Zotac GTX 1050 Ti OC - to overclock more?

[l_salcedo27]

Hey guys, I just got my new GPU a few days ago. I have the Zotac GTX 1050 Ti OC Edition. It's a great card, I paired it with an Intel Pentium G4560 and I can easily hit 60+ frames @ 1080p. But since it's the OC edition, I kinda want to try to squeez it a little harder for more performance.

I'd like to ask you beautiful folks for your insights. I am very clueless and new to overclocking so I'm kind of scared to do it, I don't wanna break anything, this card cost me more than it should have. (Yep my country is economically terrible.)

My specs are:

Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VH

Processor: Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50 ghz (2C/4T)

GPU: Zotac GTX 1050 Ti OC Edition, 4GB GDDR5

RAM: 8gb @ 2400mhz

Storage: 250gb HDD.

I'd like to specifically ask how much amount should I add to the core & memory clocks for a little more performance. I have the dual fan edition and I constantly run it at 70% speed so temperature is not a problem. And yes, I use MSI Afterburner. Thank you guys!!

 

[RememberThe5th]

lol, you wont break your card by pushing higher core clock and memory clock, it will only make driver crash or sometimes freeze PC but not kill your GPU.
Well try to push both Core and memory by 100MHz and run Unigine valley benchmark for one run (dont loop it) if it passes then push additional 25MHz till you experience either freeze or crash when you start to run, after you pushed far enough Core clock, its time to push memory clock, from my experience you can go 350MHz on memory without longer period of time without crashing.

This is my OC

Pretty much Limit of the card.

 

[l_salcedo27]

lol, you wont break your card by pushing higher core clock and memory clock, it will only make driver crash or sometimes freeze PC but not kill your GPU.
Well try to push both Core and memory by 100MHz and run Unigine valley benchmark for one run (dont loop it) if it passes then push additional 25MHz till you experience either freeze or crash when you start to run, after you pushed far enough Core clock, its time to push memory clock, from my experience you can go 350MHz on memory without longer period of time without crashing.

This is my OC

Pretty much Limit of the card.

Hey sorry for the very late reply, I've been through complicated personal problems. But I just wanted to ask, how do I exceed past the 100% Power Limit? Mine is max 100% and I see yours is 125%. Also MSI Afterburner doesn't save my temp limit when I put it to 97c, it goes back to 83c max. Any suggestions?

 

[RememberThe5th]

In settings tick everything except in general tab except last and start with windows, by unlock voltage control, should be saying standard msi, click on it and select last, press ok and restart msi if prompted and see if it makes changes

 

[l_salcedo27]

Is this what you mean? Picture: https://imgur.com/a/nkGd1X6

It didn't fix my problem, sadly. The temps keep going back to 83c and my power limit max is still at 100%. I wanted mine to be at 125% and 97c like yours..

 

[RememberThe5th]

Try to reinstall msi afterburner and remove other oc programs like it if you have.
It should be higher than 100 with 3rd party.
Does it have 6pin connector?If not youre stuck with it at 100 since of limit 75w.o

 

[l_salcedo27]

That's what I was wondering. GTX 1050 Ti(s) are powered by PCI E only, they don't require any 6 pin connectors. So how did you get yours to exceed past 100%? How did you get it to be at 125%? Also, I really want to max out the temp limit, I don't really know why it keeps resetting...

 

[RememberThe5th]

My has additional 6pin connector and wattage can spike up to 90W but its limited by voltage, are you sure that you have 6pin on your gpu?

 

[nico.k]

That's what I was wondering. GTX 1050 Ti(s) are powered by PCI E only, they don't require any 6 pin connectors. So how did you get yours to exceed past 100%? How did you get it to be at 125%? Also, I really want to max out the temp limit, I don't really know why it keeps resetting...

cause power and templimit are tied together, you can't change the one without changing the other and since you can't go over 100% power limit you also can't go higher with your templimit

 

[l_salcedo27]

That's what I was wondering. GTX 1050 Ti(s) are powered by PCI E only, they don't require any 6 pin connectors. So how did you get yours to exceed past 100%? How did you get it to be at 125%? Also, I really want to max out the temp limit, I don't really know why it keeps resetting...

cause power and templimit are tied together, you can't change the one without changing the other and since you can't go over 100% power limit you also can't go higher with your templimit

I see. But can't I just have 100% Power limit and 97c Temp limit? Or it will always be 83c? Can't I just lock the temp limit to 97c that way my gpu boost 3.0 will have more breathing space to oc itself??

 

[nico.k]

I see. But can't I just have 100% Power limit and 97c Temp limit? Or it will always be 83c? Can't I just lock the temp limit to 97c that way my gpu boost 3.0 will have more breathing space to oc itself??

sadly not when you're not able to turn up the powerlimit. are you sure that you don't have any additional PCIe connectors on your card?

 

[l_salcedo27]

I see. But can't I just have 100% Power limit and 97c Temp limit? Or it will always be 83c? Can't I just lock the temp limit to 97c that way my gpu boost 3.0 will have more breathing space to oc itself??

sadly not when you're not able to turn up the powerlimit. are you sure that you don't have any additional PCIe connectors on your card?

Yes, I only plugged it in and played. Why?

 

[nico.k]

because the TDP of the 1050 is 75W which is also the maximum of wattage the pcie slot can deliver. withouth an additional pcie connector the card can't draw more then 75W which is why you can't set the powerlimit to more than 100%

 

[l_salcedo27]

because the TDP of the 1050 is 75W which is also the maximum of wattage the pcie slot can deliver. withouth an additional pcie connector the card can't draw more then 75W which is why you can't set the powerlimit to more than 100%

I see now. I can't go past 100%. But may I know how to just lock the temp limit to max 97c? So you know, for the 10th time I say this, to have my gpu boost 3.0 more breathing space to overclock itself?

 

[nico.k]

because the TDP of the 1050 is 75W which is also the maximum of wattage the pcie slot can deliver. withouth an additional pcie connector the card can't draw more then 75W which is why you can't set the powerlimit to more than 100%

I see now. I can't go past 100%. But may I know how to just lock the temp limit to max 97c? So you know, for the 10th time I say this, to have my gpu boost 3.0 more breathing space to overclock itself?

You can't, sadly. You can't up the one without upping the other. Since (due to not having a PCIe connector on the card) you can't up powerlimit, there's also no way to up the templimit, I'm sorry.

 

[l_salcedo27]

I already fixed my problem, I just had to press one button lol. How I fixed it: https://imgur.com/a/Tj65GVX

That button unties the power limit and temp limit which allows you to max out your temp limit despite having only 100% for power limit. Thanks for your help though.