Should I overlock GTX 1060/ Fan Curve or Fan Speed?

[henias]

Hey guys,

 

I'm new to overclocking GPU but did some research, with regards to the MSI Afterburner.

 

Should I overclock?

 

Specs:

MSI GTX 1060 6GB Armor

Ryzen 2700X, stock settings

MSI X470 Gaming Plus mobo

Seasonic 750W Focus Plus 80+ Gold

 

Few things I dont understand tho,

 

1) If I want to rely on my fan curve and dont want the fans to be spinning too much even at idle, should I set Fan speed to Auto or a specific percentage?

 

2) Should I mess with voltages? Some say bump up 30 mV, some none and some says all the way. In any case I'm afraid it might cause damage to the GPU. 

 

3) Regarding voltages, what's the use of CRTL+L

on the Voltage/Frequency Curve in some tutorials I see. Is that always necessary if u change the voltage? 

[m0n4rchy]

Just now, henias said:

Hey guys,

 

I'm new to overclocking GPU but did some research, with regards to the MSI Afterburner.

 

Should I overclock?

 

Specs:

MSI GTX 1060 6GB Armor

Ryzen 2700X, stock settings

MSI X470 Gaming Plus mobo

Seasonic 750W Focus Plus 80+ Gold

 

Few things I dont understand tho,

 

1) If I want to rely on my fan curve and dont want the fans to be spinning too much even at idle, should I set Fan speed to Auto or a specific percentage?

 

2) Should I mess with voltages? Some say bump up 30 mV, some none and some says all the way. In any case I'm afraid it might cause damage to the GPU. 

 

3) Regarding voltages, what's the use of CRTL+L

on the Voltage/Frequency Curve in some tutorials I see. Is that always necessary if u change the voltage? 

Are you happy with your current performance in what you use? If so, you don't need to overclock. However, if you're not, or you just want a little bit more, then go ahead.

[henias]

7 minutes ago, m0n4rchy said:

Are you happy with your current performance in what you use? If so, you don't need to overclock. However, if you're not, or you just want a little bit more, then go ahead.

Actually what I meant is, is it worth overclocking? And if I want a good performance boost, do I need to risk bumping the voltage etc.. damage considered etc etc. Or can I just leave the voltage. 

 

In any case, think I should want more performance. But I'm still unsure about some things.

 

 

[m0n4rchy]

Just now, henias said:

Actually what I meant is, is it worth overclocking? And if I want a good performance boost, do I need to risk bumping the voltage etc.. damage considered etc etc. Or can I just leave the voltage. 

 

In any case, think I should want more performance. But I'm still unsure about some things.

 

 

If it's a really big overclock, then yes, you'll want to adjust the voltage. And as long as you don't deliver too little or too much, your card probably won't get seriously damaged, it just might fail sooner than it might have.

 

In that case, you should probably stick with not OC'ing right now. You seem kind of unsure, and I would only recommend OC'ing to someone who is sure that they want to.

[Jurrunio]

1. Set a custom fan curve.

 

2. No, dont touch the voltage. Not because it's dangerous, but it has literally 0 effect on overclocking. By pulling the slider, all it does is send more volts when clock speed is low. The upper limit of voltage is what you're already using now and you cant increase it by pulling the voltage slider.

 

As for whether you should touch the power limit, it depends on whether your card runs cool enough (below 75C is where I draw the line) under acceptable fan noise.

 

3. Voltage frequency curve lets you use the least amount of voltage for that frequency, hence saving power and reducing heat output and noise. You're still limited by the voltage upper limit and power limit.

[henias]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

1. Set a custom fan curve.

 

2. No, dont touch the voltage. Not because it's dangerous, but it has literally 0 effect on overclocking. By pulling the slider, all it does is send more volts when clock speed is low. The upper limit of voltage is what you're already using now and you cant increase it by pulling the voltage slider.

 

As for whether you should touch the power limit, it depends on whether your card runs cool enough (below 75C is where I draw the line) under acceptable fan noise.

 

3. Voltage frequency curve lets you use the least amount of voltage for that frequency, hence saving power and reducing heat output and noise. You're still limited by the voltage upper limit and power limit.

Thank you so much, very informative and straight to the point. 

 

About the custom fan curve, do I leave Fan speed Auto Off or On? That's the part im unsure about.

[Jurrunio]

15 minutes ago, henias said:

Thank you so much, very informative and straight to the point. 

 

About the custom fan curve, do I leave Fan speed Auto Off or On? That's the part im unsure about.

After setting up your custom fan curve, you need to enable auto fan speed and click the 'gear' logo on the left of the fan speed slider so there's a shade of colour around the fan speed slider. Otherwise it will use the factory fan curve

[henias]

33 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

After setting up your custom fan curve, you need to enable auto fan speed and click the 'gear' logo on the left of the fan speed slider so there's a shade of colour around the fan speed slider. Otherwise it will use the factory fan curve

Ahh i see. thank you! 

[henias]

@Jurrunio Hey sorry for bothering, 

 

Just one more thing. For the custom fan curve, do I force fan speed update on each period? If so how long? 5000 ms?

 

Some tutorial has that ticked/checked, while some don't. Is having that ticked to ensure that I am indeed using the custom fan curve, because I can't really tell whether factory or the custom fan curve is in use right now lol.(But I know the fans are ramping up and down for sure). I heard that is to override compatibility issues with using the custom fan curve? I dont know

 

 Thanks, appreciate if you can help! 

[Jurrunio]

41 minutes ago, henias said:

@Jurrunio Hey sorry for bothering, 

 

Just one more thing. For the custom fan curve, do I force fan speed update on each period? If so how long? 5000 ms?

 

Some tutorial has that ticked/checked, while some don't. Is having that ticked to ensure that I am indeed using the custom fan curve, because I can't really tell whether factory or the custom fan curve is in use right now lol.(But I know the fans are ramping up and down for sure). I heard that is to override compatibility issues with using the custom fan curve? I dont know

 

 Thanks, appreciate if you can help! 

my recommendation for the fan speed update frequency is to pick the number according to the fan speed (in %) you usually run when the card's under load (in games for example). A low period is recommended if you need to blast the fans hard to keep it cool under load, and vice versa.

[henias]

53 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

my recommendation for the fan speed update frequency is to pick the number according to the fan speed (in %) you usually run when the card's under load (in games for example). A low period is recommended if you need to blast the fans hard to keep it cool under load, and vice versa.

Okay.

 

What about "force fan speed update on each period"? Do I have that checked?

[Jurrunio]

24 minutes ago, henias said:

Okay.

 

What about "force fan speed update on each period"? Do I have that checked?

this option seems to force fan speed to change after the specified period, regardless of whether there's a need to. Pointless to use it imo.