Nvidia GTX 970 OC Problems

[yung metal]

Hey everyone,

 

I've had my 970 for months now I thought I would OC my GPU. When I even try and push my memory clock past 10mhz additional clock, it gray screens, just defaults or the drivers crash, my temps are very stable normally hitting a top of 80c on a very hot day. My core clock though is stable at an additional

160mhz. 

 

I am using MSI afterburner.

 

Any idea why this is?

 

Thanks

[zzenigmaxzz]

is it already an ocd card and are you upping the voltage?

[Guest Kloaked]

@Gofspar

[JustCallMeVlad]

Link us to the card and post full specs

[MegaDave91]

Luck of the draw. Your card isn't defective; nothing beyond stock is guaranteed.

[yung metal]

Link us to the card and post full specs

G1 Gaming 970

Thermaltake light 600 watt (upgrading soon)

i7 4770

GA-H87-D3H

is it already an ocd card and are you upping the voltage?

 Yeah I am, I should have added that it's a G1 gaming 970 windforce.

[yung metal]

Luck of the draw. Your card isn't defective; nothing beyond stock is guaranteed.

Yeah I was thinking that, but I thought I would just ask around.

[TheKDub]

G1 Gaming 970

Thermaltake light 600 watt (upgrading soon)

i7 4770

GA-H87-D3H

 Yeah I am, I should have added that it's a G1 gaming 970 windforce.

 

With my G1 Gaming, I can get around 112% power limit, +0mV core, +125Mhz core, and +494Mhz mem just fine

 

Try increasing the core voltage and/or power limit, also try dropping the core clock down a bit.

[Gofspar]

metal use one of my BIOS's.

 

For a start use the 1.262v bios on my 970 Owners club.

 

If you have Samsung Memory run it automatically at +500 then work on your core.

[Muz]

metal use one of my BIOS's.

For a start use the 1.262v bios on my 970 Owners club.

If you have Samsung Memory run it automatically at +500 then work on your core.

He's in class atm, I'm his m8. He has Hynix memory.

[Gofspar]

He's in class atm, I'm his m8. He has Hynix memory.

Then he needs to find what his memory does.

[yung metal]

Then he needs to find what his memory does.

What do you mean by that exactly? 

[Gofspar]

What do you mean by that exactly? 

Like offset. Find what the memory will overclock to without crashing

[TheElt]

He's in class atm, I'm his m8. He has Hynix memory.

If he's got Hynix chips he'll want to overclock his memory when it's at it's hottest, so core under full load for about 10 minutes. Hynix gets unstable at higher temps, so what's stable at 30c might not be stable at 50c, etc.