GPU not overclocking in small increments

acsdog

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I have two EVGA GTX 780 SC with the ACX coolers. I am using MSI afterburner to overclock and am monitoring with GPU-Z. With no overclock, my first GPU core clock is 1071 MHz, and my second is at 1100 MHz. Now, when I apply an overclock under +12 MHz, nothing changes. Nothing. The core clock on both card remains the same. When I apply an overclock of +13MHz to +25MHz it goes up to 1084MHz on the first card. The second card behaves differently, not increasing until I apply an OC of +14MHz. It goes up to 1123MHZ at this point, and doesn't increase again until I increase the OC to +27MHz, at which point it goes up to 1136MHz. Keep in mind the cards are linked in MSI afterburner. These incremental increases continue to what I presume is as far as I can overclock. The problem with this is I can't overclock in increments like normal, I have to find these "sweet spots". The same problem arises with EVGA precision. Is this normal?
 
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LogicalProcessing

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From my knowledge of how the overclock works, you still increase your GPU 1mhz at a time, but because of the fluctuations it reads what it previously has been until you find a frequency that is stable. (sweet spot) Your stress testing will show that your FPS does increase as you increase it by +1 or +2. I don't know if it is just a limit in the software to show the fluctuations in the frequency or what it is.
 
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acsdog

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Ok, that's reassuring, thanks.
 

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