Gtx 1070 voltage

[leclerc_maxime]

I have a sotac 1070 thats oc to 2088mhz and the voltage slider to the max does it matter that in some games the voltage limit is reached?
Temps are fine

 

[appletatoes]

I would be careful when you overclock your video card and increase the voltage. A GTX 1070 is a pretty robust video card so it should be able to take the increased overclock, voltage and memory overclock but try to stay consistent. Don't overclock your base frequency and not overclock the memory. Be sure to give both an equal boost as well as the voltage. I would give the voltage more priority over the base clock and memory but keep in mind, overclocking your card will require more power so it's completely normal that your voltage limit is reached while playing video games and you have your card overclocked. It just makes plain sense.

Though since we're talking about voltage to a video card, you shouldn't max this out completely. It will make your video card much more unstable but I think that would apply to lower end cards, not in this case. So if you're going to increase the voltage, do so, but I wouldn't max it out completely, that's just my opinion

Here is a good article on overclocking. They do max out the voltage and power limits in this guide but they're doing so that you can overclock your video card to it's maximum capabilities:

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2749337/safe-gpu-overclocking-guide-2016.html

Also, do keep an eye on the temp. Any higher than 80c or 85c then you better back off but just because the card isn't running hot doesn't necessarily mean that it isn't working hard too. Keep that in mind as well. The video card may even clock down if it gets too hot. Newer cards such as yours will have temperature monitors and if it gets too hot, you'll actually notice less performance because the video card is safe guarding against overpower draw and the heat.

Hope that helps!

Appletatoes
IT Specialist

 

[Vellinious]

There's absolutely nothing in the Pascal bios that will allow you to hurt your GPU in any way, shape or form. The voltage will only increase to 1.093v, no matter how much you move the slider.

Create a custom fan curve to keep the GPU as cool as humanly possible, increase the voltage, max out the power limit, and have some fun.

 

[iamacow]

All Pacals have locked voltage of 1.094v. You CANNOT harm your card by going over the 1.064v stock voltage. Its such a small increase. It will draw more power and run warmer, but the safety auto downclock is 94c to avoid damage in the video card bios and software won't allow above 90c so you are once again safe. You will not get this hot unless your fans are off or have extremely bad airflow.

What will kill your card even at stock settings is mining. None of these gaming cards are designed for 24/7 100% load. NVIDIA and AMD based the 10 year projections on 5 hours of gaming a day. And warranties are usually 3 years which means under 6,000 hours of use before the fans or something else on the card dies.

 

[leclerc_maxime]

At 100% voltage i get up to 1.075

 

[Vellinious]

At 100% voltage i get up to 1.075

Don't use offsets to overclock. Use the voltage / frequency tool. Using offsets allows the software to create a voltage / frequency curve on it's own, which is just a higher stock curve. It is, by all accounts, horrible.

 

[leclerc_maxime]

How can i do this

 

[Vellinious]

This will give you a decent start.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-1080-overclocking-guide-with-afterburner-4-3,2.html

 

[iamacow]

Here you go. http://www.overclockersclub.com/guides/gtx_1070_overclocking_guide/

This ones a 1080TI guide but all the same things apply.
http://www.overclockersclub.com/guides/nvidia_gtx_1080ti_oc_guide/

 

[Vellinious]

Here you go. http://www.overclockersclub.com/guides/gtx_1070_overclocking_guide/

This ones a 1080TI guide but all the same things apply.
http://www.overclockersclub.com/guides/nvidia_gtx_1080ti_oc_guide/

There are a lot of really bad assumptions in that...just like the one I posted. Horrible, actually....not sure who wrote that, but they very clearly don't know what they're talking about.

Just be wary, and remember. Core temps are EVERYTHING. The cooler you keep your GPU, the higher you'll get it to boost, the lower the required voltage will be to achieve your target clock, and the better it'll perform.

 

[iamacow]

I wrote that thank you very much. You obviously must not have a 1070/1080 even though you sig says so.

