Firestrike recognises but doesnt use my overclock.

[ThatIrishGamer]

So I ran my benchmark without any overclock and got around 5950,then when i overclocked it to 1010 mhz core clock and 1425mhz memory clock,my score was still around 5940.looking in the website,firestrike does see that i have the overclock but when looking in msi afterburner,the core clock never goes above 850 mhz(940 is stock) and memory never goes above 1250mhz(Stock).

My specs are as follows

CPU - i5-4460
GPU - Sapphire r9 280
Ram - Corsair vengeance 8GB
PSU - Corsair CXM600 80+ bronze
Mobo - Gigabyte Z97P-D3
CPU cooler - 212 EVO
HDD - WD 1tb

The GPU temps go up to 75C if that matters. also i used Sapphire Trixx to overclock and MSI afterburner didnt unlock my Voltage.

 

[ShadyHamster]

Try enabling overdrive in CCC, if it isn't already enabled, then update the overclock in Afterburner, you may need to reset the clocks (in Afterburner) then re-apply your overclock settings.

 

[ThatIrishGamer]

Try enabling overdrive in CCC, if it isn't already enabled, then update the overclock in Afterburner, you may need to reset the clocks (in Afterburner) then re-apply your overclock settings.

Im new to this,what is CCC? also i use Trixx not afterburner,since afterburner wont let me unlock my voltage,I also noticed that even when stock overclock,Firestrike is still only using 850Mhz out of the 940 that my card has,but when playing a game such as tomb raider it was using all 940Mhz

 

[maxalge]

Try enabling overdrive in CCC, if it isn't already enabled, then update the overclock in Afterburner, you may need to reset the clocks (in Afterburner) then re-apply your overclock settings.

Im new to this,what is CCC? also i use Trixx not afterburner,since afterburner wont let me unlock my voltage,I also noticed that even when stock overclock,Firestrike is still only using 850Mhz out of the 940 that my card has,but when playing a game such as tomb raider it was using all 940Mhz

CCC = Catalyst control center.


cards will throttle back if they are overheating, do you monitor temps?

 

[ThatIrishGamer]

Try enabling overdrive in CCC, if it isn't already enabled, then update the overclock in Afterburner, you may need to reset the clocks (in Afterburner) then re-apply your overclock settings.

Im new to this,what is CCC? also i use Trixx not afterburner,since afterburner wont let me unlock my voltage,I also noticed that even when stock overclock,Firestrike is still only using 850Mhz out of the 940 that my card has,but when playing a game such as tomb raider it was using all 940Mhz

CCC = Catalyst control center.


cards will throttle back if they are overheating, do you monitor temps?

I enabled Overdrive in CCC,the clocks there are stock,should i change them there too?
I monitor my temps using MSI afterburner,yes,while running Unigine benchmark it got up to 75C,before i never seen it go beyond 70C,i dont think its throttling since 75 isnt THAT much.

Just played Dying light for 5 minutes,MSI afterburner says that i was using my OC in the game.

 

[maxalge]

Try enabling overdrive in CCC, if it isn't already enabled, then update the overclock in Afterburner, you may need to reset the clocks (in Afterburner) then re-apply your overclock settings.

Im new to this,what is CCC? also i use Trixx not afterburner,since afterburner wont let me unlock my voltage,I also noticed that even when stock overclock,Firestrike is still only using 850Mhz out of the 940 that my card has,but when playing a game such as tomb raider it was using all 940Mhz

CCC = Catalyst control center.


cards will throttle back if they are overheating, do you monitor temps?

I enabled Overdrive in CCC,the clocks there are stock,should i change them there too?
I monitor my temps using MSI afterburner,yes,while running Unigine benchmark it got up to 75C,before i never seen it go beyond 70C,i dont think its throttling since 75 isnt THAT much.

Just played Dying light for 5 minutes,MSI afterburner says that i was using my OC in the game.

just enable overdrive, but do all the tweaking in msi.

 

[ThatIrishGamer]

Try enabling overdrive in CCC, if it isn't already enabled, then update the overclock in Afterburner, you may need to reset the clocks (in Afterburner) then re-apply your overclock settings.

