980ti oc: have i reached my limit?

[Clarifiante]

greetings

 

i've got a 980ti windforce OC version (non-G1) and using MSI after burner i've managed to hit +190mhz core clock and +550 memory clock with the power limit at 104% (that's the maximum i can go). i've been running heaven unique engine to test the limits and it seems that the settings mentioned above are the maxmimum. if i increase the core clock even by 5, i either hardfreeze or the driver crashes. 

 

i'm really curious if i can push it further so i read somewhere to increase the core voltage to +87mV and then try again from there but even then +190 core clock seems to the max, it made absolutely no difference for me. it still hardfroze a few mins into a heaven unique engine run. i really don't want to have to hard reset my system anymore until i get some, more professional opinions. is this the maximum my card will go? or am i doing something wrong? why isn't the voltage increase making a difference for me?

 

also is it bad to have both msi afterburner and the oc guru II on the same system?

 

rest of the system:
i5-6600k oc 4.6 ghz @ 1.38

16gb 2400mhz ram

850w platinum power supply

maximus viii hero mobo

[armycombatvet7]

Damn, what is your ASIC score?

[Clarifiante]

my ASIC score is 68.1% i think

[Praesi]

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