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Windforce GTX 970, safe oc? ;)

Kajeto
By Kajeto
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Hello everyone! Sooo. I bought this GTX 970 from gigabyte, the windforce version, not g1 gaming. First thing I did with it was overclocking and I came to following results: with power limit set to 112% I got core clock at 1479mhz with boost and 7.9ghz on memory. I could easily do 8ghz on memory with the card being stable, possibly could push a bit more out of a core clock too, but I have one simply concern: Are these types of OC safe for everyday gaming use? I see a lot of people with these cards oc'd even higher, but... I just don't know what is the roof when it comes to those cards. What I need right now is your opinion on that topic. I mean, temps are safe, never exceed 65 degrees celcius. With what I have set right now, 1479/7900 I score 2045 points in Unigine Heaven 4.0, which is quite a nice jump from 1720 points I was getting on stock settings. :)

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Wait what. 2045 point on the Extreme HD preset? You sir have a bottleneck or something screwing you over because you should be getting in the region of 2550-2700 points

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This is why you should not get an FX CPU for ANY scenario other than rendering on a budget http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/286142-fx-8350-r9-290-psu-requirements/?p=3892901 | http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/266481-an-issue-with-people-bashing-the-fx-cpus/?p=3620861

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Im not sure about the setting thingy but my score is up to par with the benchmarking sites, so this one is ok :P the thing is, what is the roof on this thing? is 8ghz on memory safe for everyday use?

IT's safe, if your screens go black without ever returning your GPU crashed and you need to tone it down

RIG: I7-4790k @ 4.5GHz | MSI Z97S SLI Plus | 12GB Geil Dragon RAM 1333MHz | Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970 (1550MHz core/7800MHz memory) @ +18mV(Maxed out at 1650/7800 so far) | Corsair RM750 | Samsung 840 EVO 120GB, 1TB Seagate Barracuda | Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Closed) | Sound Blaster Z                                                                                                                        Getting: Noctua NH-D15 | Possible 250GB Samsung 850 Evo                                                                                        Need a console killer that actually shits on every console? Here you go (No MIR/Promo)

This is why you should not get an FX CPU for ANY scenario other than rendering on a budget http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/286142-fx-8350-r9-290-psu-requirements/?p=3892901 | http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/266481-an-issue-with-people-bashing-the-fx-cpus/?p=3620861

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Thanks mate! My mind is at ease now. Damn those things do have powerful oc potential, don't they.

 

 

Is the windforce and g1 physically the same card? If yes then when seeing your OC paying extra for G1 with "gauntlet gpu core" is some what pointless, ofc unless you can get unlucky and get crappy ticket to the silicon lottery...

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