Overclocking Rog Strix GTX 1080

[luci5r]

I have the ASUS "ROG STRIX-GTX1080-8G-GAMING" variant of GTX 1080, which has:

Base Clock: 1607 Mhz
Boost Clock: 1733 Mhz
Memory Clock: 10010 Mhz

I'm looking to do some very basic/novice overclocking of this card using GPU Tweak II which is an ASUS tool. Not looking to do any kind of expert or extreme overclocking. Just something I can set and forget about it without any crashes & much fiddling.

The "OC Mode" on the GPU Tweak pushes the card to 1771 Mhz. However, there are OC variants of the graphics card, and some other folks who've used GPU Tweak, to essentially get a 1950 - 2000 Mhz Clock and much higher Memory Clock with 24/7 stability.

I've seen some videos and read some articles and looked at user posts to derive the settings in GPU Tweak. Unfortunately I haven't seen a good combination of the variant I have and the OC'ing.

Wanted to see if anyone has this variant and is using GPU Tweak to give pointers.

Following is what I set it to initially:

And the GPU-Z info on the card:

I guess the main question is - do the above settings make sense? Should I be setting something differently then what I have?

And, should I go higher on anything?

I'm not entirely averse to using a different tool, like MSI Afterburner, as long as I don't have to do anything complex and can just set some values up like GPU Tweak. But only if there is any advantage to it over GPU Tweak.

Would appreciate any advice.

Thanks!

 

[zebarjadi.raouf]

Overclocking is essentially the same no matter what software you use. Just different looks.

Download and run UNIGINE Valley on Ultra + widowed. Other game benchmark works too.

1. Max your power limit. (which you have done)

2. Increase your core/boost clock 25+ at a time while looking at a benchmark till artifacts (weird lines and colors) appear or your driver crashes. Then fine tune it compared to your previous clock.
Example Core clock: +25 > ... > +150 > artifact > +125 > ... (Keep it 25 or more below max stable)

3. Do the same for Memory. (50 or more below max)

4. Save your profile.

5. Don't check apply overclocking at startup. You can check it after few days.

Keep your temps below 83c, if you go over it or stay near it., consider installing a fan on your case near the GPU.
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However, there are OC variants of the graphics card

OC variants aren't just overclocked. They use higher quality chips to sustain that overclock. They test all the chips, the ones that overclock higher become OC. If you reach those numbers, then you're really lucky.

A bit of trivia:
Buying high-quality chip intentionally means getting a binned one.
Buying high-quality chip accidentally means winning sillicon lottery.