MSI GTX 680 Lightning overclocking rookie

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caper1234

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Hey...
Ive been attempting to over OC my gtx 680L. I'm new to gpu overclocking so attempting to understand the process I've read the 670 Master Guide,a bunch of forums and sifted through many pages here .....I'm not shooting for crazy numbers, Id just like a little boost for gaming... and i really enjoy tinkering with my pc lol. Just got my 3770k to a super stable 4.5kGHZ....not crazy by any means, but its stable and was fun to do!

So Im not having much luck with the gpu! I figure I should stop failing and ask some questions..
Starting with the process ive taken .. please correct the hell out of me if need be lol! I will very much appreciate it!

Display driver : 331.58
BIOS : 80.04.28.00.3a
msi ab : 2.3.1
Valley 1.0
GPUZ 0.7.3

Increase power limit to max (300), Core voltage to max(+100) Memory (+100max) and AUX(+50MAX).
Then I go on to find my stable Core Clock... increasing by set values. On signs of instability decrease core clock, voltage or power limit..depending on the issue.. temp above 70, display driver crashing, bsod, frequency oscillation etc..

After this you go onto memory and pretty much follow the same procedure.

lol am I on the right track here?

Thanks for any info!
 
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Right track for sure, but that temp is super low (if you're talking Celsius, which I'm assuming you are). You can push more into the 90-100C range and still be safe typically, especially if that's a full load scenario.
 
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caper1234

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haha sweet.. happy to be heading in the right direction at least!

Right now im trying to figure out what program to use for benching...I have 3Dmark11 and Unigine Valley..
3Dmark11 works well but the way it drops gpu usage during loading screens make the msi graphs annoying to read!

Unigine valley is great, I can read the graphing easy enough, use duel displays to monitor gpuz and msi ...
but when ever i hit 55 Celsius(getting temp reading from MSI ab) the screen blacks out for a second, and my clocks get reset to stock, then the test continues lol! As long as my OC settings are boosted enough to run the temp up to 55, boom reset.. I cant for the life of me find out why! Running the fans at high % will keep temp below 55 and allow me to clock more, but that for sure shouldn't be the case..lol somethings up or im misunderstanding the fault.. Ive been searching program settings for temperature limits etc with no luck..thinking something might be enabled for protection but still.. such a low temp for that.


 
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Yeah that is super weird. Sounds like a possible issue with the card itself if that's the case, no card should crash at 55C.

I doubt it could be Afterburner, but you might try EVGA's Precision X overclocking utility, I like it better than Afterburner personally.
 
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