GTX 970 overclock: increase voltage cause core clock increasing?

RudiSZT3

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At first, sorry for my bad english.

I have an MSI GTX 970 Gaming. Its boost clock is 1316 MHz while gaming without any oc.
If I set core clock +150 MHz and memory clock +400 MHz (without increasing voltage), then core clock will be 1466 MHz, but when gpu-using reaches 99-100%, core clock falls back to 1454 MHz. I think it's throttling, isn't it?

But! If I increase voltage with +25mV, core clock starts on 1479 (more than it could be with the +150), and when gpu-using reaches the 99-100%, core clock falls back to the "right" 1466 MHz.

What can this mean?

Is voltage increasing cause a little clock increasing?

I know that clock increasing sometimes needs some voltage increasing to not throttle. But why does core clock jump to 1479 first, and than falls back to the aimed 1466 (+150) when gpu-using reaches the top? Why don't start at 1466 and hold it constantly?
 
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Vellinious

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Dec 3, 2013
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Check GPUz sensors tab. The PerfCap Reason line. Sounds like your card may either be power limit throttling, or thermal throttling.
 
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