Whats a safe Overclock for a GTX 1080

[WhatsTheWifiPassword]

I'm just wondering what is safe or average OC in both core and memory clock speeds for a GTX 1080 

 

(wondering if a boost in 220 core and 120 memory clock are safe)

 

(and what is the average/ in the most case people would overclock to what number) 

 

many thanks 

 

MSI 1080 Duke 

 

[Anghammarad]

It depends on your luck with the so called "silicone lottery" ... I would try going up increments of 25-50 and do a stress test, keeping an eye on the temps. 

 

Keep in mind a overclocked 1080 will draw quite more power than at stock speed.

[WhatsTheWifiPassword]

ok

[WhatsTheWifiPassword]

ok, but on both  memory and core ? or one and then the other 

 

and what are good stress tests 

[Froody129]

With Pascal there’s not really such a hing as dangerous overclock. NGreedia locked away any options that will do damage to the card and it will throttle to stay cool. You just see how high you can go within your comfortable temps and noise levels

[Purphoros]

Just now, Froody129 said:

With Pascal there’s not really such a hing as dangerous overclock. NGreedia locked away any options that will do damage to the card and it will throttle to stay cool. You just see how high you can go within your comfortable temps and noise levels

Not totally true, you can still damage your card if you're and idiot with how you clock it.  I damaged my 970 by running it for about 4 hours in a stress test after I went to grab dinner running +600 on memory (I think the controller overheated after the thermal pad on it dried out).  Still, if you run a stress test and keep an eye on temps and errors, adjusting accordingly, its perfectly safe.

[Froody129]

46 minutes ago, Purphoros said:

Not totally true, you can still damage your card if you're and idiot with how you clock it.  I damaged my 970 by running it for about 4 hours in a stress test after I went to grab dinner running +600 on memory (I think the controller overheated after the thermal pad on it dried out).  Still, if you run a stress test and keep an eye on temps and errors, adjusting accordingly, its perfectly safe.

Idk I was running my 1060 at 2173 MHz and +900 on the mem. The core has since lost the ability to do that but it’ll still sit happily close to 2150 MHz. The memory has also degraded a bit after mining on it at +1000MHz for a couple months. Now I just do +900MHz. 

 

Pascal is is very safe to push the limits on because it’s all software locked. It’s dangerous when you start playing with custom BIOSes but that’s professional territory and you should have eatercoolinf for that.

 

sorry to hear about your 970  

[Purphoros]

Just now, Froody129 said:

Idk I was running my 1060 at 2173 MHz and +900 on the mem. The core has since lost the ability to do that but it’ll still sit happily close to 2150 MHz. The memory has also degraded a bit after mining on it at +1000MHz for a couple months. Now I just do +900MHz. 

 

Pascal is is very safe to push the limits on because it’s all software locked. It’s dangerous when you start playing with custom BIOSes but that’s professional territory and you should have eatercoolinf for that.

 

sorry to hear about your 970  

Yeah custom BIOS territory is a scary place.  My 970 still works, I had to clean what came out of the thermal pad off before it would post.  I don't know if there is any permanent damage, but since then I bought a 980Ti and use the 970 as PhysX and additional compute for BOINC (this time with less OC).  It was an awful feeling to have a great PC no longer post and know you are at fault.  I still haven't really learned my lesson though.

[Mick Naughty]

I run unigine heaven to start. Keep uping the core by 25 till it crashes the program. I use precision x so I have the stats on the other monitor or using the overlay.

That way I can watch the limitations on voltage, power, and thermal. 

 

Being a fancy third party card it should hit 2200 on the core and still have good thermals with all that power delivery. 

[suits]

I run my 1080 at 2100Mhz

[Mick Naughty]

Better hit 2200 or better with that fancy board and fans. 

[Maxxtraxx]

On 12/17/2017 at 2:19 AM, Anghammarad said:

It depends on your luck with the so called "silicone lottery" ... I would try going up increments of 25-50 and do a stress test, keeping an eye on the temps. 

 

Keep in mind a overclocked 1080 will draw quite more power than at stock speed.

 

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hope there are no hard feelings. 

 

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[Xino]

i got a MSI 1080 armor OC, and i overclocked it +175 on the core and +500 on memory. 

[SunipK]

Currently have +180MHz on core, +500MHz on memory, 115% power target and 85C temp limit. Throttles on power in the beginning (110%) and then temperature, but provides consistent frame rates on kombustor.

 

I have a MSI Aero GTX 1080.

[Kronos77OW]

HERE THE BEST OVERCLOAK FOR GTX 1080 ROG STRIX (STABLE)

[Mick Naughty]

2 minutes ago, Kronos77OW said:

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What does it actually run at?

[Boyohan]

GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix

+175 core, +625 memory

Custom fan curve