- Apr 28, 2014
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This is my first OC attempt and I have been quite confused. I have had my EVGA GTX 560 Ti for a year and decided to overclock it for the first time with MSI afterburner.
My stock clock was running 797 MHz GPU and 1950 MHz Memory, at around 55°C on the default fan profile. 1.050 Voltage.
I tried to OC it, first hitting 2100 MHz for memory then the GPU to about 890, but it crashes whenever I get to 900. However, the card isn't getting very hot at all, and it never reaches 75° C. Why is this? Shouldn't I be able to keep overclocking until 85° C, well under the recomended 97° cap? What effect does voltage have?
I have UEFI BIOS, 8gb ram, an 8 core processor, a 1000w PSU, and have substantial air flow in a big case. This is on windows 7, and I have only played with my system bios for boot priorities, auto-tuning, and setting to high performance options. Thanks for any and all help!
Edit: I am not extremely concerned about wear and tear, I only need this card to make it to the beginning of September. I don't want to burn it out completely, but I do want to push it to its limits and burn some rubber off my tires before I'm done with it. I will be using the overclocked mode for no more than 3 hours a day.
My stock clock was running 797 MHz GPU and 1950 MHz Memory, at around 55°C on the default fan profile. 1.050 Voltage.
I tried to OC it, first hitting 2100 MHz for memory then the GPU to about 890, but it crashes whenever I get to 900. However, the card isn't getting very hot at all, and it never reaches 75° C. Why is this? Shouldn't I be able to keep overclocking until 85° C, well under the recomended 97° cap? What effect does voltage have?
I have UEFI BIOS, 8gb ram, an 8 core processor, a 1000w PSU, and have substantial air flow in a big case. This is on windows 7, and I have only played with my system bios for boot priorities, auto-tuning, and setting to high performance options. Thanks for any and all help!
Edit: I am not extremely concerned about wear and tear, I only need this card to make it to the beginning of September. I don't want to burn it out completely, but I do want to push it to its limits and burn some rubber off my tires before I'm done with it. I will be using the overclocked mode for no more than 3 hours a day.
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