't know how to change between BIOS

[KamiKatze]

The Strix doesn't come with dual BIOS? The G1 Gaming does but I don't know how to change between BIOS

 

Googled it, nope, no dual BIOS. The G1 doesn't look so bad after all...

[Doughnutnator]

Googled it, nope, no dual BIOS. The G1 doesn't look so bad after all...

Damn, it seems that you will have to stick with the stock BIOS if you don't want to take too much risk. I got the G1 because it was the cheapest 970 in my country. I was thinking on the strix but it was $20 more expensive, I don't know why,

[KamiKatze]

Damn, it seems that you will have to stick with the stock BIOS if you don't want to take too much risk. I got the G1 because it was the cheapest 970 in my country. I was thinking on the strix but it was $20 more expensive, I don't know why,

 

I really liked that somebody streched out and made a cooler that's silence optimized. The 0dB feature is just marketing BS but at least someone did something in that direction.