Is this OVERCLOCK NORMAL for a 1080?

[TCobra]

I decided I wanted to overclock my card properly, since first time i did it, it was quite sloppy.
First off my card is a GTX 1080 MSI Gaming X.

I've found that its pretty stable at 2126Mhz core clock (running in heaven benchmark). That's 149 of added core clock.

Now I'm onto the Memory clock. I read that adding +500 is about the max that most cards can handle.
Weird thing is - my card is now at +725 added memory clock, which is 5730MHz total memory clock, (according to heaven benchmark). And it still is stable, no artifacts, no tearing, no missing textures. Should I keep pushing it? And is it normal to be able to add that much memory clock to a 1080?

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Be aware the the Unigine benchmarks are very OC friendly. Once Unigine stable, you will be dialing it down some as you try different games. ... mi\uch so in anything that has the word "Battlefield" in the title

Here's what techpowerup setlled on for their MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X
Core = 2050 MHz 1400 MHz (5600)

Note one thing ... you will often find, more often since Boost 3.0, that highest core and / or memory does not deliver the highest boost clock or the highest fps.

As for Guru3Ds testing, they went to

Core Clock: 1763 MHz
Boost Clock: 1955~2067 MHz
emory Clock: 5622/11244 MHz

We applied the following settings:

Temp Target 95 Degrees C
CPU clock +80 MHz
Mem clock +575 MHz
Voltage +100%
FAN RPM 60 % (remains really silent with TwiNFrozr VI)

 

[TCobra]

Be aware the the Unigine benchmarks are very OC friendly. Once Unigine stable, you will be dialing it down some as you try different games. ... mi\uch so in anything that has the word "Battlefield" in the title

Here's what techpowerup setlled on for their MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X
Core = 2050 MHz 1400 MHz (5600)

Note one thing ... you will often find, more often since Boost 3.0, that highest core and / or memory does not deliver the highest boost clock or the highest fps.

As for Guru3Ds testing, they went to

Core Clock: 1763 MHz
Boost Clock: 1955~2067 MHz
emory Clock: 5622/11244 MHz

We applied the following settings:

Temp Target 95 Degrees C
CPU clock +80 MHz
Mem clock +575 MHz
Voltage +100%
FAN RPM 60 % (remains really silent with TwiNFrozr VI)

Thank you for this information! I had my added clock at 149, but i found that 139 created the same overall core clock of 2126, so i settled at 139. For the memory clock, it began to crash at 875, and i had small artifacts at 850, so right now i have that settled at 800, so a total memory clock of 5805.
But i guess its just a matter of testing different games, then i can always lower it a bit if i start getting problems.
Thanks again!

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I save profiles on MSI AB

1 - Highest stable Core
2 - Highest stable Memory
3 - Highest stable combo (benchies)
4 - Highest stable settings for most games (< than above)
5 - Lowered settings for any game with "Battlefield" in title

 

[adamscurr]

I think your clock speeds sound pretty spot on for a good overclocking card... My Strix 1080 runs similar numbers... I think the number you posted are on the high end of the spectrum I've seen people reporting, so you did pretty well!