Help me OC my MSI RX 470

[IzzyandWizzy]

Hey Everyone. I am a bit new to the Realm of Overckocking, So you guys could help me a lot by answering these Queries :-

1. I own A MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB and today, using Msi Afterburner, I applied a 50 Mhz OC to both Core and Memory speeds. So now it running at 1300 Mhz Core and 1700 Mhz memory, with stock voltage and Power limit. I have run Unigine Valley and Unigine Superposition a couple of times, and Played Far Cry Primal for about Half an Hour at max settings, and Have experienced no crashing, Artifacting or Anything like that.Temperatures remain below 72°C , which is the same as Stock. Does this Mean the OC is stable or should I test more?

2. My PSU is Cooler Master Masterwatt Lite, 500W , and is this sufficient for safe OCing ?

3. As I play at a resolution of 1366*768 , I don't really need to OC now, as pretty much all Games run 60+ at everything maxed out. But does OC capability of a Card decrease as it gets older ? So is OCing now better than OCing 2 years later when i need the OC?

4. And Finally , Should I aim for higher clocks? If yes , which is the correct way to do so?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

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Question from IzzyandWizzy : "Help me OC my MSI RX 470"

Hey Everyone. I am a bit new to the Realm of Overckocking, So you guys could help me a lot by answering these Queries :-

1. I own A MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB and today, using Msi Afterburner, I applied a 50 Mhz OC to both Core and Memory speeds. So now it running at 1300 Mhz Core and 1700 Mhz memory, with stock voltage and Power limit. I have run Unigine Valley and Unigine Superposition a couple of times, and Played Far Cry Primal for about Half an Hour at max settings, and Have experienced no crashing, Artifacting or Anything like that.Temperatures remain below 72°C , which is the same as Stock. Does this Mean the OC is stable or should I test more?

2. My PSU is Cooler Master Masterwatt Lite, 500W , and is this sufficient for safe OCing ?

3. As I play at a resolution of 1366*768 , I don't really need to OC now, as pretty much all Games run 60+ at everything maxed out. But does OC capability of a Card decrease as it gets older ? So is OCing now better than OCing 2 years later when i need the OC?

4. And Finally , Should I aim for higher clocks? If yes , which is the correct way to do so?

 

[drkatz42]

I have the XFX - Hard Swap Edition AMD Radeon RX 470. I'm using Wattman for overclocking and the max overclock on the core I'm getting is 1365(without applying additional voltage). The power limit is raised to the max of 50%. I leave the memory alone, by default my card's memory is set at 1750mhz. everything else is set to default.

A stable overclock with temps within the limits of the GPU will not decrease the overclockability over time.

You'll likely be able to achieve higher clocks. Some people are getting around 1400mhz.

 

[IzzyandWizzy]

drkatz42
Night Owl
I have the XFX - Hard Swap Edition AMD Radeon RX 470. I'm using Wattman for overclocking and the max overclock on the core I'm getting is 1365(without applying additional voltage). The power limit is raised to the max of 50%. I leave the memory alone, by default my card's memory is set at 1750mhz. everything else is set to default.

A stable overclock with temps within the limits of the GPU will not decrease the overclockability over time.

You'll likely be able to achieve higher clocks. Some people are getting around 1400mhz.

Sounds To me like you won the lottery!!!! Do you have the 4GB one??

 

[drkatz42]

drkatz42
Night Owl
I have the XFX - Hard Swap Edition AMD Radeon RX 470. I'm using Wattman for overclocking and the max overclock on the core I'm getting is 1365(without applying additional voltage). The power limit is raised to the max of 50%. I leave the memory alone, by default my card's memory is set at 1750mhz. everything else is set to default.

A stable overclock with temps within the limits of the GPU will not decrease the overclockability over time.

You'll likely be able to achieve higher clocks. Some people are getting around 1400mhz.

Sounds To me like you won the lottery!!!! Do you have the 4GB one??

I do have the 4gb version. I game at 1080p and the rx 470 is a superb card and an excellent value at the $179 price point I paid.