Is it possible to overclock MSI GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G (Non OC version)

[iamafreak]

There are range of MSI GTX 1070 cards (http://www.tomshardware.com/news/msi-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1070,32027.html).

I understand that for ARMOR 8G there are two versions - OC and normal. I think OC version comes overclocked by default.

My question is - will it be possible to overclock Armor 8G manually upto the level of MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Gaming X?

 

[MCID47]

It's Possible, but OC version has more stable clock, even it's overclocked out of the box. You can Overclock the non-OC version, on all modern gpus though, but it might turns out to make your gpu unstable. Overclocking 1070 might be worth if you can handle the heat and control the voltage from the standard clocked version of 1070. Advise, try using msi Afterburner or something better for Overclocking like an EVGA software.

 

[iamafreak]

It's Possible, but OC version has more stable clock, even it's overclocked out of the box. You can Overclock the non-OC version, on all modern gpus though, but it might turns out to make your gpu unstable. Overclocking 1070 might be worth if you can handle the heat and control the voltage from the standard clocked version of 1070. Advise, try using msi Afterburner or something better for Overclocking like an EVGA software.

i don't use any water cooling for my build. I just have a cooler master evo. So in case i overclock Armor 8G will that be enough to handle the heat? I have 3 other case fans that came with my case (Fractal Node 804).

 

[MCID47]

The heat generates from the GPU Chips, so the problem isn't on the case or the cpu cooler at all. Thats why the OC edition usually have better fans than the normal edition.

 

[iamafreak]

Thanks for the help. I understand what you're saying.

Just another question - how are the fans on Armor 8G? Don't Armor 8G and Armor 8G OC have same fans?

 

[MCID47]

Yes, it has the same fan configuration. but Out of the Box Overclocking gives better tuning by default, so the heat won't be as high as your own Overclock settings because it has been tuned by the factory. The OC configuration runs by default on GPU bios for OC version, it will include Clock Tuning, memory tuning, Voltage tuning, and many other settings incl. fan default speed.