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IS this normal when overclocking

asim1999
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On my PC when a GPU overclock test in Valley fails, it restarts, Is this normal with high overclocks?

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This means that either over clock is not stable.

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This means that either over clock is not stable.

I tried my 980 at +250, but it restarted then

It used to do that at +240, but have (probably) fixed it by lowering voltage increase 

Current Rig:   CPU: AMD 1950X @4Ghz. Cooler: Enermax Liqtech TR4 360. Motherboard:Asus Zenith Extreme. RAM: 8GB Crucial DDR4 3666. GPU: Reference GTX 970  SSD: 250GB Samsung 970 EVO.  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB. Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro. PSU: Corsair RM1000X. OS: Windows 10 Pro UEFI mode  (installed on SSD)

Peripherals:  Display: Acer XB272 1080p 240Hz G Sync Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Brown Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB Headhet: Roccat XTD 5.1 analogue

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Unstable OC causes crashing of the graphics drivers. When you OCed too high it results in rebooting.

 

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