GTX 970 downclocking randomly

[Watney]

I've recently tried overclocking my gtx 970. I got it to 4000 on the memory clock, 1368 on the core clock, power limit at full, with other parameters left untouched. I was able to overclock for about 20 mins, then the memory clock goes down to 3000. Only a restart allows me to reapply my overclocking settings. My gpu temps are around 70-72. I have the latest nvidia drivers, my power plan it at max performance, still the problem recurs.

 

Any help is appreciated greatly.

[TheGhzGuy]

1 minute ago, Watney said:

I've recently tried overclocking my gtx 970. I got it to 4000 on the memory clock, 1368 on the core clock, power limit at full, with other parameters left untouched. I was able to overclock for about 20 mins, then the memory clock goes down to 3000. Only a restart allows me to reapply my overclocking settings. My gpu temps are around 70-72. I have the latest nvidia drivers, my power plan it at max performance, still the problem recurs.

 

Any help is appreciated greatly.

Bump the clocks on both down. See what happens.

[Moonzy]

Just now, Watney said:

 

when your card crash, it'll lock itself at a safe speed sometimes, try going with a safer speed (esp the memory, the core clock seems fine)

[KearneyMC]

I think the program ClockBlocker stops that from happening 

[Matt100HP]

4000mhz (or 8000mhz effecively) on the memory is pretty high, try turning it down. It won't change your frame rates much, but it may well massively improve stability. 1368mhz on the core is quite modest, I doubt that's causing problems. 

[Watney]

I've bumped the memory clock down to 3758, still it downclocks to 3005 after around 20 mins.

[Imakuni]

1 hour ago, Watney said:

I've bumped the memory clock down to 3758, still it downclocks to 3005 after around 20 mins.

Are you using something such as Boinc / Folding, or really any non-gaming compute app? If so, that would explain it.

[Watney]

24 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

Are you using something such as Boinc / Folding, or really any non-gaming compute app? If so, that would explain it.

I have been using msi afterburner

[Imakuni]

5 minutes ago, Watney said:

I have been using msi afterburner

Yeah, for the OCing.

 

But are you using any sort of GPU app outside of gaming?

[Watney]

7 hours ago, Imakuni said:

Yeah, for the OCing.

 

But are you using any sort of GPU app outside of gaming?

I don't think so. i am not aware that i have any other gpu app. 

[Monarch]

The memory doesn't downclock unless the card is stressed enough to need max clock.