NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TI 6GB GDDR5 Overclocking?

[Khajiit Dealer]

Hey guys, I was wondering how far I could overclock this card without risking it breaking. When overclocked to its max (according to that Linus Tech Tips video) it basically runs like a Titan, so I would really appreciate some aid here. Thanks! 

[soaringchicken]

It depends, not all 980ti's are made the same, some overclock really well and others not so well. 

[swimsphinx]

In a non reference design it will mostly come down to the silicon lottery being each card has its own limit that can vary wildly, it seems the average card can run 1480 stable with a decent few pushing 1510-1530 and it tapers off from there. While its not a guarantee i would expect around a ~1500 core clock speed for any custom 980ti, although i have seen people with just bad cards that cant get over 1450

[Khajiit Dealer]

It depends, not all 980ti's are made the same, some overclock really well and others not so well. 

 

It's the one from this video

 

[soaringchicken]

It's the one from this video

 

No, every chip that is produced is not the same, that's how the manufacturing process works. That's what silicon lottery is. I'm not talking about different brands. 

[swimsphinx]

It's the one from this video

If you mean that it looks like that (reference design from nvidia) then youll most likely be limited more by thermals than the chips true overclocking potential.

Although like myself and others have stated above each chip is unique in the clockspeeds it can achieve which we typically refer to the "silicon lottery" which will throughout your time buying and overclocking graphics cards (and CPUs but were in the GPU section) will be the largest factor in how well the card overclocks

[Curufinwe_wins]

Basically here is how it works.

If on reference, temp target that shit with a new loud fan curve:

If non-reference, throw voltage to +.87 mV, power target up to max, throw core to +250-300 (this is where lottery comes in), and mem to +300-500 changing this last and increasing by say 25 to find max stable.

When everything is done, drop core back 15 Mhz and Mem back 50 or so and enjoy rock solid 24/7 gaming performance.

Assuming thermals aren't the limit (which in many cases of people reporting sub 1500 they are) basically all 980tis (like 85% or more) have the ability to hit 1500 and few if any can do much over 1520 regardless of temps without extreme overvolting.