Overclocking the Sapphire R9 380X NITRO

[Alex190]

Hi, I am new to Toms Hardware but I thought this would be a good place to ask how to overclock this particular card however I am aware that the card is already factory overclocked but I believe there is more to pull out of this card and I would like some guided advice on how to do this as I am new to overclocking. Sorry if I posted this wrong or whatever I am new here.

Thank you,

 

[Sergeant_Sneaky]

Hey Alex, welcome to Tom's Hardware. You should pick your favourite program to overclock with (mine is MSI Afterburner), you can also use AMD Overdrive (I think that's the name). I would start by adding 10Mhz to your core clock, then you can run a benchmark and test if it is stable, while watching for artifacts/overheating/crashing. If it runs for 10 minutes without an issue, add another 10Mhz to your core clock and repeat. When you reach a stable overclock that you are happy with, stress test the final number for an hour or so to check properly for stability so it doesn't crash mid game. You can do this with the memory clock afterwards if you choose to. Try to keep your temps under 85c.

 

[Mac070]

Agreed ^

 

[Mac070]

Hey Alex good luck . Tell me how the graphics card over clocks because I just ordered one of these cards yesterday .

 

[Alex190]

Well Mac I tried stress testing the card with FurMark just on the stock OC that the card is already equipped with and I must say that the card would not stop climbing in temps during stress tests on the factory OC so therefore I have backed off of overclocking this card as the temps continued to rise with just the factory OC on a mere stress test.

 

[Mac070]

That's furmark . What were temps

 

[Alex190]

Well it started on 60 degrees Celsius then slowly over the course of five minutes climbed to 72 degrees Celsius and continued rising so at that point I stopped the test.

 

[Mac070]

Dont down clock it !! Those temps are normal and that's furmark (worst case sceneario ) ..... Temps over 85C are bad . My 290 ran at 95C

 

[Sergeant_Sneaky]

Dont down clock it !! Those temps are normal and that's furmark (worst case sceneario ) ..... Temps over 85C are bad . My 290 ran at 95C

This, AMD cards run very hot, especially on the stock cooler, but under 80-85c in games (not a stress test) is okay.

 

[Mac070]

Yep ^^ The 290 runs at 95C and is fine ...

 

[Alex190]

Alright I'll try incremental overclock of 10 Mhz until I reach a instability and get back with what I pushed out of the core and memory clock.