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Hey guys, so I own an EVGA SC2 1080ti. I've never tried overclocking until..well just a few minutes ago. Now the card runs great and everything. I don't have any stuttering in the titles I play, I don't see high temps on GPU-Z or OpenHardWare. 

 

Information - The card was used and yes it was used for mining. After looking at the topic, do I need to RMA the card or is this something that is nothing to cause concern?

 

 

 

So upon launching MSI Afterburner, it reads the advertised clocks of 1556Mhz with a memory speed of 5616. See image below.

1556.png.434303373df1800707e6ab1d6ddd18cc.png

 

 

 

After the program has been open for 10 seconds or so, it drops down to 607Mhz with a memory of 405Mhz. Sometimes the clock will dip into the 200's...

607.png.d4c5896c3b6105a2119528a6e5dec738.png

 

 

So is this something that I should be concerned about? Does the card need to be RMA'd? 

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If your GPU is not being used, it goes into a power saving state and clocks down to low core/mem clock speeds. If you're worried, your CPU does the same thing when it's at idle.

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8 minutes ago, DVA said:

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ur fine, cards since the 900s series have boosted like this. As long as u get that 1556 back when ur on a 3d program

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2 minutes ago, Cereal5 said:

If your GPU is not being used, it goes into a power saving state and clocks down to low core/mem clock speeds. If you're worried, your CPU does the same thing when it's at idle.

Thanks. I guess my concern comes mostly from watching overclocking guides and their number is static, doesn't change a bit until they alter the settings

 

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Just now, xg32 said:

ur fine, cards since the 900s series have boosted like this. As long as u get that 1556 back when ur on a 3d program

So as I'm watching these overclocking guides..their clock stays constant until they change the settings. Is there something I'm missing that they're having a constant clock showing?

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4 minutes ago, DVA said:

So as I'm watching these overclocking guides..their clock stays constant until they change the settings. Is there something I'm missing that they're having a constant clock showing?

there's a full power mode option (not sure the exact words) in afterburner that'll keep the card at max boost, it's inside the settings menu

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3 hours ago, DVA said:

So as I'm watching these overclocking guides..their clock stays constant until they change the settings. Is there something I'm missing that they're having a constant clock showing?

They probably lock the card in a high performance power state (you can do this in NVIDIA control panel and overclocking utilities).

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Just now, xg32 said:

there's a full power mode option (not sure the exact words) in afterburner that'll keep the card at max boost, it's inside the settings menu

Ah, ok. Something simple that no guide mentioned. I figured my card was fine due to its great performance. Better safe than sorry though, thanks for the help and easing my thoughts. 

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1 minute ago, Cereal5 said:

They probably lock the card in a high performance power state (you can do this in NVIDIA control panel and overclocking utilities).

Being a beginner overclocking definitely showed with this thread lol. Thank you for the responses :)

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42 minutes ago, DVA said:

Hey guys, so I own an EVGA SC2 1080ti. I've never tried overclocking until..well just a few minutes ago. Now the card runs great and everything. I don't have any stuttering in the titles I play, I don't see high temps on GPU-Z or OpenHardWare. 

 

Information - The card was used and yes it was used for mining. After looking at the topic, do I need to RMA the card or is this something that is nothing to cause concern?

 

 

 

So upon launching MSI Afterburner, it reads the advertised clocks of 1556Mhz with a memory speed of 5616. See image below.

1556.png.434303373df1800707e6ab1d6ddd18cc.png

 

 

 

After the program has been open for 10 seconds or so, it drops down to 607Mhz with a memory of 405Mhz. Sometimes the clock will dip into the 200's...

607.png.d4c5896c3b6105a2119528a6e5dec738.png

 

 

So is this something that I should be concerned about? Does the card need to be RMA'd? 

No worries the card powered down to conserve power since it has nothing heavy to do handle, that's a good thing it helps with your ele bill. Don't worry about the power down

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