R9 380X Overclocking

[TheOnlyNexus]

Hey guys, 

 

is there any way to get some more power out of my graphics card (Sapphire R9 380X)? Maybe watercooling? 

 

OC:

 

Chip: 1086 Mhz

Memory: 1500 Mhz

 

Can I go further without damaging the graphics card?

 

Thanks in advance

 

[DXMember]

it would probably be cheaper to get a better more expensive card than water cool a 380X

 

you can push it further

there is no way to damage modern cards with stock BIOS

so go ham

[TheOnlyNexus]

When playing Dying Light MSI Afterburner shows, that my card is using around 5GB of VRAM. How is that even possible if the R9 380X only has got 4GB?

 

[LizardsAreOP]

2 minutes ago, TheOnlyNexus said:

When playing Dying Light MSI Afterburner shows, that my card is using around 5GB of VRAM. How is that even possible if the R9 380X only has got 4GB?

 

It shows 5GB of VRAM but it limits it to 4GB so it would be playable

[Sumsar]

Perhaps you just have a "bad" card. My 280x is a decent overclocker, and I have been able to push it's core speed to 1147MHz and the memory speed to 1700MHz at stock voltage.

[Imakuni]

4 hours ago, TheOnlyNexus said:

is there any way to get some more power out of my graphics card (Sapphire R9 380X)? Maybe watercooling?

Sell it and, with the money you'd spend on WCing the card, buy a more powerful GPU. That's your best bet.

4 hours ago, TheOnlyNexus said:

OC:

 

Chip: 1086 Mhz

Memory: 1500 Mhz

 

Can I go further without damaging the graphics card?

I don't know. In fact, no one does. There's only one person capable of answering that question for you: yourself. Go, open MSI Afterburner and:

 

[TheOnlyNexus]

Just overclocked my graphics card a little bit further.

FYI (I'm from Austria, therefore it's written in German).

 

My GPU utilization is fluctuating and drop, drop, dropping (AMD reference) a lot. Is this a common thing with Rafeon card, as a friend of mine got kind of the same problem?

[Imakuni]

21 minutes ago, TheOnlyNexus said:

Just overclocked my graphics card a little bit further.

FYI (I'm from Austria, therefore it's written in German).

 

My GPU utilization is fluctuating and drop, drop, dropping (AMD reference) a lot. Is this a common thing with Rafeon card, as a friend of mine got kind of the same problem?

In heaven / valley? Yeah, that's 100% normal.

[TheOnlyNexus]

4 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

In heaven / valley? Yeah, that's 100% normal.

Actually only in MSI Kombustor. I'm glad to hear, that everything's fine, thanks

[Imakuni]

3 minutes ago, TheOnlyNexus said:

Actually only in MSI Kombustor. I'm glad to hear, that everything's fine, thanks

Kombustor sucks... just leave it alone, please.

[TheOnlyNexus]

1 minute ago, Imakuni said:

Kombustor sucks... just leave it alone, please.

Ok