Can I safely turn up my Gtx 760ti Power % up to 120%

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Buzzy34

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I have an Alienware X51 R2, I7 4790, 16gb Ram, Gtx 760ti, 330 watt psu, 1TB hard drive.
I noticed the other day that my gpu usage was steadily at 95% usage while playing Titanfall. After talking to a friend he suggested turning up my power percentage via MSI Afterburner. Would this even be possible and safe with my system?
 
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You can crank it as far as you want as long as it's stable. Your card is voltage locked at the hardware level. So at full load, the card won't draw anymore power than not overclocked. you are looking at a little more heat with higher frequency, so you might want to setup a custom fan profile.

Raising the power target will just keep the card at a higher boost rate, depending on load. That just helps to keep the card at the highest boost clock.

So no worries about sliding the voltage and power target all the way up.
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With the 330w psu in your unit, you will probably have serious problems pushing any extra power to your video card. Your GPU should be at high usage when playing any demanding game. It is more worrying if your GPU is actually dropping down it's clock speed, indicating thermal throttling, or maybe poor power.

The 760 ti is a 170w piece, and the 4790 is an 84w piece. Between everything else, I am super surprised that they sell that box with a 330watt
 
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Thanks for the quick response blue.. 8) Yeah that seems to be the biggest downside to this computer and as far as I can see there is no way for me to upgrade the "Brick" psu...
 
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yup, sounds like you're pretty SOL on that front with that external PSU. You might get a 970 to work in there... but I am pretty sure that voids your warranty since it's not a "supported" card. I don't know why they wouldnt go with a 4790S or 4790T instead of the full blown 4790.

I wonder if it would be feasible to find some sort of solution like the Eurocom Panther 5d, wherein you run two brick style 330w PSUs together to power your box.
 
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You can crank it as far as you want as long as it's stable. Your card is voltage locked at the hardware level. So at full load, the card won't draw anymore power than not overclocked. you are looking at a little more heat with higher frequency, so you might want to setup a custom fan profile.

Raising the power target will just keep the card at a higher boost rate, depending on load. That just helps to keep the card at the highest boost clock.

So no worries about sliding the voltage and power target all the way up.
 
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