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can someone tell me how can I know if it's safe to OC GPU,how can I know if I can OC GPU?For example we all know that we can oc inly K processors from Intel..7700k,8700k and so on(technically we can overclock every processor ,but ofc it's stuff for really advanced ppl with good knowledge),but sup with the video cards?I guess that it's possible to oc gtx1080,but I don't know how to be sure if I can oc older GPUs and if it's safe or not

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You can OC any gpu as far as I know, but you can't always push the core clocks as high as the memory clocks. If you start see weird colors or stuffs on your screen that means your OC is not stable therefore you should OC it lesser. You can also test it by running applications like 3D Mark or Unigine.

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1 minute ago, sample text said:

GTX 1060

Its safe, use MSI AFTERBURNER, for core clocks don't go higher than 200Mhz unless you won the lottery and for memory you can go as high as 600Mhz.

 

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1 minute ago, Od1sseas said:

Safe to OC with MSI Afterburner. Put Voltage to 100% , Power Limit to Max and Temp Limit to Max. After that use Heaven Benchmark and increase Core/Memory

Pushing voltage there doesnt increase voltage at full load at all, it's better to keep it at 0%.

 

 

OP: you can use any OC software like EVGA Precision X or Asus GPU Tweak or even Afterburner, just your personal preference. Since maximum voltage is locked, you can do whatever you want to the clock speed. At worst, the system will crash and you will need to use safe mode to remove the OC profile from the OC app. My suggestion is to stop and dial back when bad things happen, like artifacts and freezes.

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3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Pushing voltage there doesnt increase voltage at full load at all, it's better to keep it at 0%.

 

 

OP: you can use any OC software like EVGA Precision X or Asus GPU Tweak or even Afterburner, just your personal preference. Since maximum voltage is locked, you can do whatever you want to the clock speed. At worst, the system will crash and you will need to use safe mode to remove the OC profile from the OC app. My suggestion is to stop and dial back when bad things happen, like artifacts and freezes.

how come Maximum voltage is locked?Are there GPUs with unlocked voltage and what will happen if I increase the voltage(if this is even possible)?

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45 minutes ago, sample text said:

how come Maximum voltage is locked?Are there GPUs with unlocked voltage and what will happen if I increase the voltage(if this is even possible)?

That's true for all Nvidia cards. Only cards running LN2 BIOS allows increasing voltage to dangerous level, so just dont use or flash LN2 BIOS.

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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51 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Pushing voltage there doesnt increase voltage at full load at all, it's better to keep it at 0%.

 

 

OP: you can use any OC software like EVGA Precision X or Asus GPU Tweak or even Afterburner, just your personal preference. Since maximum voltage is locked, you can do whatever you want to the clock speed. At worst, the system will crash and you will need to use safe mode to remove the OC profile from the OC app. My suggestion is to stop and dial back when bad things happen, like artifacts and freezes.

No it's not. I get lower scores on Geekbench and V-Ray with 0% voltage. When it's on 100% the card performs better in both

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1 minute ago, Od1sseas said:

No it's not. I get lower scores on Geekbench and V-Ray with 0% voltage. When it's on 100% the card performs better in both

AMD card?

 

actually, you can monitor your voltage through Afterburner after enabling the function in the settings menu. Give that a shot

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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2 minutes ago, Od1sseas said:

GTX 1050 2GB

give it more test runs. Performance difference within 5% is within margin of error.

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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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