Overclocking Titan X

[Douglas Harris]

I just bought a Titan X and much to the dismay that I anticipated, I can't overclock the card whatsoever without it stuttering in games at even far cry 4 1080p no antialiasing all the way down to 20fps.
Right now I have the power limit at 110, core clock at +125, and memory clock at +146. Though, I still get the issues I mentioned. This is insane to me because reviewers were able to push the card to 400+ on the core clock and 300+. Is there something wrong with the card? Is there a bottleneck somewhere?

Here are my other components:

24gb ram
i7 4770k stock
msi h87-g43 mobo
650w psu

 

[theonerm2]

There is no guarantee that you can overclock any and that applies to any computer parts that you could overclock.

 

[Douglas Harris]

But Nvidia said you should be able to overclock these cards at least and should see core clocks around the 1400mhz range. Is it because I have a 650w psu that I can't overclock at all?

 

[bgunner]

OK to help solve the question you have Download OCCT. Use just the GPU part of this program as teh others seem to not work properly. Run the GPU test with error checking enabled and shaders set to 3 because you have Nvidia, for AMD set it to 7. Test teh GPU at stock settings for 30 mins. IF no errors up the OC on just one clock by 20 and retest for 30 mins and so on till it errors. Once it errors back it down by 10's till it stops then up it by 1's till it errors then down 2 and you have your max stable OC for that clock. Write this number down and reset the clocks to stock.

Do the same for the next clock and so on.

Once you have all your clocks maxed out then try them together and test for 1 hour to be sure they will all play nicely. IF you get errors you will have to start backing them down and retesting.

DO it this way will give you your Highest stable OC. All cards will OC differently so you may have lost the lottery on the chip game. Either way this is how to OC your GPU and do it properly.

 

[bgunner]

But Nvidia said you should be able to overclock these cards at least and should see core clocks around the 1400mhz range. Is it because I have a 650w psu that I can't overclock at all?

Minimum PSU required is a 600W. But the flow of electricity can effect the OC potential of a piece. IF you have a quality PSU this should not be an issue.

 

[Douglas Harris]

Thank you so much, man. I needed a good guide on this. I think what I'm going to do though is ask Nvidia to exchange the card with another Titan X tomorrow since I know an enthusiast guy (sloppywetblow) on youtube that did the same when his Titan X wasn't overclocking at all. But I believe there's a deeper issue besides the overclocking because even at stock I'm getting terrible fluctuations in framerates with games after I play for a few moments.

 

[theonerm2]

What brand power supply do you have? If it's a good brand then I'd say it's not the power supply's fault.

 

[Douglas Harris]

I have a corsair 80 plus gold psu

 

[bgunner]

What model number please, It's not the CX650 is it?

 

[Douglas Harris]

http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-80PLUS-Gold-Certified-Power-Supply/dp/B00EB7UIRS/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1427848607&sr=8-7&keywords=650+w+psu

 

[bgunner]

I doubt it is a power issue with that PSU unless it is old. Any PSU as it ages will slowly lower its maximum output. usually PSU's over 5 years old start to experience this effect but because you have a quality PSU this effect will be less at the 5 year mark. Quality parts makes the life span much more.

 

[Killuminati1]

Sorry to hear about your card. My Titan X boosts up to 1,180 MHz on it's own without even adjusting anything in msi afterburner. It's as if NVIDIA accidently sent me a SC version lol. I've been able to overclock it up to 1,300 MHZ with ease but haven't pushed it beyond that. I'm sure I could reach 1,400 but don't really see a need because it's already shredding every game I put in front of it. I'm using an ROG SWIFT monitor which is 1440p and 144hz. I'm able to take advantage of the high refresh rate at 1440p with this Titan. Absolutely love it! The fact that you can't overclock isn't really an issue. The actual FPS increase you'll get off a couple hundred MHZ overclock isn't THAT substantial. The real problem for you seems to be the fluctuation in FPS even at stock settings.

 

[AlExAlExAlEx]

Sorry to hear about your card. My Titan X boosts up to 1,180 MHz on it's own without even adjusting anything in msi afterburner. It's as if NVIDIA accidently sent me a SC version lol. I've been able to overclock it up to 1,300 MHZ with ease but haven't pushed it beyond that. I'm sure I could reach 1,400 but don't really see a need because it's already shredding every game I put in front of it. I'm using an ROG SWIFT monitor which is 1440p and 144hz. I'm able to take advantage of the high refresh rate at 1440p with this Titan. Absolutely love it! The fact that you can't overclock isn't really an issue. The actual FPS increase you'll get off a couple hundred MHZ overclock isn't THAT substantial. The real problem for you seems to be the fluctuation in FPS even at stock settings.

What FPS are you getting in games? 144?

 

[Apples3]

IF no errors up the OC on just one clock by 20 and retest for 30 mins and so on till it errors. Once it errors back it down by 10's till it stops then up it by 1's till it errors then down 2 and you have your max stable OC for that clock. Write this number down and reset the clocks to stock.

Do the same for the next clock and so on.

Once you have all your clocks maxed out then try them together and test for 1 hour to be sure they will all play nicely. IF you get errors you will have to start backing them down and retesting.

I was wondering what you meant when you talk about upping clocks indivudually. Are you talking about in the bios? Like this?

00 135.0
01 162.0
02 202.5
03 270.0
......
35 1025.5
36 1038.0
....
73 1506.6
74 1519.0
75 202.5
76 270.0
77 324.0
78 540.0