[SOLVED] EVGA precision gives me no option for overclock

[Bulache05]

i can't move any slider exept voltage and it does nothing. the only thing i can change about my graphics card is the fan speed anything else is grayed out and it says core clock and memory clock 0 mhz and the slider is maxed out. i tried msi afterburnet and its fine but i can't increase voltage so pls help , any idea?

specs
psu: Segotep 500w
cpu:i5 6500 3.20ghz
Mobo;Gigabite b150m d3h
ram;8gb ram 2133 single channel
Gpu; gainward gt 9600 512mb ( yes i know i am aiming to upgrade) (latest drivers 342.01 WHQL and bios 62.94.82.00.00 )

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

well as you noticed, you cannot do much of anything using EVGA Precision X due to it not being designed to support such old hardware but MSI Afterburner on the other hand seems to let you adjust some things.

Go into the settings of Afterbrner and tick mark the check box that let's you unlock the voltage slider.
Then also tick mark the boxes that allow for real time reporting of clock speed and voltages on the main app window screen.

 

[Bulache05]

well as you noticed, you cannot do much of anything using EVGA Precision X due to it not being designed to support such old hardware but MSI Afterburner on the other hand seems to let you adjust some things.

Go into the settings of Afterbrner and tick mark the check box that let's you unlock the voltage slider.
Then also tick mark the boxes that allow for real time reporting of clock speed and voltages on the main app window screen.

no matter what i did msi afterburner its not letting me unlock voltage. the only thing that almost did was this https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthre...-quot-voltage-control-quot-in-MSI-Afterburner
but when i tried it the voltage was unlocked but i can't move it and it says 1010mv and it does not increase sability

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

Make sure you have the latest beta.
If not, here is the link http://download.msi.com/uti_exe/vga/MSIAfterburnerSetup462Beta4.zip

Take a look at this screenshot to see the unlock voltage option.
If this option is available to you, check mark it and try using the different options in the drop down to see if one of them allows you to adjust the slider.

Also note the "voltage monitoring" option right below the voltage control option, if this option is available to you, enable it in order to get real time voltage information in the software.

On top of that, if the next option down labeled "force constant voltage" is available, try check marking that option as well.

 

[Bulache05]

Make sure you have the latest beta.
If not, here is the link http://download.msi.com/uti_exe/vga/MSIAfterburnerSetup462Beta4.zip

Take a look at this screenshot to see the unlock voltage option.
If this option is available to you, check mark it and try using the different options in the drop down to see if one of them allows you to adjust the slider.

Also note the "voltage monitoring" option right below the voltage control option, if this option is available to you, enable it in order to get real time voltage information in the software.

On top of that, if the next option down labeled "force constant voltage" is available, try check marking that option as well.

no luck so far but thanks

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

unfortunately then it seems like that card is just too old.
Does it connect using external power cables from the PSU, or does it get all it's power from the PCIe on the motherboard?

 

[Bulache05]

unfortunately then it seems like that card is just too old.
Does it connect using external power cables from the PSU, or does it get all it's power from the PCIe on the motherboard?

it has a 6 pin connector

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

after doing some digging, it seems like I was right.
It's just a really old card so overclocking is limited.

As far as I can tell you can't up the voltage like you want, all you can do is overclock the core, and the memory (being careful with the memory since it's probably not gonna handle you doing anything to it very well)

If you use the old RivaTuner overclocking software (from back in the day before it got absorbed into becoming MSI Afterburner) then you can also adjust the shader clock as well if interested.

Disclaimer warning:
If you use this software, you do so at your own risk, and anything negative that comes of using it is on you and I will not take responsibility.

This is a post about overclocking that specific card using the older software.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclock-graphics-card,1916-3.html