Safe Voltage?

[h3ll0]

I have an R9 380 4GB and I wanted to know what a safe 24/7 voltage is for my card. I searched google and can't get a consistent answer some say 1.3V and others say however far the slider goes in MSI afterburner (+100 mV). I just want to know what the safe voltage is. The stock voltage is 1.188V at load and 1.219V with 20% power limit. Any opinions or help would be greatly appreciated.

[Bananasplit_00]

maxed out in MSI afterburner should be fine, im not sure why you want to know the safe 24/7 voltage tho, its not like its going to be on that much, if it was you would probably own a better card tbh because thats basically server stuff

[h3ll0]

3 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

maxed out in MSI afterburner should be fine, im not sure why you want to know the safe 24/7 voltage tho, its not like its going to be on that much, if it was you would probably own a better card tbh because thats basically server stuff

What do you mean by "server stuff"?

[App4that]

Unless you've modded the bios, you can safely max the voltage in Afterburner

[SnowyMus]

The voltages you can set in MSI Afterburner aren't going to instantly blow up your card. Your main concern is heat: turning up voltage will result in higher power consumption, thus more heat. Heat causes thermal throttling, which counters any benefit you're trying to get from an overclock.

[Bananasplit_00]

1 minute ago, h3ll0 said:

What do you mean by "server stuff"?

i can barely think of a scenario in were your gaming PC needs to be on 24/7, if your PC needs to be on 24/7 you would want to get a Xeon, some server drives and a better quality GPU(if the server load could be GPU accelerated that is, otherwise something shit(but still quality) would be fine) because they are DESIGNED to survive 24/7 abuse and are quite exclusivly binned, also you probably wouldent overclock your server hardware tbh

[h3ll0]

Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

i can barely think of a scenario in were your gaming PC needs to be on 24/7, if your PC needs to be on 24/7 you would want to get a Xeon, some server drives and a better quality GPU(if the server load could be GPU accelerated that is, otherwise something shit(but still quality) would be fine) because they are DESIGNED to survive 24/7 abuse and are quite exclusivly binned, also you probably wouldent overclock your server hardware tbh

i can barely think of a scenario in were your gaming PC needs to be on 24/7, if your PC needs to be on 24/7 you would want to get a Xeon, some server drives and a better quality GPU(if the server load could be GPU accelerated that is, otherwise something shit(but still quality) would be fine) because they are DESIGNED to survive 24/7 abuse and are quite exclusivly binned, also you probably wouldent overclock your server hardware tbh

Oh ok, I meant like everyday gaming usage because people use that term 24/7 overclock when talking about voltage.

 

[Bananasplit_00]

Just now, h3ll0 said:

Oh ok, I meant like everyday gaming usage because people use that term 24/7 overclock when talking about voltage.

 

well i sure dont, i just OC untill it gets unstabile and breaks because thats fun IMO, i love overclocking lol. anyway thanks for the reminder, i need to overclock my GPU and CPU again lol

[h3ll0]

Thanks for the replies I use +80Mv on AB and it gets my voltage to 1.313V underload and under 80C.

[App4that]

First thing I do when overclocking is max the voltage 

[Torn]

5 minutes ago, h3ll0 said:

Oh ok, I meant like everyday gaming usage because people use that term 24/7 overclock when talking about voltage.

You'll need to play around with it. Your card will handle anything that Afterburner throws at it, but there will be a point where more voltage = thermal throttle and in turn lower frame rates.   Each card has its own sweet spot.     My R9 390 sweet spot is higher in winter cause I don't mind throwing a shittonne of heat into my living room.

[h3ll0]

Just now, Torn said:

You'll need to play around with it. Your card will handle anything that Afterburner throws at it, but there will be a point where more voltage = thermal throttle and in turn lower frame rates.   Each card has its own sweet spot.     My R9 390 sweet spot is higher in winter cause I don't mind throwing a shittonne of heat into my living room.

lol my gaming room is right next to the air intake on my the HVAC in my house so my ambients can be anywhere from 10C to 25C even in the summer. On average though its 20C.