Asus Strix GTX 960 Direct CU II OC Edition

khayman9

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I've recently purchased this video card or, at least, that's what the box and the card say it is. Supposedly, its clocks are 1253 Mhz with boost @ 1317 Mhz; however, mine shows 1228 and 1291 which are the settings for the ASUS GTX 960 DirectCU III OC (not Strix). Other things, though, are as they are supposed to be like the memory @ 1800 Mhz and the bandwidth @ 115 Gb/s and, when I start a render test, the memory clock jumps up to nearly 1380 Mhz. This is all a bit confusing to me; has anybody got any clue about what's going on? Please, excuse me if this seems like a silly question but I can't find anything on the web.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Edit: Ok, I've just discovered that this card has a gaming mode (clock 1228, boost 1291) and an OC mode (clock 1253, boost 1317). So, the next question is, how do I enable OC mode? Or is it automatic? Still confused!

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My system:
Asrock Z97 Extreme6
Intel I7-4790K + Cooler Master Nepton 280
G.skill Tridentx DDR3 2400Mhz 2x8gb
Asus Strix GTX 960
SM951 256gb
OCZ ZX1000W

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No its not automatic, by default it is set to gaming mode. But u can change it to oc (manualy using a program for example asus gpu tweak which u might find on asus web. When u install it u will see modes 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. If I am correct O = oc mode, so u just press it and u are done).

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No its not automatic, by default it is set to gaming mode. But u can change it to oc (manualy using a program for example asus gpu tweak which u might find on asus web. When u install it u will see modes 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. If I am correct O = oc mode, so u just press it and u are done).
 
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khayman9

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Thank you; I hadn't tried that. It turns out that profile 6 is OC mode, or the closest to it (1248, boost 1311) and, at full throttle the boost goes up to 1400 mhz. Thanks again.