Overclocking a GTX 960 SSC?

[Spookies_]

I recently started trying to overclock my EVGA GTX 960 SSC and I'm curious to see if there's any way I can improve my performance and I have a few questions.

 

• In Precision X every time I boot up I have to re-input my clock speeds. Is there a way to save my clock speeds?
• I have my card running at +500MHz Memory clock and +50MHz GPU clock. I tested it out in Heaven demo, and I didn't get any artifact over a 10 min running, so I'm curious on what is recommended/what people use?

Also first post here!

 

 

Edit: Current profile. I've swapped the priority to temps.

[pomaranc]

You have to save your settings into profile.

Also every chip is different, so you have to find out for yourself how far can your card go, I think that you can get more than 50 for sure

[Spookies_]

You have to save your settings into profile.

Also every chip is different, so you have to find out for yourself how far can your card go, I think that you can get more than 50 for sure

 

Do you recommend 3D Mark instead of Heaven because I've seen a decent amount of people using that in this forum.

[Ostwind]

Right click on one of the numbers at the bottom, that saves it as a profile that you can just click later instead of re-inputting the settings every time. There is also an apply at startup option but I would advise against using it.

 

My personal settings are as follows

[Spookies_]

Right click on one of the numbers at the bottom, that saves it as a profile that you can just click later instead of re-inputting the settings every time. There is also an apply at startup option but I would advise against using it.

 

My personal settings are as follows

You don't get any artifacting?

[Ostwind]

You don't get any artifacting?

I wouldn't be running it at those settings if I did

[Spookies_]

I wouldn't be running it at those settings if I did

 

When I bump it up past +500 MHz for memory I get artifact. I noticed you changed your voltage, how does this affect overclocking?

[Ostwind]

When I bump it up past +500 MHz for memory I get artifact. I noticed you changed your voltage, how does this affect overclocking?

To put it simply more voltage=more faster, Also all silicon is different it's very likely that your memory simply won't overclock anymore.

[Spookies_]

To put it simply more voltage=more faster, Also all silicon is different it's very likely that your memory simply won't overclock anymore.

If I bump up my voltage can I damage the card? 

[Ostwind]

If I bump up my voltage can I damage the card? 

Nvidia has  limits that their board partners have to adhere to, any voltage that you're allowed to add without modifying the card is safe.

 

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/26082/nvidia_s_green_light_program_are_we_seeing_the_beginning_of_the_end_of_overclocking_gpus/index.html

[Spookies_]

Nvidia has  limits that their board partners have to adhere to, any voltage that you're allowed to add without modifying the card is safe.

 

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/26082/nvidia_s_green_light_program_are_we_seeing_the_beginning_of_the_end_of_overclocking_gpus/index.html

So I can run it at %100 without damaging the card? I can't really tell from what you've linked.

[Ostwind]

So I can run it at %100 without damaging the card? I can't really tell from what you've linked.

I was just posting information relevant to the greenlight program, yes you can run the card with the extra voltage without issue.

[Spookies_]

I was just posting information relevant to the greenlight program, yes you can run the card with the extra voltage without issue.

Got it, thank you!!!

[MbcHc]

Similar question... As I had a Gigabyte GTX 960 G1 card. I can only overclock it to +115/110 without crashing the driver. I seem to hit the power limit that nvidia set. My card stays at 1.238 volt not matter what I change in MSI AB. Is there any way to pump more voltage to my GPU? Or I have to flash a BIOS?