Overclocking GTX 970

[EvilWiffles]

I never used an Nvidia card and I don't get what the hell I'm suppose to look at for core clock and memory clock...

 

I see in GPU-Z that my GPU clock is 1537.3MHz and it's right with MSI Aferburner OSD. However, memory is different on both (1752.8MHz in GPU-Z and 3506MHz in OSD). What the hell do I use to monitor my actual overclocks?

[SkilledRebuilds]

I never used an Nvidia card and I don't get what the hell I'm suppose to look at for core clock and memory clock...

 

I see in GPU-Z that my GPU clock is 1537.3MHz and it's right with MSI Aferburner OSD. However, memory is different on both (1752.8MHz in GPU-Z and 3506MHz in OSD). What the hell do I use to monitor my actual overclocks?

You can use both, 1752.8 is half of 3506 and that 3506 is just being read as 'effective DDR speed' for one program and different for another (official speed),..as its 'DDR' used for the memory, depending on the program it can be displayed in both those ways and be correct.

 

Just like DDR memory in CPU-Z shows the 'halved rate',.. yet also can be displayed at the full rate in Aida64,..it's due to DDR and how programs see it.

[EvilWiffles]

You can use both, 1752.8 is half of 3506 and that 3506 is just being read as 'effective DDR speed' for one program and different for another (official speed),..as its 'DDR' used for the memory, depending on the program it can be displayed in both those ways and be correct.

 

Just like DDR memory in CPU-Z shows the 'halved rate',.. yet also can be displayed at the full rate in Aida64,..it's due to DDR and how programs see it.

 

Okay, thanks for explaining that. So another thing, I get 1462 MHz as my boost in GPU-Z but it's 1537 MHz in MSI Afterburner OSD. What's right here?

[Monarch]

Okay, thanks for explaining that. So another thing, I get 1462 MHz as my boost in GPU-Z but it's 1537 MHz in MSI Afterburner OSD. What's right here?

 

Boost operates on the concept of steps. Each step is a clock speed higher by 13 MHz. The boost clock on the first page of GPU-Z is just one, average clock speed the card can run at. Core clock reported in sensors tab in GPU-Z and in Afterburner is the actual clock speed your GPU is currently running at.

[EvilWiffles]

Boost operates on the concept of steps. Each step is a clock speed higher by 13 MHz. The boost clock on the first page of GPU-Z is just one, average clock speed the card can run at. Core clock reported in sensors tab in GPU-Z and in Afterburner is the actual clock speed your GPU is currently running at.

 

I see. I don't like that lol.