Overclocking Amp Extreme?

[holmesc]

Hi I wanted to know if I had to manually overclock the 1080 asmp extreme https://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-Extreme-Graphic-ZT-P10800B-10P/dp/B01GCAVSIO/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1485458143&sr=8-1&keywords=1080+amp+extreme.

I was told it was already factory overclocked and that I might not have to do a thing to let it work it's magic.

Is this true or do I need to fiddle with it?

 

[spadam_2000]

You do not have to fiddle with it.

 

[weberdarren97]

It'll go over 2000MHz on its own. JayzTwoCents got over 2100MHz with only +30MHz. The cooler is so awesome it can afford to turn the fans off for a few seconds during stress tests since it automatically turns the fans off for quiet operation when the core is under 60C. This was without any changes to voltage or fan profiles.

Long story short: It's a beast of a 1080.

 

[holmesc]

It'll go over 2000MHz on its own. JayzTwoCents got over 2100MHz with only +30MHz. The cooler is so awesome it can afford to turn the fans off for a few seconds during stress tests since it automatically turns the fans off for quiet operation when the core is under 60C. This was without any changes to voltage or fan profiles.

Long story short: It's a beast of a 1080.

Thanks!

 

[weberdarren97]

It'll go over 2000MHz on its own. JayzTwoCents got over 2100MHz with only +30MHz. The cooler is so awesome it can afford to turn the fans off for a few seconds during stress tests since it automatically turns the fans off for quiet operation when the core is under 60C. This was without any changes to voltage or fan profiles.

Long story short: It's a beast of a 1080.

Thanks!

Whoops. I got my YouTube channels confused and gave you the wrong numbers or wrong channel or something or I'm just dumb xD

Anyways, I just watched the JayzTwoCents video again and he only managed 2050MHz. It hit 2050MHz out of the box without changing anything. Okay, he changed the LED color before the test but I doubt that affected performance in any way. It seems it managed its maximum OC by itself, unless he was using MSI Afterburner (he didn't say and this will be mentioned later).

I don't remember what channel it was, but someone got it to 2120MHz by messing around with the stuff from Zotac Firestorm (basically MSI Afterburner but for Zotac cards). It seems that MSI Afterburner has some trouble with this card (I've never had this card in person I just know what I've read in forums), and it also had trouble with one of my Asus cards before (it was custom PCB and BIOS). It seems that custom BIOS cards seem to take better to the OC utilities from their manufacturers rather than MSI Afterburner (unless it's an MSI card). We already know the AMP! Extreme from Zotac is a custom card, but I don't know if it has a custom BIOS or not. It probably does, but I must admit that I've not done my daily research to be able to give you a definite answer on that.

 

[Eximo]

From what I have seen most GTX1080 can easily do 2100mhz. I only tacked on a 122Mhz offset to mine and got it to put up 2134Mhz, out of the box it did 2012Mhz, and mine is a simple reference board, albeit now it is watercooled. The default settings on the card started throttling at 75C, bumping that up to 91C, even with the air cooling probably would have had the same effect.

 

[weberdarren97]

From what I have seen most GTX1080 can easily do 2100mhz. I only tacked on a 122Mhz offset to mine and got it to put up 2134Mhz, out of the box it did 2012Mhz, and mine is a simple reference board, albeit now it is watercooled. The default settings on the card started throttling at 75C, bumping that up to 91C, even with the air cooling probably would have had the same effect.

Did you get the FE from Nvidia or from another manufacturer? The ones directly from Nvidia use binned chips and are not welcome here (kidding). I just don't like to use them for comparison since the chips are tested for OC potential before being mated with a board.

 

[Eximo]

From what I have seen most GTX1080 can easily do 2100mhz. I only tacked on a 122Mhz offset to mine and got it to put up 2134Mhz, out of the box it did 2012Mhz, and mine is a simple reference board, albeit now it is watercooled. The default settings on the card started throttling at 75C, bumping that up to 91C, even with the air cooling probably would have had the same effect.

Did you get the FE from Nvidia or from another manufacturer? The ones directly from Nvidia use binned chips and are not welcome here (kidding). I just don't like to use them for comparison since the chips are tested for OC potential before being mated with a board.

Just the EVGA ACX 3.0 Gaming SC. I like to think they pick out the better chips for them, and it is only $10 more than the standard ACX 3.0 Gaming. I like their policy of accepting warranty returns as long as you put the card back together.

Certainly not going to hit the thermal limits of the GPU before it becomes unstable, and that is true of all but the most expensive binned Pascal chips. Not much separating the custom cards from the reference boards these last two generations.

 

[weberdarren97]

Not much separating the custom cards from the reference boards these last two generations.

Except for Nvidia's pricing. Why is it cheaper to by a FE from Asus or EVGA than it is from Nvidia? It's made to sound like they're the same product.

 

[Eximo]

They are the same product. Just a different cooler. Binning is a fairly standard practice that does add some cost in labor. That cost is passed to the consumer. EVGA has their ASIC quality mark-ups on their cards. And certainly the high end products from most of the vendors use binned chips.

Businesses buy the founder's editions cards in bulk, raising the street price probably let them tack that much more on those bills, as well. As I understand it the NVTTM cooler is actually quite expensive to make, particularly the ones with the vapor chambers. Since they cool so much better than the old style aluminum/plastic blower style coolers, that stands to reason.

Nvidia is offsetting the R&D as well. The AIB partners don't have to do that with the reference boards, just manufacture them and slap a cooler on it.