Pascal overclocking advice

[czcina]

Hi.

Is there a point of overclocking a pascal gpu?

The reason why I'm asking that is because my EVGS GTX 1060 SC is clocked at 1650MHz and tried to overclock it with EVGA Precision X.

I got to +150Mhz so that's 1650 + 150 = 1800MHz, right ?

When playing game ( 2 monitor set up ) I play on main screen and 2nd using for browsing, music and EVGA Precision X to look at stats, temps, etc.

Core clock running at 2112MHz with 74 temp max.

That's more than my overclock!

That's the question, is there a point to overclock it? Cos GPU Boost will do whatever it thinks is best / better anyway...

If the temps are fine it will bump it up a bit, that's my understanding , maybe I'm wrong...

Am I missing something here?

Just leave it and let it overclock itself? Unless if I wanted to go over 2113MHz then yes...

 

[amtseung]

There is a reason Nvidia themselves have started locking and encrypting bioses. With very little to no voltage control, and absolutely no power delivery control without doing some serious modding, the OC range becomes quite limited.

I don't think you're missing anything. I tried mashing my MSI Gaming X 1060 6g at a +195 offset on the core and +250 offset on the memory in afterburner, leaving the power, temp, and thermal limit sliders at stock. Perfectly stable, tested by looping superposition all night at DSR'ed 4k. After maxing out the power limit, thermal limit, and voltage sliders, I gained 0 overclocking headroom, and am still limited by power limit. There's seriously so much headroom, but we can't take advantage of it. D:

Not to forget to mention, the hottest recorded temp during that all-night run of superposition with that overclock was 58C with a maximum recorded fan speed of 33% and a room temp of roughly 19-20C. Nvidia plis.

 

[marko55]

Many people stick to sound +150mhz, and the number over 2000 you're seeing is normal. You may see more actual additional FPS by increasing memory though. Bump that to +450 and see what that does for you.