Recommended AMD R9 380 Overclock?

[Ahoo]

I have an MSI AMD R9 380 2GB, and I'm wondering what's the limits of this card? I know that over clocking does in-fact lower the lifespan of the card, however I'm looking to overclock it to the point where it still adds performance, but affects the lifespan of the card as minimally as possible.

Specs:
- i5-4460
- MSI AMD R9 380 2GB 2GD5T OC 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5
- H81M-E33 microATX
- 600W Power supply
- 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
- 2TB HDD + 120 SSD

I'm using the MSI Afterburner software, and without overclocking, it displays +0% power limit, 980 MHz Core Clock, 1375 MHz Memory Clock, and 18% fan speed, with an ambient temperature of 33 degrees Celsius.

 

[jimmysmitty]

1150 looks to be the top end most people get from that GPU but it depends on the cooling as well.

 

[JETSCHANCE16]

I got it to 1000 on the core which was 980 at default I have the 4gb version clocked at 1475 on memory don't o/cc memory just core up by 10 til it crashes my max temperature is 75c in a warm room too next to cracked window for cool air blown in by cajse fan been running for 15 min now hope that helps

 

[quivle]

I got it to 1000 on the core which was 980 at default I have the 4gb version clocked at 1475 on memory don't o/cc memory just core up by 10 til it crashes my max temperature is 75c in a warm room too next to cracked window for cool air blown in by cajse fan been running for 15 min now hope that helps

I got up to 1200 on the core clock and 1500 on the memory clock, my computer is 2 meters away from a wood furnace and my top temps were around 55C.

 

[JETSCHANCE16]

[how long are you running it at those speeds 1200 seems a bit high I have been playing with it since then and a got it up to 1050 on the core anything higher and I think your playing with the longevity of the card its sounds like he wants to hold on to it as long as possible. In either case its up to the overclocker the faster the shorter 1200 hundred I don't even find on youtube from very respectable pc gamers but good luck its a great card remember your not going to get the performance of a r9 390, maybe a r9 380x but don't get your hopes up and you wont be disappointed.

 

[czcina]

My stable results:
1080 core
1550 memory
voltage not touched
max temp 66c
heaven bench result 1405
min fps 23.5
max fps 105.1

can find any other results, so not sure if its a good result or not... first time overclocking here...

MSI R9 380 4GB
Tested on full hd, 4xAA, settings Ultra

 

[blueray101]

Is anyone aware why I get an instant black screen when I set my core voltage above 1024 and click apply regardless of my memory clock? I am using msi afterburner to overclock.

 

[OnceSaved]

Currently running the gigabyte g1 gaming 4gb. I'm stable at 1110 core with 1600 memory clock +20% voltage and +35 mv
At 1120 I saw slight artifacts. After setting it I gamed for roughly an hour and a half with zero hiccups

 

[blueray101]

I overclocked and I am stable at 1163 1565

 

[OnceSaved]

With more tweaking I got 1135 core and 1625 memory with +20 power and +75mv but my chip fails when I raise anything beyond that. Just gamed for 7 hours at that setting with no issues

 

[blueray101]

With more tweaking I got 1135 core and 1625 memory with +20 power and +75mv but my chip fails when I raise anything beyond that. Just gamed for 7 hours at that setting with no issues

Anything pass 1565 for me lowers my score in Unigine valley so there are artifacts. These are the average across hundreds of users http://hwbot.org/hardware/videocard/radeon_r9_280/

 

[Daxterthepro]

I was nearlly able to get my powercolor 2gb to 1055 core and the mem. overclock was horrible I can't go past 1433, or It will crash So I didn't get that good of a card and also when I try to install the new crimson drivers my screen turns solid green and it's unresponsive so Catylist for the win

 

[Blarvey]

So I want to bump this, and I hope no one minds.. but to compare these results:
1080 core
1550 memory
voltage not touched
max temp 66c
heaven bench result 1405
min fps 23.5
max fps 105.1

With mine:
1130 core
1600 memory
heaven bench result 1309

1680x1050, 4xaa, fullscreen, ultra quality, extreme tesselation


Why such a large discrepancy in heaven score even though my core/memory are higher? Could this just be a random inferior hardware error due to mass production, or might there be something more? I'm running a 4670@3.8 if that matters at all.

 

[FallDown]

Is anyone aware why I get an instant black screen when I set my core voltage above 1024 and click apply regardless of my memory clock? I am using msi afterburner to overclock.

try to change your psu i was had that prblem to then i changed my psu and it workt

 

[Ahoo]

Is anyone aware why I get an instant black screen when I set my core voltage above 1024 and click apply regardless of my memory clock? I am using msi afterburner to overclock.

try to change your psu i was had that prblem to then i changed my psu and it workt

Do you mean physically changing to another PSU, or do you mean just increase the voltage that is coming from the PSU?

 

[Tony-Dat]

Is anyone aware why I get an instant black screen when I set my core voltage above 1024 and click apply regardless of my memory clock? I am using msi afterburner to overclock.

I would lower my core voltage... your core voltage is a little high... my overclock is as follows +20 core volts... 1100 Mhz core clock... 1600 Mhz Memory core clock... and fan speed at 90% while gaming or heavy load... at max temp of 80c... same overclock but with no load i lower in the fans speed to 50% and max temp is 40c.... try this if you havvent done soo already... I have done alot of research as well on how overclocking degrades your gpu's life span... it not alot... instead of having the card run for 10 years it will cut the cards lifespan to 7 years... by that time you should be upgrade anyways... so its totally worth it extra powers you can squeeze out of your bad boy

 

[Tony-Dat]

Oh one more thing I need to mention... I see a drastic change in performance... a difference of roughly 10 fps more