1070 FE question

[Deleted member 1560910]

I have a 1070 founders and do notice that on certain games was getting a lower boost. My temps were not breaking 65c. I believe this is a power issue but i am not sure. Will raising the power limit % fix this issue ? Will raising the power limit hurt the card ?

 

[iamacow]

Raising your power limit will help and it won't hurt the card. NVIDIA has so many safety locks that its impossible to damage these new cards.

NVIDIA boost 3.0 is the reason why your boost clocks are lower in certain games. Its dynamic speeds...which is a mixture of current temps, voltages, power and max temps.

Raising you voltage limits may allow for the card to sustain a higher boost clock but most likely it will dip down again depending on the load. Raising the target power limit will allow a higher boost clock since the card is now allowed to draw more power (even if the voltage stays the same).

Overclocking guide using a Gigabyte 1070 G1
http://www.overclockersclub.com/guides/gtx_1070_overclocking_guide/

 

[n0ns3ns3]

nothing you can do in software can hurt the card in a way that is not covered by warranty.
Basically you can raise all 3 (temp, voltage, power) limits to the max because:
1. the card constantly monitors itself and will lower whatever to stay within safe limits.
2. the power limit if funny. there is a power limit and power target. the later is significantly lower than former. and the card will try to meet the target.
though from my experience that will not give the best result.
playing with the custom voltage frequency curve is more complicated, but more efficient. I was able to achieve max overclock at 1.05v as opposed to 1.093v max.