OverClock is BaseClock Observation?? Normal or Factory Tweaked over Factory Overclocked?

[Jayant Arora]

I have a STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5 i'm seeing different and higher clocks in GPUZ, not as per specs. I used Asus GPU tweak II to set the GPU Clocks to 1253Mhz it ain't works, even if shows all ok on applying settings. As per specs It should be :

Silent Mode: 1114Mhz[Specified] while 1273Mhz[Observerd]
Gaming Mode: 1253Mhz [Specified] while 1303Mhz[Observed]
OC Mode: ? [Specified] while 1378-1404Mhz[Observed At times with heavy load]
No voltage tweak is there nor memory tweak, When i ran GPU Z on this card normally before installing tweak software it follows the Game mode as Default[1303Mhz]. Checking render ouput form GPU-Z it always runs at 1303Mhz not 1114Mhz.
I talked to asus guys they say your MBD is overclocking it from bios, i checked BIOS it is not i had a MSI Z87-G43 and OC genie is turned off.
Is my card came Tweaked from factory?? Tweaked over factory overclocked gpu?

 

[Leaps-from-Shadows]

Your GPU will overclock itself as long as your temps are low and it isn't using all of its wattage -- it's called Boost Clock. This is normal, and GPUs have been doing this for years now. Read reviews of graphics cards -- they mention Boost Clock in most of them.

The GPU clock has nothing at all to do with the mainboard. The ASUS people probably misunderstood you.