Overclocking the EVGA GTX 980Ti Classified ACX 2.0+ [How do I do it ?]

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Hey I was wondering how far I can push my GTX 980Ti Classified? Just got in the mail today and ordered that model because it is a great overclocker...

So I'm linking a picture here, you see the base clock is 1190mhz and the turbo is 1291mhz...

So how high can I go (stable) and how do I do it?

Here are my specs:

CPU: Intel Core i5 6400 @ 2.7Ghz (3.3Ghz Turbo)
GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX 980Ti ACX 2.0+ Classified OC+ 6GB GDDR5
RAM: Crucial 16GB DDR4 2133Mhz
MB: MSI B150M Gaming M3 Skylake Socket 1151
PSU: Evga Supernova G2 850W 80+ Gold
Storage: 480GB Corsair Force Series SSD
 
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Cards like the Classy, Lightning, Matrix etc, unfortunately do not deliver the gains that they used to as nVidia's boost clock routines have severely limited just how far you can go.... but the Classy is in no way different that any other card in this respect. Just grab MSI Afterburner and start playing with settings

Guru3D gives you good start

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_980_ti_g1_gaming_soc_review,35.html

With AfterBurner we applied the following settings:

Temp Target 85 Degrees C
CPU clock +150 MHz (from default 1152 MHz)
Mem clock +400 MHz (double datarate is 2x 400 MHz effective)
Voltage + 50Mv
FAN RPM 55% (recommended but a little more is noisy)
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Cards like the Classy, Lightning, Matrix etc, unfortunately do not deliver the gains that they used to as nVidia's boost clock routines have severely limited just how far you can go.... but the Classy is in no way different that any other card in this respect. Just grab MSI Afterburner and start playing with settings

Guru3D gives you good start

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_980_ti_g1_gaming_soc_review,35.html

With AfterBurner we applied the following settings:

Temp Target 85 Degrees C
CPU clock +150 MHz (from default 1152 MHz)
Mem clock +400 MHz (double datarate is 2x 400 MHz effective)
Voltage + 50Mv
FAN RPM 55% (recommended but a little more is noisy)

http://www.hardwareasylum.com/reviews/video/evga_gtx980ti_classified/page13.aspx
 
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