GTX 980 TI Amp Extreme Overclock issues (grey screen freeze, NOT overheating!)

sandman332 · Oct 12, 2015

Hello,
So I'm a little new to overclocking, I recently bought the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme (ZT-90505-10P) and I haven't been able to overclock it that much. I have seen all these other tech websites and other users being able to overclock the card pretty good, and I can barely overclock it at all. I can play a game anywhere from 10-40 minutes and then I get a grey screen freeze and the sound loops, and I have to restart my computer. I am monitoring my temps and the card is definetly not overheating. I even tried putting the fan to 100% to see if that might fix the issue, but no, still crashed, and the max it got was about 60C, which I have read is not bad at all.

Right now I'm stumped, I thought I would be able to overclock it at least a bit more like all the other people have, but I can't seem to.

If I could get help that would be very much appreciated, if you need more details or anything please let me know.

PC Specs:
Windows 10
Intel® Core™ i7-2600(non-K) Processor
(8M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz)
16Gb ram
2TB SSHD
1TB HDD
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme (ZT-90505-10P)
EVGA SuperNova 1200 P2 80 Plus Platinum (PSU)

Tradesman1 · Oct 13, 2015

It all depends on the individual GPU you have, some OC great others hardly at all if any. You card has a pre OC on it that may well have tooped out what your individual chip can take

Calvinb81 · Oct 14, 2015

I have started getting this problem two years into owning my 7970.. its not overheating for me either , I have had it fairly highly overclocked for about 3 months now though.

cm0scm0s · Oct 16, 2015

Did you increase the maximum power draw (not voltage but power)?

If you overclock the core / memory without increasing the power draw it will crash.

You have to make sure that if you monitor your stats with a program like MSI afterburner that your core clock is stable and not fluctuating.

sandman332 · Nov 11, 2015

How would I go about that? Personally, I am using the Zotac Firestorm utility that came with my graphics card to overclock it. The program has already setup overclock that are supposed to be fine. I increased the the power % to the max which is 111%. I also tried increasing the max volt to +87 but still no go. I recently upgraded my PSU as well to see if that would fix it but it didn't. (new one is 1200watt) I have seen reviewers out there able to get the same card overclocked way higher, and I can't even overclock it at all. Could something else be effecting it?

Thanks, help is VERY much appreciated.

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