- Dec 17, 2015
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I recently bought an Asus Strix 980 Ti and I wanted to overclock it. So I used GPU Tweak II as the tool to do this. I did some research on overclocking and read that the first thing you're supposed to do is raise the power target, and then raise the clock speed until you see a crash on a graphic benchmark or something, that way you kind of get an idea of what you have to work with.
So, I did just that. I raised the power target to 110% (this is the highest I was allowed to) and then I raised the boost clock little by little. I never actually got to the point of anything crashing, but I did see an artifact or two. After I raised the boost clock by about 310 MHz, the FPS of the benchmark actually went to about half of what it was before I did any overclocking! I put the clock and power target back to factory settings, and the FPS was still about half its original amount. I restarted the programs, rebooted the computer, and still FPS were low.
The next day, things were back to normal. But now I have the question: does raising the clock too high damage the card, even though temps stayed below 73 degrees C the whole time?
Thanks for any help I might get.
So, I did just that. I raised the power target to 110% (this is the highest I was allowed to) and then I raised the boost clock little by little. I never actually got to the point of anything crashing, but I did see an artifact or two. After I raised the boost clock by about 310 MHz, the FPS of the benchmark actually went to about half of what it was before I did any overclocking! I put the clock and power target back to factory settings, and the FPS was still about half its original amount. I restarted the programs, rebooted the computer, and still FPS were low.
The next day, things were back to normal. But now I have the question: does raising the clock too high damage the card, even though temps stayed below 73 degrees C the whole time?
Thanks for any help I might get.
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