- Jun 4, 2015
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Hello All
I have been tinkering a little with my new GTX 970. It is my first foray into overclocking. The box of my GPU recommends at a minimum a 500w PSU. While OC'ing in Heaven windowed mode I go up 10MHz at a time on the core clock. I get no artifacts of any sought apart from a horizontal line that flicks across the screen in milliseconds every 30 seconds or so. This is around +150 core. So I bring the OC down until it's gone. Currently I have +110 Core and +200 mem clock. Power limit at 110%. This boasts me to 1515MHz Core. I will be stable for a hours then the driver crashes and recovers, causing whatever I'm playing to crash. I see zero sign or artifacts while gaming. I have read a lot of others are adding 150+ to the core with little issues. Temps are in the mid 60's.
Is my PSU sufficient? Possible bad card, or expecting to much? Also, this is my first gaming rig, have owned it for a few months now, looking at my specs can you see any obvious bottlenecks or anything else I need to know or improve?
Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming
Intel i7 4770 @3.40GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) Quad Core CPU
1x8GB Ripjaws-X G.Skill DDR3 @1600MHz
Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 550w PSU
Gigabyte H87M-DH3 Motherboard
Chornos 240GB SSD Read speed 560MB/sec Write speed 520MB/sec
Seagate 500GB 7200 Barracudda
2x JetFlo 120 Blue Led Case Fan
Hyper 212 EVO CPU cooling with Dual 120mm fans
LG DVD Drive
Cooler Master Elite 341 Mini Tower
I have been tinkering a little with my new GTX 970. It is my first foray into overclocking. The box of my GPU recommends at a minimum a 500w PSU. While OC'ing in Heaven windowed mode I go up 10MHz at a time on the core clock. I get no artifacts of any sought apart from a horizontal line that flicks across the screen in milliseconds every 30 seconds or so. This is around +150 core. So I bring the OC down until it's gone. Currently I have +110 Core and +200 mem clock. Power limit at 110%. This boasts me to 1515MHz Core. I will be stable for a hours then the driver crashes and recovers, causing whatever I'm playing to crash. I see zero sign or artifacts while gaming. I have read a lot of others are adding 150+ to the core with little issues. Temps are in the mid 60's.
Is my PSU sufficient? Possible bad card, or expecting to much? Also, this is my first gaming rig, have owned it for a few months now, looking at my specs can you see any obvious bottlenecks or anything else I need to know or improve?
Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming
Intel i7 4770 @3.40GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) Quad Core CPU
1x8GB Ripjaws-X G.Skill DDR3 @1600MHz
Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 550w PSU
Gigabyte H87M-DH3 Motherboard
Chornos 240GB SSD Read speed 560MB/sec Write speed 520MB/sec
Seagate 500GB 7200 Barracudda
2x JetFlo 120 Blue Led Case Fan
Hyper 212 EVO CPU cooling with Dual 120mm fans
LG DVD Drive
Cooler Master Elite 341 Mini Tower
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