My GTX 1070 Cant OC Well at ALL

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So I have a GTX 1070 Gaming 8g from MSI and i really wanted to overclock it. The card runs fine as is, but I want that extra performance. I use EVGA's Precision X OC software since MSI's Afterburner did not allow me to change my voltage no matter what I did or changed. Anyways, I raised the power limit to 126% and set the thermal limit to 92 degrees Celsius. Then I raised my core clock to +150 MHZ and raised my memory to +400 MHZ and raised the voltage to +50%. I ran a game and INSTANT CRASH. I had to restart using the reset switch on my PC's case. This more or less kept happening until i stabilized at +130 on the core, +350 on the memory, and (with same power and thermal limits) +30% on the voltage. That is quite the crappy overclock compared to what I've seen some reviewers hit on FOUNDERS EDITION CARDS. Keep in mind that my power supply is sufficient (600W) and my card never even goes over 73 degrees Celsius. There is no reason that i can't even hit 150 on the core or 400 on the memory. Either I did something wrong when I OC'd, or I was unlucky and lost at the silicon lottery.
 
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yeah man thats the luck of the draw, my 1070 gets 2045mhz i never thought that i would have a good overclocking anything my 1070 is a msi armor. pretty much every card before my 1070 was a crap oc'er. sorry if its been asked but did you go into the msi afterburner settings and tick the "Unlock Voltage control"? i only have my 1070 set to +150 on core and +400 on the memory not much better than yours but for some reason my 1070 does run at 2044-2045mhz while playing games
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Use MSI Afterburner. With Pascal, you really don't need to increase voltage. These newer chips benefit much more from good VRMs on the PCB than they do higher voltages. And even though that card doesn't have the best VRMs on it, they're still good enough for a decent overclock.

Also, you need to take into consideration the magic that is GPU Boost 2.0. Now it can boost the speed of the card on its own without you having to do anything. Rather than trying to get a good manual overclock, just return everything to stock settings and see if maybe GPU Boost is already running the card faster than its advertised speed... If so, there won't be much more room for a manual overclock.

Also, a more aggressive fan curve could prove to be very beneficial. Even though it's nowhere near dangerously hot, GPU Boost may be limiting its clock speed due to heat. If you run the fans faster to keep it cooler, you may see better clocks.

And finally, it's important to understand that the chips used in the Founders Edition cards are binned. This means that those are the very best of the best and they're being hogged for the Founders Editions and Asus is also buying them for their ROG STRIX series. That's why Founders Edition cards are achieving better overclocks than your cards, not because your card is bad but because the GPUs found on FE cards are exceptional.
 
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Ya I had known about GPU boost 2.0, and it really does work extremely well. My card is normally at the mid 1900's when gaming. But I want to get to the magical 2 GHZ number that I've seen many achieve. That's my goal. Also, I like EVGA's Precision X software and would like to have the option to vary my voltages if I please.
 
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try it individually.
Increase core by 25-50 first. Then test. .then do the same with memory.
Voltage increase isnt needed fr such small boosts.
Which software u using?
 
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Don't worry about it. It is a common thing here, just ignore it.

Strangely enough it seems the software matters. I have a Strix 1070 Gaming OC. I tried Precision X and Afterburner. I can get a higher OC with Afterburner than with Precision X. I switched to using the software for my card (Asus GPUTweak II) and it is able to OC even higher.

No idea why this is but pay attention to how the memory clocks are displayed. I can't remember which one but one of them displays it in a weird way. I put a +500 on the memory and that is somehow a +2000 to the clocks which OFC caused instant crash.

In GPU Tweak, it is a 1:1. So I put +1010 on the memory and +121 on the core. On my card this equals 2101 core (boost clock) and 9028 memory clocks.

You need to try Afterburner and see if it makes a difference. Not sure if GPU Tweak will work for non Asus cards. You shouldn't need to change the voltage at all.
 
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Ya the initial software I had used was MSI Afterburner, I switched to Precision X later due to the voltage tweaking, but that's about it. No changes have been observed going from one to the other. I use NZXT's CAM software to tell me my GPU's clock speeds, so I know there is nothing weird going on with the software side. I think I just got a bad draw from the silicon lottery.
 
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. I have the same card as you and i am also only hitting +130 core and +350 memory clocks max using msi afterburner. So annoying, but the +130 still takes it over the 2ghz mark.

 
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Ya I already mentioned how meaningless the difference would be. However that is not the main point of this post. I was just simply wondering why my GTX 1070 could not hit the speeds that every single reviewer or owner claims to have reached without even overclocking. Hell I had even built a PC for my friend that used a EVGA ACX 3.0 1070 and that thing would just BOOST to 2.01-2.02 GHZ with GPU boost. It wasn't even a special factory OC'd model--just a plain ACX 3.0 model. I just want to know why my card can't even get too close to those speeds even with overvolting, raising the thermal and power limits, and spiking the fan curve without crashing my PC instantly.
 
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I have a GTX 1070 Strix Edition, And i tried using MSI Afterburner AND GPUTweak2. And on both i couldn't get anything, absolutely NOTHING.
Ill run down what i did. First of all, i put +25 on Boost Clock without touching voltage. i started Valley Benchmark (which i think is the problem)
and after about 1-2 minutes it started to not load and skip scenes, and after about 4-5 minutes its crashes.

NOTE: I'm not an experienced over clocker, so please don't go harsh on me because i did a stupid mistake.
And yeah, if i'm already here, i want to ask, what should give more performance, Boost Clock, or Memory Clock

MY RIG:
i7 6700k OC to 4.6Ghz
GTX 1070 Strix Edition
16gb of ddr4 ram 2400hz
GA-Z270X-Gaming 7
And some other things that aren't important.
 
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If it isn't too late to answer your question (sorry BTW, I should've archived the thread), what you're doing on the core clock is correct, though you should also not be afraid of bumping voltage every time you experience a crash. Also, Valley is a good stress test to use to see whether or not your OC is stable. First of all, raise the power and thermal limit to the highest it can go, then bump the core (and memory--about 50 MHZ) and test for stability. If there is a crash, no problem. Simply raise the voltage by 5-10% and see if crashing still occurs. Rinse and repeat this process until the highest possible OC is achieved. Note that certain games and applications may benefit more greatly from a memory clock boost rather than a core clock boost, but in general, core clock bumps are more beneficial towards frame-rate.
 
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yeah man thats the luck of the draw, my 1070 gets 2045mhz i never thought that i would have a good overclocking anything my 1070 is a msi armor. pretty much every card before my 1070 was a crap oc'er. sorry if its been asked but did you go into the msi afterburner settings and tick the "Unlock Voltage control"? i only have my 1070 set to +150 on core and +400 on the memory not much better than yours but for some reason my 1070 does run at 2044-2045mhz while playing games
 
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