PNY GTX 970 Overclock results? Good or Bad?

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So I decided to overclock my new GTX 970, took reference from another thread on here and I noticed about a 5 FPS increase, could this be pushed further or will should I be happy with that boost. I used Heaven Benchmark to test seeing as I was having problems with DayZ FPS, but thanks to http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/community/profile-1696453.htm I kind of got it sorted!
Anyway, here are the results and the clock info.

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First, welcome to overclocking! it's a fun world :)

secondly, the gtx 970 is a very solid card that sips power and runs cool. generally reviewers have been able to max out just about all the settings and still not run into thermal problems. so you can definately push further should you want to. see example here:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2014/09/19/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-review/12

I know your card isn't featured, but I would doubt that you're already hitting the ceiling given how far the other cards can be pushed. just keep an eye on the temperatures and you'll be fine
 
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Hey thanks man, Im not sure what I am really doing to be honest, but in GPU tweak my boost clock is set to 1434 as you can see from the screenshot, but when I run Heaven in the top right it says im pulling 1649Mhz, whats that about? :/ Also on that link they say their boost clock is at like 1200ish, is mine being at 1600+ Mhz crazy high?

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Ops, sorry. TOTALLY my bad. I am running GPU tweak too and have been lazy on getting updates. in the earlier versions 1450 was max on the boost clock setting so I just looked at where your bars are without looking at the HUGE numbers next to them haha.

anyway, looks like everything's good. to be honest all modern GPUs do this "dynamic boost clock" now. so instead of traditional overclocking where you set a clock speed and it tries to hit that (if it fails you'll either BSOD or the card will overheat...), it now takes the powertarget and GPU temperatures into account, and tries to adjust the boost clock accordingly (much like CPU turbo-boosting). I'm not sure why your Haven boost clock reading is so high, it could be wrong, but I am leaning toward that it's correct, and your GPU saw the headroom and went for it :)


 
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Could I badly mess up my card if it was overclocked too high? Or would it just shut down?
 
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Neither, since you're setting the "boost clock" and not the base clock, it would just throttle down to a more acceptable clock speed.

Of course the card would be consuming more power, and that can potentially shorten the lifespan of the GPU by a bit, but it should last at least 3 years, most likely 5+, at which point you'll probably be upgrading anyway
 
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Looks like heaven was lying.
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Thanks for the help brother!
 
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oh yeah! didnt even notice haha
 
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