Confusion with Palit GTX 1060 Dual

Radoslav Vartanyanov · Aug 10, 2016

Know im Using:
Gigabyte UD3 FXA MOBO
Fx 8370 CPU
PALIT GTX 1060 DUAL

Thing is.. the GPU should be at 1506mhz to 1709mhz using boost BUT..
Using Heaven benchmark it shows 1911mhz all the time
Using Thunder Master (Palit's OC and monitoring utility) its showing 1860mhz

what's the explanation of this..shouldn't the max clock be 1709mhz? I heard that 1060 boost a lot, but i thought its only with the overclocked versions of the cards and in anyway....all the aps show me different clocks .....

Last ?-tion.. should i try to overclock ?

Eximo · Aug 10, 2016

As long as the thermals are good I wouldn't complain about free performance.

Doesn't sound like you need to overclock if those values are true.

Mr Kagouris · Aug 10, 2016

Newer cards have a sort of "adaptive clock speed" feature (best way to explain it), that will automatically OC your card assuming temperatures are good. This allows manufacturers to guarantee a certain speed (it's not going to do 1911MHz in a room with 50C ambient temperature trust me), but also give you the max performance your card is capable of. You can turn this off but there's virtually no reason to do so.

Manual overclocking has pretty much yielded 50MHz over the automatic OC at best, not worth it at all.

Eximo · Aug 10, 2016

Yeah, Maxwell and now Pascal seem to be artificially limited by Nvidia, not much headroom and almost no difference between various models.

Radoslav Vartanyanov · Aug 10, 2016

Mr Kagouris :

I Know that, thing is, temps were 68-74c. while benchmarking, clocks NEVER went down...again im not complaining, god, please, go even higher, haha. I don't know what to trust .. of all those clocks

Mr Kagouris · Aug 10, 2016

68-74C looks about right. There's nothing for you to worry about really.

Radoslav Vartanyanov · Aug 10, 2016

Mr Kagouris :

I Guess. I don't think a game will ever go that high as a benchmark tool. I was saying that clocks are not going down as they should be(i know that they are going down progressively as the temp goes above 70c.. or something)

My point is.. not that i want them to go down.. but if I can trust what those monitoring programs claim

Mr Kagouris · Aug 10, 2016

Use GPU-Z to monitor clock speed, if it gives the same reading then it's accurate.

Radoslav Vartanyanov · Aug 10, 2016

Mr Kagouris :

GPU-z never changes values.. they stay the same ALL the time, they stay at 1506 and 1709.
I'd believe Thunder Master the most ...

Mr Kagouris · Aug 10, 2016

I'm not referring to the GPU-Z info tab, it has a built-in monitoring tool.

Radoslav Vartanyanov · Aug 10, 2016

Mr Kagouris :

OMG, i never saw that before! Thanks, i was right though, its showing 1860mhz like thunder master, pretty damn high! Temps went to 76c max at 65% fanspeed which is good.

A question appears here tho... why would i buy a Superclocked GTX 1060 if it has the same clock speeds (all OCed versions say they go up to 1800 and something) ... why would I give like... 50$ more (100$ in my raped country)

Isokolon · Aug 10, 2016

Radoslav Vartanyanov :

because people don't know better and buy the higher priced product anyway.
it's the same with people buying ASUS cards rather than palit although the palit beats the asus in most tests by a far.
in some cases though the more expensive card is better cooled and can therefore sustain the higher clock longer/mroe stable. as for example, the palit gamerock series cooles the memory module by directly attaching a heatpipe to it, the jetstream series doesn't.
if it really makes much of a difference - well, we'll see when all the cards got tested and reviewed professionally. it's hard finding reviews to the cheaper models today.

Eximo · Aug 10, 2016

ASUS hasn't been doing so well with their coolers as of late, seems every other model has a useless heatpipe that doesn't make contact with the GPU. EVGA made a similar mistake on the ACX cooler, but quickly corrected it.

ASUS seems to be riding their past success, brand recognition, and pure output volume and have stopped caring. Though they have gone to a completely automated production facility for some of their products, and they may be laughing all the way to the bank by not having to re-tool for a new cooler each time.

Radoslav Vartanyanov · Aug 10, 2016

Hmmm, dudes, im currently overlocking it. its doing pretty well i got it to 1640 base and 1930mhz!

Memory 4300mhz (300mhz+)

I'll keep going

blackrhino · Sep 29, 2016

hi fyi my palit gtx 1060 sjs also do this mine goes to 2025 max boost clock in gpu-z, asked palit about it and they say its normal. temps reach 75c on auto fan settings when gaming, but since fans are silent i put them at 100% when gaming never go beyond 63c, playing only the witcher 3 ultra hairworks off.

azzazel_99 · Sep 29, 2016

Your clocks won't go down really until you hit whatever the temperature target is set at inside your overclocking/monitoring software. Ignore what heaven or valley show only trust what the monitoring software shows. Msi afterburner or evga precisionX are both great overclocking and monitoring softwares and are easy to setup. Again my cards don't downclock ever. If i set the temp target low enough they will downclock to maintain the temp setting i have set but i have yet to see my cards go over 60c and thats with my room rather warm. If i keep it at 74F like i usually do the cards dont go over 55c

abclngn · Nov 24, 2017

I Got My Palit 1060 Dual Fan 3Gb at Core Clock at +400 and Mem. Clock at 400. its stable at 74C and 80% Fan Speed.
my GPU-Z Reads may Mhz core clock at 2023 ish.

is this good or I need to tune it down?

Isokolon · Nov 25, 2017

abclngn :

if it's stable and at 74°C I think you can stay with those settings

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