EVGA GTX 780ti Stability Issues

sam80jr

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Based on the reviews I read, the 780ti was supposed to be like the Titan in terms of overclocking potential. I was able to overclock my Titan by 200mhz on core and RAM on my first try, and probably could have pushed it further if I kept experimenting with settings but I was satisfied.

I just upgraded to the 780ti (I'm a gamer, not a graphics artist/renderer) and from the reviews I read, reviewers were able to push their ti's to between 350-450mhz on core and ram in Precision-X. I can barely push the core to 100mhz+ or my games start crashing. Assassins Creed 3 was the only game that didn't crash.

Did I just get a crapily fabricated chip thru the luck of the draw, or am I doing something wrong? Could the new driver just be unstable since its the very first driver the released with the new card?

Any help would be greatly appreciated...I understand not everyone can get a top performing chip with minimal leakage...but for 750 dollars with shipping I had hoped all the chips would be at least average...this card must be in the bottom 2% of the total yield (if it is, in fact, the card).
 
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I own 2 of these. although mine are superclocks. both my cards run at 1284mhz with no issues. I did a +160gpu and +150 cpu at 106% and 95C temp target. I set my fan curve to sit at 65% under light loads and under heave 50C or higher to kick up to 100% by 60C because at these clocks and under heavy stress like BF4 these cards get HOT. also have you upped the voltage? that might be why it's crashing.

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I will say this however. Why on earth do you want to overclock it ? lol its already the fastest single gpu there is and I doubt you are going to have issues with games. Unless you are running some tri monitor setup. But then I wouldn't recommend one card
 

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i want to OC because at stock speeds, yes its the best card but by about 10-15%. OC by 300mhz its up to 30% faster than the 290x. We're talking an extra 15 fps in some games...thats a huge difference and for almost a grand, i want to get the absolute best performance i can. Remember, Im going from a Titan to a 780ti, so i want to actually notice a real difference. At stock speeds, its negligible.
 

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Ok
 

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I own 2 of these. although mine are superclocks. both my cards run at 1284mhz with no issues. I did a +160gpu and +150 cpu at 106% and 95C temp target. I set my fan curve to sit at 65% under light loads and under heave 50C or higher to kick up to 100% by 60C because at these clocks and under heavy stress like BF4 these cards get HOT. also have you upped the voltage? that might be why it's crashing.
 
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