Reference 980 TI

[Kobolobob]

So im using a Reference 980 TI from EVGA, its great and all but i cant seem to push it past 115Mhz on the overclock and keep it stable eaven tho at 145 Mhz it did fine in Valley for a bit over an hour but when i play Rise of the tomb raider for an hour or less it useally crashes, am i doing something wrong? I have 0+ mv, 110% power limit, 115+ on core clock and 200+ on memory clock atm (too keep it stable for longer in RotTR, havent tested it yet in other games) but i have seen people push theirs up to 210+ mhz on the core and 300+ on the mem clock...have i just lost the sillicone lottery? or is there something else im forgetting?

[Moonzy]

6 minutes ago, Kobolobob said:

So im using a Reference 980 TI from EVGA, its great and all but i cant seem to push it past 115Mhz on the overclock and keep it stable eaven tho at 145 Mhz it did fine in Valley for a bit over an hour but when i play Rise of the tomb raider for an hour or less it useally crashes, am i doing something wrong? I have 0+ mv, 110% power limit, 115+ on core clock and 200+ on memory clock atm (too keep it stable for longer in RotTR, havent tested it yet in other games) but i have seen people push theirs up to 210+ mhz on the core and 300+ on the mem clock...have i just lost the sillicone lottery? or is there something else im forgetting?

you can try raising the core voltage, if an overclock is unstable you might wanna check the temp, power, and volt limit, and eliminate the limit by raising the bar

and also, being stable in valley doesnt mean it will be in games, different workload will have different consequences on your card

 

if all else fails, you just got a mild overclocker  but dont feel bad, the 980ti still stomps over 95~99% of the gaming community anyways lol

[Praesi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUEMS-B1Siw

[Kobolobob]

5 minutes ago, Praesi said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUEMS-B1Siw

Thanks for the video, but i have seen it and all my knowledge of OC of GFX comes from Jay, this was more a question: is this normal, considering how diffrent it is from other peoples results

[don_svetlio]

You need more voltage

[Kobolobob]

12 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

you can try raising the core voltage, if an overclock is unstable you might wanna check the temp, power, and volt limit, and eliminate the limit by raising the bar

and also, being stable in valley doesnt mean it will be in games, different workload will have different consequences on your card

 

if all else fails, you just got a mild overclocker  but dont feel bad, the 980ti still stomps over 95~99% of the gaming community anyways lol

well yeah, i have tried adding more mV, but didnt really see any diffrence, but i left it at 0 mV because most people didnt really need to add voltage to it at all, which was great to not hassle with =)

[Kobolobob]

16 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

you can try raising the core voltage, if an overclock is unstable you might wanna check the temp, power, and volt limit, and eliminate the limit by raising the bar

and also, being stable in valley doesnt mean it will be in games, different workload will have different consequences on your card

 

if all else fails, you just got a mild overclocker  but dont feel bad, the 980ti still stomps over 95~99% of the gaming community anyways lol

And temps never go beyond 83C

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Kobolobob said:

well yeah, i have tried adding more mV, but didnt really see any diffrence, but i left it at 0 mV because most people didnt really need to add voltage to it at all, which was great to not hassle with =)

well you can check if adding voltage raised the actual voltage, coz my card's voltage doesnt rise even though i pushed the slider to the max

[Kobolobob]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

You need more voltage

i tried adding more voltage but it did not really make a diffrence, still crashed at 145 Mhz in Tomb raider in around 1 hr

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Kobolobob said:

And temps never go beyond 83C

whats your set temp limit?

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Kobolobob said:

i tried adding more voltage but it did not really make a diffrence, still crashed at 145 Mhz in Tomb raider in around 1 hr

Max voltage and power sliders and keep temps under 80*C

[Kobolobob]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

well you can check if adding voltage raised the actual voltage, coz my card's voltage doesnt rise even though i pushed the slider to the max

well according to MSI Afterburner it did

[Kobolobob]

Just now, Moonzy said:

whats your set temp limit?

Pushed the slider to max, 91C

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Kobolobob said:

Pushed the slider to max, 91C

it overheated that's your issue, Max temp for Maxwell is 85*C

[Kobolobob]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

Max voltage and power sliders and keep temps under 80*C

I will try to play around more when i come home from work, but atm it just seems i got a bit daft and lazy overcloking card =)

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Kobolobob said:

I will try to play around more when i come home from work, but atm it just seems i got a bit daft and lazy overcloking card =)

Max the fan. Heat is your issue

[Kobolobob]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

it overheated that's your issue, Max temp for Maxwell is 85*C

Well according to sensors it never got over 83C so how can it overheat?

[Kobolobob]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

Max the fan. Heat is your issue

I already run a pretty agressive fan curve at 80C it spins at around 85-90% if i recall correctly

[Kobolobob]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

Max the fan. Heat is your issue

Anyway arent Nvidia cards rated to run at at least 90C "comfortably"?

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Kobolobob said:

Anyway arent Nvidia cards rated to run at at least 90C "comfortably"?

85*C max

[Kobolobob]

7 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

85*C max

Still havent hit 85C on my card, peaked at 83C once or twice

[don_svetlio]

23 minutes ago, Kobolobob said:

Still havent hit 85C on my card, peaked at 83C once or twice

high temps = more chance of instability.

[Kobolobob]

9 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

high temps = more chance of instability.

ill try increasing the fanspeed to max and see if it improves, maybe find a way to get more air into the case

[don_svetlio]

43 minutes ago, Kobolobob said:

ill try increasing the fanspeed to max and see if it improves, maybe find a way to get more air into the case

Don't bother. 980 Ti is powerful enough as it is. Drop the OC altogether so as to increase the lifespan of the card. Nvidia reference cards simply run too hot for OCing

[Kobolobob]

4 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

Don't bother. 980 Ti is powerful enough as it is. Drop the OC altogether so as to increase the lifespan of the card. Nvidia reference cards simply run too hot for OCing

But....but...the performance! D: