Zotac GeForce GTX 660 2GB with higher gpu clock than boost factory...

[paulocweger]

Hello to all!

I have recently acquired a Zotac GeForce GTX 660 2GB and installed on a motherboard Gigabyte GA-H110M-H DDR3 with two CORSAIR modules of DDR3 1600MHz RAM.

I have installed the latest nVidia driver, I can play GTA V, Star Wars: Battlefront, Far Cry 4, Alien: Isolation with good performance in FHD (1920x1080) without any freezing, stuttering or restarting.

The only issue is after installed GPU-Z, I wanted to view the technical specifications and have noticed that my GPU Clock goes higher than the boost default.

The default gpu clock is 993MHz, with boost clock is 1059MHz, but when I start the render test, the clock goes up 1123.5MHz.

Is it normal?

 

[jeffredo]

They almost all do that in boost. My GTX 950 and GTX 1070 both boost higher than what is rated. Its usually not sustained though (peak).

 

[paulocweger]

For example, when I play GTA V, the clock never gets stabilized, here is a screenshot: