GTX 1060 Purchased Above Factory Overclock

[van Rhyn]

This week I upgraded my 760 with a 1060 and the difference is incredible. I bought the 6GB model that was clocked at 1557/1772 Mhz... Here's my problem. Upon my first boot with this card, it's been running as high as 1982 Mhz!
Looking at Gigabyte's Xtreme Gaming Engine, what I'm seeing is GPU Clock +0 Mhz, GPU Voltage +0%, Power Limit +0%.
I'm also running at 57*C at full load, though I have lots of fans as well as a Gelid PCIe mount dual fan VGA cooler.

So what do I do? Was I shipped a card that was ultimately doomed to have a void warranty because, I don't know, somebody in the testing lab forgot to change the clocks in the BIOS after performance testing it?
I know that these cards are all capable of 2.1 Ghz on air as overclockers have pointed out, but I was cool with simply having a Pascal card without an overclock. Not having a warranty though, that bothers me.

Should I contact Gigabyte about the 'problem'?

---Also, I have not changed any settings other than the fan. The OC mode is 1582/1797 which is still nearly 200 Mhz below what it's at while on the normal gaming mode.

 

[nukemaster]

Do not worry about it.

The boost clock varies from card to card and when they sell them you get an average clock. My GTX 670 clocked to 1215(over the factory 1085).

It has been this way since the 6xx series on many cards.

If the card runs into the power limit and as the temperatures rise, it may drop some as well. This is also normal.

 

[van Rhyn]

Do not worry about it.

The boost clock varies from card to card and when they sell them you get an average clock. My GTX 670 clocked to 1215(over the factory 1085).

It has been this way since the 6xx series on many cards.

If the card runs into the power limit and as the temperatures rise, it may drop some as well. This is also normal.

That makes sense. To be clear, if I then do try to push it higher than what it is now, technically from that point on I'm altering what they made the preset and it's overclocking?

 

[nukemaster]

Yes. At that point you will start to overclock the card.

Some cards will overclock well, while others will not.

If you run into the power limit(can happen on more demanding games or when overclocking), your card will be forced to clock down either way. It is all luck with video card and cpu overclocking.

 

[van Rhyn]

Yes. At that point you will start to overclock the card.

Some cards will overclock well, while others will not.

If you run into the power limit(can happen on more demanding games or when overclocking), your card will be forced to clock down either way. It is all luck with video card and cpu overclocking.

Thanks nukemaster

 

[Chugalug_]

I'd just like to correct you on a few things.
Even though boost clocks are usually listed quite conservatively, as nukemaster mentioned, this high clock speed is being achieved through GPU Boost 3.0, which is an updated Pascal technology which allows clock speeds to increase by themselves in order to match the load being put on them. (Upgraded from GPU Boost 2.0)
For example, if you are running chrome, your clocks will remain quite low, but if you are playing a graphically intensive title, GPU Boost 3.0 will increase your graphics card's clock speeds in order to get high performance out of it.
Overclocking on Pascal cards tops out just above 2GHz or below depending on the quality of the chip you received, and it is not as impactful as previous generations.
My suggestion is just to increase power limit, fan profiles and temp targets a little bit to allow your GPU to boost as high as it needs to under load if you want that extra performance, but you should be fine as is.

 

[van Rhyn]

I'd just like to correct you on a few things.
Even though boost clocks are usually listed quite conservatively, as nukemaster mentioned, this high clock speed is being achieved through GPU Boost 3.0, which is an updated Pascal technology which allows clock speeds to increase by themselves in order to match the load being put on them. (Upgraded from GPU Boost 2.0)
For example, if you are running chrome, your clocks will remain quite low, but if you are playing a graphically intensive title, GPU Boost 3.0 will increase your graphics card's clock speeds in order to get high performance out of it.
Overclocking on Pascal cards tops out just above 2GHz or below depending on the quality of the chip you received, and it is not as impactful as previous generations.
My suggestion is just to increase power limit, fan profiles and temp targets a little bit to allow your GPU to boost as high as it needs to under load if you want that extra performance, but you should be fine as is.

Upping the power limit without touching the core, voltage or memory is still overclocking though isn't it?

 

[nukemaster]

It is, but for most users it does not cause issues. Any messing with video card settings that increase clock speeds could be called overclocking. The card already would clock to that speed if it had the left over power.

I was running 115% on my GTX 670. This allowed it to reach top clock in even the most demanding games(I was cooling the VRMs to ensure i would not run into issues).

The newer cards with boost 3.0 clock down a bit differently based on temperature as well. The old cards started to throttle(13hmz for every 5c if I remember right.) at I think it was 70 or 75. The newer cards tend to start a bit sooner. Because of this lower temperatures will have slightly higher clock speeds.

 

[razamatraz]

The clockspeed on the box are the minimum clock speeds you can expect with adequate cooling and stock fan profiles. If it falls below that you should take it back; if it goes above that you are fine and most cards will go well above that.

GPU Boost on modern NVidia cards will automatically run the clock as fast as it can go while staying under temperature and power thresholds.