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I usually play League of Legends, and rather non-intensive games. I started getting into CS:GO, and my driver would crash whenever I played CS:GO. I feel like I need to increase the core voltage, so what is safe?

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What's your limit? +200mv?

 

Stay under +100 M/V on air for 24/7 use, +200 for benchmark use is fine provided temps stay in check, lightning cards are overbuilt to all hell, so I tend to be more lenient on voltage recommendations.

 

(+200 was the limit on my 290x lightning, unsure what it is on the 680 lightning)

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Try an offset of about 10-25mV first

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What's your limit? +200mv?

Holy shit, do you want him to instantly kill his card?

 

Ignore this unless that extra 0 is a mistake, 10-25mV, start with 10mV

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What's your limit? +200mv?

+100mv

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Holy shit, do you want him to instantly kill his card?

 

Ignore this unless that extra 0 is a mistake, 10-25mV, start with 10mV

I'll try this and see if it works. Thanks!

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Holy shit, do you want him to instantly kill his card?

 

Ignore this unless that extra 0 is a mistake, 10-25mV, start with 10mV

 

 

It's a Lightning card, they're designed for this shit lol.

 

They have EXTREMELY overbuilt PCB's + VRM's + binned chips. It's fine.

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It's a Lightning card, they're designed for this shit lol.

No GPU can be binned to take another 0.2V lol

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No GPU can be binned to take another 0.2V lol

 

 

I've done it multiple times, you realize people push .2 on water and high end cards all the time right? lol..

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On my 780 lightning i can get up to +200mv but i usually run about +85 which nets me a core clock of about 1398mhz for 24/7 usage on two cards.

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I've done it multiple times, you realize people push .2 on water and high end cards all the time right? lol..

Furthermore, you never said it was for daily use, you said it was for benchmarking:

 

What's your limit? +200mv?

 

Stay under +100 M/V on air for 24/7 use, +200 for benchmark use is fine provided temps stay in check, lightning cards are overbuilt to all hell, so I tend to be more lenient on voltage recommendations.

 

(+200 was the limit on my 290x lightning, unsure what it is on the 680 lightning)

 

And even to which point, you didn't say to smack it right up to +200mv, you simply asked what the limit was.

 

 

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Furthermore, you never said it was for daily use, you said it was for benchmarking:

 

 

And even to which point, you didn't say to smack it right up to +200mv, you simply asked what the limit was.

 

 

Dunno what's with people and overvolting GPU's, they seem to have no problems recommending people to stay under 1.35v on CPU's, GPU's aren't much difference in terms of voltage recommendations.

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Dunno what's with people and overvolting GPU's, they seem to have no problems recommending people to stay under 1.35v on CPU's, GPU's aren't much difference in terms of voltage recommendations.

Yeah you're right. Usually around 1.3V for a GTX 980 Classy under water can net you 1700MHz. 

 

Even higher voltage could push that clock higher. 

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Yeah you're right. Usually around 1.3V for a GTX 980 Classy under water can net you 1700MHz. 

 

Even higher voltage could push that clock higher. 

 

 

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tru :P

You sneaky. Editing your comment. 

 

@Jitar For a GTX 680 you can take it to the max of 1.212V That is the unlocked voltage. The Lighting card should have a LN2 BIOS so use that when overclocking. It is basically a no limits BIOS. 

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You sneaky. Editing your comment. 

 

@Jitar For a GTX 680 you can take it to the max of 1.212V That is the unlocked voltage. The Lighting card should have a LN2 BIOS so use that when overclocking. It is basically a no limits BIOS. 

 

 

I was going to mention the 980 unlocked bios thread on OCN and only seeing people getting to around 1580-1640 or so on water with 1.312v (the limit right now for non classy / HOF cards, I think reference cards & cards like the G1/strix are all hardware locked to 1.312-1.32 from what I've seen so far, regardless of what you do in the BIOS)

 

But then I saw you mention classy, so my post was moot.

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I was going to mention the 980 unlocked bios thread on OCN and only seeing people getting to around 1580-1640 or so on water with 1.312v (the limit right now for non classy / HOF cards, I think reference cards & cards like the G1/strix are all hardware locked to 1.312-1.32 from what I've seen so far, regardless of what you do in the BIOS)

 

But then I saw you mention classy, so my post was moot.

Yeah the classy and HOF can be overvolted a good bit.

 

I'm trying to find a Classy to do exactly that. Maybe give HWBOT a go or beat a few records on here. 

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No GPU can be binned to take another 0.2V lol

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Holy shit, do you want him to instantly kill his card?

 

Ignore this unless that extra 0 is a mistake, 10-25mV, start with 10mV

25mv doesn't work, how high next?

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25mv doesn't work, how high next?

I really wouldn't go any higher for than 25mV for a 24/7 OC on the voltage

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