Massive memory overclocks stable for mining?

[rfcokilljoy]

Hi, i'm not a crypto miner by any means but for a bit of fun i have set out to mine a very small amount and keep it.

 

I have a GTX 1070ti which i use to game on, i have it set at a stable overclock of +235 on the core and +585 on the memory (using MSI afterburner), but when it comes to mining, i can push the memory all the way up to +813 (and -400 on the clock as it doesnt seem to help mining, but keeps the card cooler) without any issues whatsoever, but as soon as i close the mining program... things start to distort on screen and i have to return to my stable overclock.

 

Is this overclock unsafe? how come its stable only on the mining program and not in games/almost any other program?

 

Thanks for any answers

[bughtoo]

3 minutes ago, rfcokilljoy said:

Hi, i'm not a crypto miner by any means but for a bit of fun i have set out to mine a very small amount and keep it.

 

I have a GTX 1070ti which i use to game on, i have it set at a stable overclock of +235 on the core and +585 on the memory (using MSI afterburner), but when it comes to mining, i can push the memory all the way up to +813 (and -400 on the clock as it doesnt seem to help mining, but keeps the card cooler) without any issues whatsoever, but as soon as i close the mining program... things start to distort on screen and i have to return to my stable overclock.

 

Is this overclock unsafe? how come its stable only on the mining program and not in games/almost any other program?

 

Thanks for any answers

I have coime across this also with my 4 1070s. While mining they are stable with muchg higher OC as  then not mining.
The thing you have to take into acount is mining reseting, if you stop mining and start again is usually the time when the OC shows if it is good or bad(not stable).

 

As to why is it stable while mining and not when not mining i cant say technically why is it so, but i would say it has something to do with power draw and the fact that the memory is randomly used and not used (starting, stopping) a lot of time when not mining as i stated before

[rfcokilljoy]

4 minutes ago, bughtoo said:

I have coime across this also with my 4 1070s. While mining they are stable with muchg higher OC as  then not mining.
The thing you have to take into acount is mining reseting, if you stop mining and start again is usually the time when the OC shows if it is good or bad(not stable).

 

As to why is it stable while mining and not when not mining i cant say technically why is it so, but i would say it has something to do with power draw and the fact that the memory is randomly used and not used (starting, stopping) a lot of time when not mining as i stated before

Ahh thankyou. As long as I know nothing is going to break I'll take that increase in mining power

[bughtoo]

1 minute ago, rfcokilljoy said:

Ahh thankyou. As long as I know nothing is going to break I'll take that increase in mining power

yyeah, you should be fine with ocing the memory, just doint mess with the memory voltage, thats very very sensitive part.

[rfcokilljoy]

3 minutes ago, bughtoo said:

yyeah, you should be fine with ocing the memory, just doint mess with the memory voltage, thats very very sensitive part.

Thanks for the advice :*

[Mick Naughty]

Set up profile based overclocks. Or just restart the pc after mining which is what I do on one rig.

[rfcokilljoy]

4 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

Set up profile based overclocks. Or just restart the pc after mining which is what I do on one rig.

Have done!