Solved.

ybriK · December 20, 2015

Solved.

UL_42L · December 20, 2015

Yes, you would probably have to watercool it. I think that's generally a thing if you're overclocking.

I don't have anything to say for the power draw.

Najuno · December 20, 2015

I was wondering what would be the maximum wattage the graphics card will draw if it caps at 150% (+50%) Power Limit? Considering the card draws around 250-280 watts under load would it be around 375 watts? I'm guessing you would have the watercool the graphics card in order to reach 150% Power Limit?

+50%... that would only be possible with a modded UEFI and then I´d go for custom watercooling due to the heat produced on the VRM. My Titan Xs are allowed each to draw 430Watts with heavily modded BIOS, I would never want to run them without full cover blocks TBH.

Kinda Bottlenecked · December 20, 2015

+50%... that would only be possible with a modded UEFI and then I´d go for custom watercooling due to the heat produced on the VRM. My Titan Xs are allowed each to draw 430Watts with heavily modded BIOS, I would never want to run them without full cover blocks TBH.

Modded UEFI? Are referring to the actual amount of power it can draw or the power limit slider on stock bios?

DXMember · December 20, 2015

what is your power supply?

you probably have nothing to worry about

Najuno · December 20, 2015

The power limit does not cause the GPU to actively draw X% more power. It defines the max power it is ever allowed to draw, for the purpose of power consumption spikes ie. when overclocked.

Because otherwise it would have fried itself shorty after turning on. If you want it to always draw more power, you raise the Core Voltage setting.

Don't believe me? Check the VDDC reading in GPU-Z with the GPU at +50% power limit and +20% power limit, while keeping Core Voltage the same.

PT and OV go always hand in hand, you can only go so far with your settings without adjusting the other. But if you really want to go for a high OC you can´t achieve this with your standard BIOS and cooling. Your standard BIOS is safe. You can´t fry the GPU or the memory controller, the card would simply crash. That´s why you´re right, just raising up a slider in Afterburner or so, doesn´t mean anything necessarily.

I´ve had this discussion already multiple times with people that just flashed their cards with modded BIOS version and standard coolings. Some were lucky and others not so much, they fried their card. Just had a guy this year here that fried his Classifieds after flashing a LN2 BIOS and OC on air.