High core clock but lower score?

[Moonzy]

higher core and mem clock: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/12100695

lower core and mem clock: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/10560594

 

see for yourself

 

gpu drivers arent updated, cpu score slightly higher, but gpu scored lower with higher clock speed

about the fire strike version, i think the higher core and mem clock one is slightly newer, but not the newest lol

[ChrisCross]

Just now, Moonzy said:

 

that sometimes happens when you overclocked too high. also the results are within a margin of error. you normally dont get the exact result every time.

[GlassBomb]

Can't properly compare them since the drivers are different.

And they really within margin of error. It's not even a single % difference between the score. It's a fraction of a percent.

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, GlassBomb said:

Can't properly compare them since the drivers are different.

And they really within margin of error. It's not even a single % difference between the score. It's a fraction of a percent.

gpu drivers are the same, only the 3dmark version is different lol

 

and yea i know margin of error (i ran a butt ton of firestrikes with same clock speed before)

 

just sharing for lulz really

[Moonzy]

17 minutes ago, ChrisCross said:

that sometimes happens when you overclocked too high. also the results are within a margin of error. you normally dont get the exact result every time.

yeap i noticed that higher clock speed sometimes gets lower scores, though i dont know what's up with that

[ChrisCross]

10 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

yeap i noticed that higher clock speed sometimes gets lower scores, though i dont know what's up with that

honestly i cant really explain it either. i think its similar to frame skipping when you overclock your monitor.

[Moonzy]

6 minutes ago, ChrisCross said:

honestly i cant really explain it either. i think its similar to frame skipping when you overclock your monitor.

downloaded the latest 3dmark on steam

 

though i wont be running benchmarks anytime soon

have to tweak bios and make a clean environment just for benchmarks, nty lol

[tbake0155]

It could be due to not enough voltage, and the GPU isn't actually fully juiced for that overclock but it's not so terrible that it crashes.  It seems weird, and I've never seen this on a GPU, but I have seen it on a CPU where not enough voltage would effect linpack performance without causing a crash.  It's worth trying.

 

Try running the tests a few times on each setting and compare your averages.

 

[Moonzy]

7 minutes ago, tbake0155 said:

It could be due to not enough voltage, and the GPU isn't actually fully juiced for that overclock but it's not so terrible that it crashes.  It seems weird, and I've never seen this on a GPU, but I have seen it on a CPU where not enough voltage would effect linpack performance without causing a crash.  It's worth trying.

 

Try running the tests a few times on each setting and compare your averages.

yea, strix cards are limited to 1.212V, which is kinda low compared to other 970s lol

[tbake0155]

@Moonzy

 

You might be able to bios flash it with an overclocked bios profile and change the power limit/max voltage....

 

I did that with an old 750Ti and it worked great.

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, tbake0155 said:

@Moonzy

 

You might be able to bios flash it with an overclocked bios profile and change the power limit/max voltage....

 

I did that with an old 750Ti and it worked great.

i read somewhere on the web that the strix cards locked it at 1.212 on the VRM, so bios probably wont help it much

though i'm not considering bios flash as it might brick the card

 

im happy enough as it is tbh lol

[FedeWar]

How many time did you execute these benchmarks? You are talking about a minimum difference, it could be caused by background noise.

[Moonzy]

12 minutes ago, FedeWar said:

How many time did you execute these benchmarks? You are talking about a minimum difference, it could be caused by background noise.

not a whole lot of time, i will run them more when i have more free time and the mood to do it

as running these benchmarks require me to tweak my bios and make a clean environment for minimal impact on scores