Question I need help with overclocking my GPU.

[TYPICALHUMAN]

Hello. I would like to properly overclock my GPU "Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING OC 6GB GDDR6". I use "AORUS ENGINE" application for that. The problem is games crashes after a while when gpu is overclocked or I see artifacts (now it happens very rarely and not in all games, my oc settings are shown in the screenshot). I previously had my card overclocked to higher frequency but the higher it goes the games crash more often. I read that I need to do something with voltage If I want to go higher but I have no idea what value to set and I don't know if theres a risk if I set incorrect voltage to my GPU. Could someones assist me and tell me what settings can I apply to get as much as I can from my GPU? My temps under stress (AIDA64) are not higher than 60c at the moment.

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

If you go into settings can you unlock the gpu voltage slider for use?

 

[TYPICALHUMAN]

If you go into settings can you unlock the gpu voltage slider for use?

Yes. I can.

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

Ok so back off gpu boost 50mhz and your memory clock 50mhz. Enable gpu voltage and slide it to 100%. Slide your power target to 110%. See what kind of results you get with those settings.

 

[TYPICALHUMAN]

Ok so back off gpu boost 50mhz and your memory clock 50mhz. Enable gpu voltage and slide it to 100%. Slide your power target to 110%. See what kind of results you get with those settings.

Everything seem okay apart from "GPU BOOST" being set to + 150,must be too high for some reason. I have tested the settings with 1 game so far and the game crashes occur very often. At +115 I see no issues so far. I don't know what could be the reason behind such a behavior and what I could do to prevent it at higher clock. I'm okay with current clocks but if theres a way to do better without crashes, then I'm willing to find out what it is.

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

Remember overclocking your card which is already overclocked by the manufacturer is going to result in lower than expected results. On a non-overclocked gpu overclocking those results in a maximum 3-5% boost in fps. So don't be too aggressive in trying to overclock yours.

 

[Multyspeed]

First set Power and temp limit to the max. After that voltage % to the max.
Then overclock just the GPU +15Mhz steps and test and then repeat until the gpu crashes. return 30MHz and the GPU should be ok.
After that OC the memory with 500MHz first and after that with +50 MHz until it crashes. Drop 50 MHz and you should be done.
Dont use AIDA for GPU test. Download Heaven benchmark.
As Fix_that_Glitch said "overclocking your card which is already overclocked by the manufacturer is going to result in lower than expected results ". And one more thing - silicon lottery.