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GTX 970 overclocking

BoxMatthew
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There is absolutely NOTHING in the stock bios of a 970 that will allow you to hurt that GPU in any way, shape or form.  That includes the voltage.  Just make sure you keep it running cool....Maxwell GPUs love to run cool.

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Im gonna overclock my GIG 970 G1 for daily use, are those setting good for daily gaming?

(when i cap the pic i was playing PUBG btw)

 

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Depends on how lucky you got. Check the stability. Looks like you have a CPU bottleneck, though. 

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Just now, seon123 said:

Depends on how lucky you got. Check the stability. Looks like you have a CPU bottleneck, though. 

I dont know Im using i3 7100

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5 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Depends on how lucky you got. Check the stability. Looks like you have a CPU bottleneck, though. 

How does it look like he has a CPU bottleneck?

 

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Just now, Gikero said:

How does it look like he has a CPU bottleneck?

 

The GPU usage isn't at 100% most of the time. 

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5 minutes ago, BoxMatthew said:

I dont know Im using i3 7100

PUBG is pretty poorly optimised afaik, so probably a bottleneck. 

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8 minutes ago, seon123 said:

The GPU usage isn't at 100% most of the time. 

but i saw my gpu usage was 99% most of the time

 

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18 minutes ago, BoxMatthew said:

I dont know Im using i3 7100

 

13 minutes ago, Gikero said:

How does it look like he has a CPU bottleneck?

 

 

CPU is at a higher usage level than the GPU.

 

You can probably get some 6/7th gen i5 for cheap since 8th gen ruined their second-hand price.

 

 I got distracted by @seon123's comment and thought the GPU usage graph to be CPU usage instead. Yes, overclocking can help improve performance. You overclock is also on the conservative side so it's fine.

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CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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11 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

 

CPU is at a higher usage level than the GPU.

 

You can probably get some 6/7th gen i5 for cheap since 8th gen ruined their second-hand price.

 

 I got distracted by @seon123's comment and thought the GPU usage graph to be CPU usage instead. Yes, overclocking can help improve performance. You overclock is also on the conservative side so it's fine.

does + 100 mhz too high or not

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16 minutes ago, BoxMatthew said:

does + 100 mhz too high or not

No. Many can push to about 130 to 150

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

No. Many can push to about 130 to 150

mine cant push to 150, it will crash

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10 minutes ago, BoxMatthew said:

mine cant push to 150, it will crash

You have to enable voltage control and increase that as well. If that sounds risky then you can simply not overclock as much and not touch the voltage.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 hour ago, Jurrunio said:

You have to enable voltage control and increase that as well. If that sounds risky then you can simply not overclock as much and not touch the voltage.

ok thanks, i think i will not increase the voltage, sound risky. im gonna just +100 mhz for daily gaming 

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There is absolutely NOTHING in the stock bios of a 970 that will allow you to hurt that GPU in any way, shape or form.  That includes the voltage.  Just make sure you keep it running cool....Maxwell GPUs love to run cool.

CPU: Ryzen 1600X @ 4.15ghz  MB: ASUS Crosshair VI Mem: 32GB GSkill TridenZ 3200
GPU: 1080 FTW PSU: EVGA SuperNova 1000P2 / EVGA SuperNova 750P2  SSD: 512GB Samsung 950 PRO
HD: 2 x 1TB WD Black in RAID 0  Cooling: Custom cooling loop on CPU and GPU  OS: Windows 10

 

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