Im new to this,what is CCC? also i use Trixx not afterburner,since afterburner wont let me unlock my voltage,I also noticed that even when stock overclock,Firestrike is still only using 850Mhz out of the 940 that my card has,but when playing a game such as tomb raider it was using all 940Mhz

CCC = Catalyst control center.


cards will throttle back if they are overheating, do you monitor temps?

I enabled Overdrive in CCC,the clocks there are stock,should i change them there too?
I monitor my temps using MSI afterburner,yes,while running Unigine benchmark it got up to 75C,before i never seen it go beyond 70C,i dont think its throttling since 75 isnt THAT much.

Just played Dying light for 5 minutes,MSI afterburner says that i was using my OC in the game.

just enable overdrive, but do all the tweaking in msi.

For the 3rd time,im using Trixx to overclock as Afterburner wont let me unlock voltage,ive just bumped up the overclock to 1150Mhz core,1525Mhz memory,played some more dying light,the fps didnt change at all(im using Dxtory to see my fps real time) , im thinking ill just go back to stock,no fps increase for extra heat - seems pointless -_-

 

[maxalge]

Try enabling overdrive in CCC, if it isn't already enabled, then update the overclock in Afterburner, you may need to reset the clocks (in Afterburner) then re-apply your overclock settings.

Im new to this,what is CCC? also i use Trixx not afterburner,since afterburner wont let me unlock my voltage,I also noticed that even when stock overclock,Firestrike is still only using 850Mhz out of the 940 that my card has,but when playing a game such as tomb raider it was using all 940Mhz

CCC = Catalyst control center.


cards will throttle back if they are overheating, do you monitor temps?

I enabled Overdrive in CCC,the clocks there are stock,should i change them there too?
I monitor my temps using MSI afterburner,yes,while running Unigine benchmark it got up to 75C,before i never seen it go beyond 70C,i dont think its throttling since 75 isnt THAT much.

Just played Dying light for 5 minutes,MSI afterburner says that i was using my OC in the game.

just enable overdrive, but do all the tweaking in msi.

For the 3rd time,im using Trixx to overclock as Afterburner wont let me unlock voltage,ive just bumped up the overclock to 1150Mhz core,1525Mhz memory,played some more dying light,the fps didnt change at all(im using Dxtory to see my fps real time) , im thinking ill just go back to stock,no fps increase for extra heat - seems pointless -_-

are you using both msi and trixx at the same time? I would not recommend that, and maybe the cause of your issues.

if not why mention afterburner?

 

[ThatIrishGamer]

Try enabling overdrive in CCC, if it isn't already enabled, then update the overclock in Afterburner, you may need to reset the clocks (in Afterburner) then re-apply your overclock settings.

Im new to this,what is CCC? also i use Trixx not afterburner,since afterburner wont let me unlock my voltage,I also noticed that even when stock overclock,Firestrike is still only using 850Mhz out of the 940 that my card has,but when playing a game such as tomb raider it was using all 940Mhz

CCC = Catalyst control center.


cards will throttle back if they are overheating, do you monitor temps?

I enabled Overdrive in CCC,the clocks there are stock,should i change them there too?
I monitor my temps using MSI afterburner,yes,while running Unigine benchmark it got up to 75C,before i never seen it go beyond 70C,i dont think its throttling since 75 isnt THAT much.

Just played Dying light for 5 minutes,MSI afterburner says that i was using my OC in the game.

just enable overdrive, but do all the tweaking in msi.

For the 3rd time,im using Trixx to overclock as Afterburner wont let me unlock voltage,ive just bumped up the overclock to 1150Mhz core,1525Mhz memory,played some more dying light,the fps didnt change at all(im using Dxtory to see my fps real time) , im thinking ill just go back to stock,no fps increase for extra heat - seems pointless -_-

are you using both msi and trixx at the same time?

if not why mention afterburner?

I use afterburner to see the hardware monitor to see my temps,clocks,usage,etc , i also use it to change my fan profile,i use trixx to actually Overclock.

So i ran Tomb raider benchmark in stock and overclocked

Stock -

Min - 44
max-62
avg-56

Max overclock of 1170,1545

min - 48
max - 62
avg - 58

Its not worth it,im going back to stock,i also noticed that after the benchmark my GPU was making a wining noise,the fan speeds were only 30% , ill be upgrading to a gtx 980 in a couple of months anyway,guess ill live without the extra 4fps lol