1080 ti FE overclocking

[CyberFern0]

Can you overclock a watercooled 1080 ti FE to a consistent 2100Mhz?

[Billy_Mays]

It should be able to but if it starts to artifact go restart then go to the max the card can handle without artifacting

[CyberFern0]

2 minutes ago, Billy_Mays said:

It should be able to but if it starts to artifact go restart then go to the max the card can handle without artifacting

billy mays I know u

 

I'm CyberFerno

[Billy_Mays]

Just now, CyberFern0 said:

billy mays I know u

 

I'm CyberFerno

I remember you but I can't remember where I meet you unless you have an alt

[CyberFern0]

1 minute ago, Billy_Mays said:

I remember you but I can't remember where I meet you unless you have an alt

that was my main but I forgot the password so I made this one

[DocSwag]

The answer is, I don't know. If you get lucky, yes. If you don't, no.

 

Maybe you'll get a good chip. Maybe you won't. Maybe it'll hit 2100. Maybe it won't. I can't give you any guarantee, since there is none unless you're willing to hard mod the card or something to increase voltage.

[CyberFern0]

Just now, CyberFern0 said:

that was my main but I forgot the password so I made this one

rip main account lol

[Billy_Mays]

Just now, CyberFern0 said:

that was my main but I forgot the password so I made this one

Oh well don't you have an email attached to it?

[CyberFern0]

Just now, DocSwag said:

The answer is, I don't know. If you get lucky, yes. If you don't, no.

 

Maybe you'll get a good chip. Maybe you won't. Maybe it'll hit 2100. Maybe it won't. I can't give you any guarantee, since there is none unless you're willing to hard mod the card or something to increase voltage.

but if its 100% non defective will it hit consistent 2100

[CyberFern0]

Just now, Billy_Mays said:

Oh well don't you have an email attached to it?

yeah but I really don't care abuot it

[Billy_Mays]

1 minute ago, CyberFern0 said:

yeah but I really don't care abuot it

Some sites don't like dual accounts 

[CyberFern0]

10 minutes ago, Billy_Mays said:

Oh well don't you have an email attached to it?

there is this one site that says it will hit consistent 2100mhz on a custom loop 

 

https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/245865-gtx-1080-ti-can-hit-2-1ghz-water-cooling

[DocSwag]

11 hours ago, CyberFern0 said:

but if its 100% non defective will it hit consistent 2100

What do you mean by defective?

[PCGuy_5960]

11 hours ago, CyberFern0 said:

there is this one site that says it will hit consistent 2100mhz on a custom loop 

Actually, very few 1080 Tis can hit 2100MHz without a custom BIOS. Most 1080 Tis cap out at 2050MHz

[DocSwag]

4 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Actually, very few 1080 Tis can hit 2100MHz without a custom BIOS. Most 1080 Tis cap out at 2050MHz

Out of ALL the 1080 tis jayztwocents tested only ONE, the ROG Poseidon, could do 2100 MHz. And that was barely (raise it to the next step, 2113 MHz and it would crash). And that was with a 240mm rad on it with ek vardar fans at 100% AND the two fans on the gpu at 60%.

 

Note that jay has tested a lot of 1080 tis, including what is considered the king of air cooling in the realm of 1080 tis, the Asus strix. And none of them could get anywhere near 2100.

 

So it's definitely possible to do 2100 on some 1080 tis without custom bioses or volt modding or anything, but the chances are SUPER unlikely.

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, DocSwag said:

So it's definitely possible to do 2100 on some 1080 tis without custom bioses or volt modding or anything, but the chances are SUPER unlikely.

Yeah, most 1080 Tis can't go higher than 2025-2050MHz, some 1080 Tis can hit 2100MHz, but those are EXTREMELY rare. If you want to use a custom BIOS, you can probably get 2200MHz stable, but, it's a custom BIOS, so you void your warranty and you also run the risk of killing your card. So if you don't know what you're doing, I wouldn't recommend it.

[CyberFern0]

4 hours ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Yeah, most 1080 Tis can't go higher than 2025-2050MHz, some 1080 Tis can hit 2100MHz, but those are EXTREMELY rare. If you want to use a custom BIOS, you can probably get 2200MHz stable, but, it's a custom BIOS, so you void your warranty and you also run the risk of killing your card. So if you don't know what you're doing, I wouldn't recommend it.

whats a custom bios

[PCGuy_5960]

2 minutes ago, CyberFern0 said:

whats a custom bios

A BIOS that removes Pascal's voltage limitations. I don't recommend it if you don't know what you're doing. 

 

@done12many2 can tell you more

[done12many2]

18 hours ago, CyberFern0 said:

Can you overclock a watercooled 1080 ti FE to a consistent 2100Mhz?

 

Yes, but the Silicon Lottery still applies.  Most will do 2100 MHz pretty easily with an unlocked BIOS such as the XOC BIOS.  Cooling is the #1 trick to overclocking Pascal.  

 

1 hour ago, CyberFern0 said:

whats a custom bios

1 hour ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

A BIOS that removes Pascal's voltage limitations. I don't recommend it if you don't know what you're doing. 

 

@done12many2 can tell you more

 

The XOC BIOS remove voltage locks and power limits.  It doesn't let you do anything supernatural, but it definitely helps.  

[CyberFern0]

3 hours ago, done12many2 said:

 

Yes, but the Silicon Lottery still applies.  Most will do 2100 MHz pretty easily with an unlocked BIOS such as the XOC BIOS.  Cooling is the #1 trick to overclocking Pascal.  

 

 

The XOC BIOS remove voltage locks and power limits.  It doesn't let you do anything supernatural, but it definitely helps.  

wait so you can download your own bios?

[Juanitology]

45 minutes ago, CyberFern0 said:

wait so you can download your own bios?

I can already see you making a post in 2 weeks moaning and saying "so I killed my card with a custom BIOS and brand X won't honor my warranty"

[Friffy]

This thread is probably dead but I'm new to overclocking GPUs and just built my first liquid cooling loop.  I was able to get a stable +215/+300 putting my clock at 2101MHz without any BIOS unlocking.  10MHz more and it'll crash after about 15 minutes of gaming.  Like that above link indicated, the cooling loop is probably the most important piece (Outside of the GPU lottery).