 

[Vellinious]

I wrote that thank you very much. You obviously must not have a 1070/1080 even though you sig says so.

I've had 5 different 1080s and 2 TitanXPs. Have some of the best benchmark scores among those with above ambient cooling, and have achieved some really outstanding overclocks. All 5 1080s clocked to 2153 very easily with the use of the voltage / frequency curve. 2 of them, with lower ambient temps would run 2200 perfectly stable, and as high as 2278 during benchmark runs. The TitanXPs would only clock to about 2100 before hitting the power limit perf cap...but that's a bios problem created by NVIDIA, and not a problem with the architecture.

Just looking really quick:

1. You never covered overclocking with the voltage / frequency curve. Not setting a custom curve. allows the software to assign a higher, stock curve for you...which, by all accounts, is just horrible.

2. Boost 3.0 makes constant voltage / frequency corrections all along the temperature operating range of the GPU. I've seen it make corrections with core temps all the way down at 12c. It will make corrections more, the higher the core frequency, because the voltage is higher...so, because it can't adjust voltage up in those cases, you'll see it drop a step on the core clock.

I could keep going, but, instead, I'll just suggest that you should review your "tutorial", because it really, REALLY needs some work.

 

[Vellinious]

I'm off work now, so I'll explain the voltage / frequency curve. Now, when you set an offset overclock, you're allowing the software to create what roughly equates to a stock voltage / frequency curve by itself....it's essentially just raising every point across the curve up by your offset amount. As you can see below, I set an offset of +150 on the slider, but looking at the curve, it set +143. That's because 150 was outside of the 12mhz steps that Pascal uses. Disregard that for a second, and just look at the voltage. See how the curve that it's set, has a voltage for that clock at 1043mv? That's going to allow the GPU to try to run your prescribed clock at that voltage, before it bumps the voltage up. Micro-changes that like inherently cause instability.

Now we'll look at the voltage / frequency curve method. I've set an offset clock of +110, to get my voltage points close, then raised the frequency points for the voltages above 1043mv to higher clocks until I got to the voltage and frequency I was targeting. In this case, the exact same 2164 core clock (+143), except now, it's not going to try to run 1043mv, it's going to go straight to the 1081mv I've prescribed for it to run, and won't go any lower, unless it starts warming up, in which case, it would drop a step and run 2154 @ 1075mv. This GPU is under water, so the likelihood of that happening are slim and none, but.....on air, it could.

Anyway....the meat and potatoes: Using the offset method and trying to get a decent overclock is pretty foolish. You'll get much better results with the voltage / frequency curve. And THAT, is something I'd expect to see in an "overclocking tutorial" on Pascal.

Enjoy

 

[iamacow]

Hey man, if you want to write a full tutorial and talk about curves and offsets I'm sure I could get published for you. Otherwise going around call people work horrible, is downright rude. PM me if you are interested.

That usually shuts people up. Most people when faced with a real task of sourcing your work and actually reading the white papers rather be lazy than do the work. They don't want to do that and give up being anonymous on some forum.

 

[Vellinious]

Hey man, if you want to write a full tutorial and talk about curves and offsets I'm sure I could get published for you. Otherwise going around call people work horrible, is downright rude. PM me if you are interested.

That usually shuts people up. Most people when faced with a real task of sourcing your work and actually reading the white papers rather be lazy than do the work. They don't want to do that and give up being anonymous on some forum.

I help people in several forums...and when I see something that's done incorrectly, and could lead people that really don't know what they're doing in the wrong direction, I call it out. Lazy? Lazy is writing an "overclocking tutorial", and not actually making a "tutorial".

Look, I'm sorry I hurt your little feelers, but.....the people in these forums come here looking for help. Your "tutorial" isn't gonna do that. Run along now, and write a real one. (I'd wager, you have to figure out how to use the voltage / frequency curve first). G'luck lol

On the bright side....I already wrote half of it for you. = P