I Need Help with Overclocking

[xXCapAwesomeXx]

I am new-ish to Overclocking and would like to get better at it to really get the most out of my system. I know most of the strategies to find the max clock speed but I can't figure out how to over volt my MSI gtx 1080TI gaming X. I have tried to use MSI afterburner but have had no sucess and don't know why. I haven't been able to push the card very far because of this. If anyone has any tips or can help with my over volting problem that would be great!!

[sazrocks]

Overvolting isn't really as much of a thing on pascal as on other arches. How the voltage percentage offset affects actual voltage is determined by a rather complex set of conditions relating to clock speed, temperature, and power draw.

[xXCapAwesomeXx]

@sazrocks How would you Recommend I go about overclocking my card then?

[Carclis]

If you've already found your limit in terms of +core clock then you can start altering the frequency curve. You can get to it by pressing ctrl+f. Assuming you don't have the extra voltage limit added your highest value on the curve should be 1062mv but if you maxed it then you should be up to 1093mv. Try playing around with those two points depending on if you turned the voltage to +100% or not and see how far you can push them.

[sazrocks]

7 hours ago, xXCapAwesomeXx said:

@sazrocks How would you Recommend I go about overclocking my card then?

Slowly push the core and memory clocks up until they are at the edge of stability. There are plenty of guides online. One think I would recommend is putting your power limit to the max (if your psu can handle it of course)

[Vellinious]

What Carclis said.....and I'll add.  Using the offset method, you're allowing the software to create a generic voltage / frequency curve, and they're usually pretty horrible.  Setting the voltage / frequency curve manually, is key to a good overclock.  As well as keeping the GPU as cold as possible.  The colder it is, the higher you'll be able to get it to boost.