GPU Overclocking Issues

[max23pwnz0r]

I am attempting to overclock my GIGABYTE G1 Gaming 980 ti using MSI Afterburner. I already uninstalled GIGABYTE's OC GURU II, as it was conflicting with Afterburner.

My issue is that my Power, % never reaches 100%, and GPU Usage stays at 99% running the Heaven Benchmark.
According to GPU-Z, my Power Consumption stays at about 85% TDP.

Core Clock is +130MHz
Memory Clock is +130 Mhz
Core Voltage is +10 mV
Power Limit is 122% (Never reaches 100%, or goes higher than 70 degrees)

 

[BigBoomBoom]

It's quite possible that Heaven Benchmark isn't stressing your GPU enough. Try a newer benchmark like Superposition.

 

[max23pwnz0r]

I tried that recently too. it takes the power consumption up to around 94%. I read somewhere that the GIGABYTE cards come from the factory with a pretty hefty overclock. Mine would run games at just under 1400MHz before I tried to tinker with it to make it higher.
So I just accepted my fate and set the Core Clock to +70 MHz, Memory Clock to +60 MHz, and Core Voltage to +0mV.
Power limit 115%.

I will not give up; although currently I'm in no hurry to overclock any higher.