Overclocking EVGA GTX 770 with EVGA Precision?

mikestogy

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Hello everyone! I have a GTX 770 that I would like to overclock. I know this card can can run things fine, but I want the best bang for my buck. Anyway, I installed EVGA Precision and set the GPU Clock Offset to +20, and the Mem Clock Offset to +40. I was told to do increments of +20/40 for these and test in between. Running multiple games, I didn't really see any improvement until I got to +120 GPU Clock Offset, and Mem Clock Offset to +240. At this point, my card temps seemed fine as I have more than adequate cooling, so that isn't an issue. When I would run a game I would see about 3-6 more FPS which I guess is good for an overclock. However, a few minutes into the game and my PC would freeze and a restart would be required. What should I do? I also never touched the Power Target so I don't think that's an issue.

Full system specs:

Intel Core i7 4770k Haswell
EVGA GTX 770 with ATX cooling
16GB Dominator Platimum GDDR3 RAM
MSI z87-dg65 Motherboard
Raidmax 1000w Gold Power Supply
H100 CPU Cooler
HAF X Full Tower Gaming Case
3 Intake fans, and 5 exhaust fans.
 
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Hello there!

I have a 770 that is clocked +105 core and +240 memory.

Please keep in mind, not all cards are alike. Some overclock better than others and thats just the way it is. Maybe your EVGA version comes pre-overclocked very high, so +120 GPU is alot for your card.

Anyway, usually when cards crash that means that the overclock is too high. Stress testing and some games may be fine, but others (Far Cry 3 in my case) can't handle my old overclock of +115, so I had to back it off. try lowering your core clock to +110 or so and then try.

AzisTroyanov

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Hello there!

I have a 770 that is clocked +105 core and +240 memory.

Please keep in mind, not all cards are alike. Some overclock better than others and thats just the way it is. Maybe your EVGA version comes pre-overclocked very high, so +120 GPU is alot for your card.

Anyway, usually when cards crash that means that the overclock is too high. Stress testing and some games may be fine, but others (Far Cry 3 in my case) can't handle my old overclock of +115, so I had to back it off. try lowering your core clock to +110 or so and then try.
 
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