MSI gtx 970 4g gaming oc guide

[MrStark]

Title says it, basically just looking for a good oc guide for a gtx 970 that's reliable and easy to understand

Cheers

 

[Dylan Smit]

Download msi afterburner,
Increase the max power with 10%
Play around with the overclocks untill its stable with it, also look at temps and dont let your gpu over 80°C. If it is put your max power 5% above normal and do the same. You can google good stable settings.

 

[MrStark]

Download msi afterburner,
Increase the max power with 10%
Play around with the overclocks untill its stable with it, also look at temps and dont let your gpu over 80°C. If it is put your max power 5% above normal and do the same. You can google good stable settings.

Is there any point to the core voltage, is there a way to gain a higher oc? or is that a no go zone?

 

[Dylan Smit]

Download msi afterburner,
Increase the max power with 10%
Play around with the overclocks untill its stable with it, also look at temps and dont let your gpu over 80°C. If it is put your max power 5% above normal and do the same. You can google good stable settings.

Is there any point to the core voltage, is there a way to gain a higher oc? or is that a no go zone?

I never ajust voltages without a watercooled card because the heat rises more but you can defenetely get higher clocks

 

[Mr Kagouris]

Download MSI Afterburner and install it.
Download Unigine Valley benchmark and install it.

Go into afterburner, increase max power by 10%, increase core clock by 20MHz.
Run Valley Benchmark.
Repeat until Valley Benchmark crashes.

At this point, you should decide whether you want to play with the voltage or not to get even better clocks.
If not, just fine-tune the core clock until you reach the highest one that Valley Benchmark will complete with, then run the benchmark for about an hour. If it doesn't crash, repeat this process with the memory clock.

If you want to play with the voltage, raise the voltage by 10mV and continue overclocking the core clock until Valley Benchmark crashes again, and raise the voltage again. I wouldn't go over 50mV increase for safety. After you've reached the highest clock that the benchmark completes with, run the benchmark for a couple of hours with that clock to see if it's entirely stable. If at any point your overclock becomes unstable even though you raised the voltage, raise the max power.

Keep in mind higher voltage means more heat, so if your temps get out of hand you may need to make a custom fan profile.