Overclocking r9 280

[Devin92]

Hello all,

 

I am new to overclock and have questions for you guys. So I checked a few guides online and am using MSI afterburner as the tool.

I first run the Kombustor to figure out my core speed max at 827MHz. 

I then increase the power limit to +20% and dial the core clock to 870MHz. Hit apply and run Kombustor again. MSI afterburner shows exact same core speed 827Mhz and I surly didnt have a gain on the furmark fps. 

My GPU is xfx r9 280 black edition and power supply is cosair rx550m

 

Whant am I doing wrong?

[TheRandomness]

A small increase in clocks like that would net a noticeable FPS difference. Also, use unigine valley or something to test, not furmark. Furmark is an unnaturally stressful load and should only be used to find the absolute max power consumption and/or thermal output of your graphics card. 

[RileyTheFox]

7 minutes ago, Devin92 said:

Hello all,

 

I am new to overclock and have questions for you guys. So I checked a few guides online and am using MSI afterburner as the tool.

I first run the Kombustor to figure out my core speed max at 827MHz. 

I then increase the power limit to +20% and dial the core clock to 870MHz. Hit apply and run Kombustor again. MSI afterburner shows exact same core speed 827Mhz and I surly didnt have a gain on the furmark fps. 

My GPU is xfx r9 280 black edition and power supply is cosair rx550m

 

Whant am I doing wrong?

Sometimes there might not be a gain. Try pushing it further for better results 

[Devin92]

2 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

A small increase in clocks like that would net a noticeable FPS difference. Also, use unigine valley or something to test, not furmark. Furmark is an unnaturally stressful load and should only be used to find the absolute max power consumption and/or thermal output of your graphics card. 

 

1 minute ago, EvilCat70 said:

Sometimes there might not be a gain. Try pushing it further for better results 

 

Thx for the reply. But why does MSI afterburner shows my core speed is still 827Mhz instead of 870Mhz as i set?

[Firecheetah13]

Maybe try messing with your voltage a bit. Even if you max the slider, that's only 0.1V XD.

[RileyTheFox]

1 minute ago, Devin92 said:

 

 

Thx for the reply. But why does MSI afterburner shows my core speed is still 827Mhz instead of 870Mhz as i set?

Try restarting your computer, making sure Overclocks are applied at startup

[Firecheetah13]

1 minute ago, EvilCat70 said:

Try restarting your computer, making sure Overclocks are applied at startup

If you go into MSI AfterBurner settings there should be a setting to apply overclocks at startup.

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, EvilCat70 said:

Try restarting your computer, making sure Overclocks are applied at startup

That generally a bad idea. If you do that and the overclock is too high and it crashes, you'd have to go into safe mode to uninstall afterburner. 

[RileyTheFox]

2 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

That generally a bad idea. If you do that and the overclock is too high and it crashes, you'd have to go into safe mode to uninstall afterburner. 

hhhm correct. Or just take the card out of the system while you boot off of the iGPU. Saves time

[Firecheetah13]

2 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

That generally a bad idea. If you do that and the overclock is too high and it crashes, you'd have to go into safe mode to uninstall afterburner. 

I assume he isn't trying to hit the upper limit of what his card can do. Even then, just because is crashes in a program means nothing. You would have to be way over the max stable overclock for your entire computer to crash. When I overclock too far, usually the program crashes and my default settings are put into place automatically for MSI AfterBurner.

[Megah3rtz]

2 minutes ago, EvilCat70 said:

hhhm correct. Or just take the card out of the system while you boot off of the iGPU. Saves time

That saves time?? 

[RileyTheFox]

1 minute ago, Firecheetah13 said:

I assume he isn't trying to hit the upper limit of what his card can do. Even then, just because is crashes in a program means nothing. You would have to be way over the max stable overclock for your entire computer to crash. When I overclock too far, usually the program crashes and my default settings are put into place automatically for MSI AfterBurner.

Agreed. I watched JayzTwoCents 'accidentally' put a 1GHz overclock on the card. This is where booting to Windows is impossible. A 50 - 60MHz isn't gonna harm anything 

[RileyTheFox]

2 minutes ago, Megah3rtz said:

That saves time?? 

For me yea.

[Devin92]

13 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

A small increase in clocks like that would net a noticeable FPS difference. Also, use unigine valley or something to test, not furmark. Furmark is an unnaturally stressful load and should only be used to find the absolute max power consumption and/or thermal output of your graphics card. 

 

3 minutes ago, EvilCat70 said:

For me yea.

 

9 minutes ago, Firecheetah13 said:

If you go into MSI AfterBurner settings there should be a setting to apply overclocks at startup.

I restarted my pc and used unigine heaven this time. the core is now 900Mhz as I set. so problem solved! thx guy! Now i may try to go for the limit LOL

[Firecheetah13]

3 minutes ago, Devin92 said:

 

 

I restarted my pc and used unigine heaven this time. the core is now 900Mhz as I set. so problem solved! thx guy! Now i may try to go for the limit LOL

Good luck! May the silicon lottery be ever in your favor!

[xAcid9]

1 hour ago, Devin92 said:

Whant am I doing wrong?

Simple, your card is throttling. Avoid Kombustor/Furmark/OCCT to stress test your card.