MSI R9 390 Overclocking Recommendations?

[Vodnik]

What are some overclocks that won't fry up my GPU? I have an 850W power supply and I'm not very experienced in overclocking, so please provide details. Thanks!

 

[KeelinTy]

All gpus overclock differently. Some can have amazing overcocks of 300mhz and some can have a 50mhz overclock. Id recommend watching some videos on how to overclock a graphics card and slowing work on yours until you find a good overclock

 

[MastaMind Hussain]

I have the MSI R9 390 in Crossfire.. I was able to get a stable clock of 1130mhz..

here's a screenshot : http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/16/04/11/g4e.png

 

[riccardan-humiliato]

I have the MSI R9 390 in Crossfire.. I was able to get a stable clock of 1130mhz..

here's a screenshot : http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/16/04/11/g4e.png

That won't help him at all. No video card is the same

 

[MastaMind Hussain]

I was only able to overclock this card to 1130mhz with better air cooling.. I went from a ATX case to an Open air Test bench which enabled me to put extra fans on or near the GPU's..
In case I was only able to go from 1040mhz stock to 1090mhz anything beyond that the card start to hit 94c which throttled the card clock to the safe zone..
open air case allowed me to get better cooling.. by which allowed the cards to breath more now I'm getting 75-83c depending on what games I play..

My personal tip.. get better cooling.. to get better overclock..

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5uzpD7SL6o8RUJqNTQ5dm90MTQ - here's I achieved mine..

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5uzpD7SL6o8LTBCYXBmcmpRQkE - Here's the MSI afterburner settings.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5uzpD7SL6o8ZnhMcmVPYng3em8 - Here's my unigine Heaven Benchmark @1440p..

Best of luck.

 

[j_rob]

I have two profiles saved, one which needs just a little power-boost, and one with more power-boost (brings more heat). You will find a conclusion in the bottom of this answer.

First profile:
Core Voltage (mV): +6
Power Limit (%): +6
Core Clock (MHz): 1140
Memory Clock (MHz): 1550
Avg. framerate improvement*: +9 fps
Max temp. recorded: 75'C

Second profile:
Core Voltage (mV): +63
Power Limit (%): +40
Core Clock (MHz): 1160
Memory Clock (MHz): 1600
Avg. framerate improvement*: +10 fps
Max temp. recorded: 82'C

*The benchmark I did was in Gears of War 4.


My experience tells me that one can try to push both clock-speeds a small amout for each test not adding any more power. In the Gears of War 4 benchmark, I noticed that once the card needed more power, it would show weird squares randomly distributed on the screen. That was how I reached stable run of the second profile. However, I was not satisfied with the temperature of the GPU, but of course you can make your individual trade-off decisions.