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Overclocking a GTX 970

jtschlierf
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2 minutes ago, jtschlierf said:

Maybe I would have to check I may have gotten rid of them. I have already installed the software from evga for overclocking

Open up the EVGA software and the first thing that pops up should be a clock with GPU and memory clock to be able to overclock

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slide the GPU clock to 1400 and mem to 7500 with max voltage and bump the power limit. then get a custom fan curve. 

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1 minute ago, jtschlierf said:

Max voltage? Is this safe to do and will this dry my gpu?

yep. GPUs are smarter than a CPU when it comes to controlling their clocks. 

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

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1 minute ago, TopToPC said:

It really depends on the speed of your CPU so I would recommend to just go up maybe 10% and continue to do that until you find the perfect mix

no GPUs will just give the core as much as it needs not much reason to hold back.

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

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1 minute ago, TopToPC said:

It really depends on the speed of your CPU so I would recommend to just go up maybe 10% and continue to do that until you find the perfect mix

Well I have an 8700k, I'm waiting for the new gpu's hence why I'm trying to oc

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8 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

yep. GPUs are smarter than a CPU when it comes to controlling their clocks. 

not really that so much as you're locked out of actually being able to control it in software. so the max you can add to it if you go and change some hidden tables is 100mV which won't make any difference for the cards life and temperatures and doesn't even change much for the overclock tbh

 

all in all you can't break anything oveclocking gpu. it's OC tutorial if anything

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5 minutes ago, Blatcher2 said:

There are SO many guides online. If you need the step by step just google overlocking with "x" software. Personally I prefer MSI afterburner:

Same thing with precision though, buttons are just in different places.

Cool so is afterburner in general better than most overclocking softwares?

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