1060 overclocking and temperature

[pzspah]

How far should/could I let my 1060 push itself before it can do damage to itself?

It hit 2063mhz @ a max temperature of 68c without ever getting noisy, google has showed me numbers all over the place so I'm not sure if this is decent or not.

 

It's sitting in a fractal nano s.

[WereCat]

With all the limitations and safety measures from NVIDIA it is practically impossible to damage your card with overclocking unless you make some physical mods.

[TechyInAZ]

65-70C is average for a GTX 1060, unless your hitting 85C, your good.

[Brooksie359]

The gpu is supposed to start throttling until the gpu starts to reach 80 degrees Celsius. As long as you don't start getting into the 80s you should be fine.

[thedons1983]

41 minutes ago, pzspah said:

How far should/could I let my 1060 push itself before it can do damage to itself?

It hit 2063mhz @ a max temperature of 68c without ever getting noisy, google has showed me numbers all over the place so I'm not sure if this is decent or not.

 

It's sitting in a fractal nano s.

Your temps are fine, nothing to worry about. Mine goes all the way up to 83C (pre-defined temp limit, and temps recorded under synthetic load) without an OC, simply because my case lacks airflow, and the cooler on the card sucks!

 

But... for those that might wonder, my peak temperatures are totally fine, these cards are rated to like 92C

[thedons1983]

7 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

The gpu is supposed to start throttling until the gpu starts to reach 80 degrees Celsius. As long as you don't start getting into the 80s you should be fine.

I don't think you understand how GPU boost 3.0 works, so what you said, isn't correct.

[Brooksie359]

Just now, thedons1983 said:

I don't think you understand how GPU boost 3.0 works, so what you said, isn't correct.

Yes I do understand how it works. Technically it is 83 degrees Celsius but idk what you are referring to anyways.

[thedons1983]

Just now, Brooksie359 said:

Yes I do understand how it works. Technically it is 83 degrees Celsius but idk what you are referring to anyways.

The card throttles at MUCH lower temps than 83C, try 50C. It throttles back from the maximum OC it allows at every jump of 10C, and the card could care less whether your peak temp is in the mid 90's overall too... So yeah, that's what I'm talking about!

[Brooksie359]

6 minutes ago, thedons1983 said:

The card throttles at MUCH lower temps than 83C, try 50C. It throttles back from the maximum OC it allows at every jump of 10C, and the card could care less whether your peak temp is in the mid 90's overall too... So yeah, that's what I'm talking about!

What are you even talking about? I mean actually throttling as in the core clock goes down from where it was. I see that you must be one of those people who doesn't argue often but when you do it's about semantics lol.

[Brooksie359]

10 minutes ago, thedons1983 said:

The card throttles at MUCH lower temps than 83C, try 50C. It throttles back from the maximum OC it allows at every jump of 10C, and the card could care less whether your peak temp is in the mid 90's overall too... So yeah, that's what I'm talking about!

If you want to talk about something that is relevant to this thread but if you just like to argue about pointless stuff then you can stop.

[thedons1983]

6 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

What are you even talking about? I mean actually throttling as in the core clock goes down from where it was. I see that you must be one of those people who doesn't argue often but when you do it's about semantics lol.

Yeah, the clock goes down as temps increase by 10C! My card does 2012Mhz out of the box under 50C, then downclocks at 60C, 70C, etc, that's how it works!

 

Also, check the attitude, it is not appreciated!

[thedons1983]

7 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

If you want to talk about something that is relevant to this thread but if you just like to argue about pointless stuff then you can stop.

Grow up!

[Brooksie359]

2 minutes ago, thedons1983 said:

Yeah, the clock goes down as temps increase by 10C! My card does 2012Mhz out of the box under 50C, then downclocks at 60C, 70C, etc, that's how it works!

 

Also, check the attitude, it is not appreciated!

Well if you want to argue about something that is going to help op then be my guest but you clearly were just trying to argue which I don't really appreciate. You can say I have a bad attitude but your the one who started this whole conversation with a bad attitude so don't go blaming me. I just want to help op and don't like dealing with people who are not help with that. I was talking about how the gpu starts to actually throttle hard when it hits 83 degrees Celsius and you just had to go and start an argument about that for what purpose? Actually don't answer that question because it really doesn't matter. Let's just agree that this conversation isn't productive and helpful to anyone. I'm sorry if I came off wrong I just don't want to get off topic.