game crashes after gpu overclocking

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Bharat_19

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hello....... i just got into overclocking and decided to do it myself. I have a zotac gtx 1060 6gb mini. Every time i overclock my gpu my games starts crashing after a while . for example when i start playing gta 5 it runs perfectly with good 60 fps but then its shows some error and the game stops. same is happening with forza horizon 3.... I am overclocking my gpu with msi afterburner...but i am only increasing power limit, core clock and memory clock. i am not increasing the core voltage.... please help me out with this.....
pc config
gigabyte h170 d3h
corsair vengeance 8 gb
corsair vs 500 psu
i5 6400 skylake
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That's really a lot.
The default fan curves i think that try to maintain the temps in the 70s, i think that 84º is already the throtling temperature (check if the core speed is going down over 80º and before the game crash)

Btw, the mini cards are usually very bad card to overclock, because they have half sized cooling solutions.

Update: Its harmful? yes and no at the same time, you are really on the high temperatures for the card, on the 70s you are ok, but on thge 80s the card is already protecting himself from overheating, could work at 80º, yes and its safe because the max temp is still 90s (92º i think) but you are pushing the card...
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maxalge

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dont overclock on that power supply, its not good
 
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juanrdp

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What are your gpu/gpu mem temps?, it sounds like a overheating problem to me.
Before the crash do you have artifacts on the screen?

 
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juanrdp

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That's really a lot.
The default fan curves i think that try to maintain the temps in the 70s, i think that 84º is already the throtling temperature (check if the core speed is going down over 80º and before the game crash)

Btw, the mini cards are usually very bad card to overclock, because they have half sized cooling solutions.

Update: Its harmful? yes and no at the same time, you are really on the high temperatures for the card, on the 70s you are ok, but on thge 80s the card is already protecting himself from overheating, could work at 80º, yes and its safe because the max temp is still 90s (92º i think) but you are pushing the card (and the fan) to work with high temps due overcloking while at the same time are throtling down the speed due overheating and could end with a slower card that the initial speed while and pushing the voltages and the fan.
 
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juanrdp

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The problem is the cooling of the card, you are using a half size card cooler for something that it isn't intended to do, overclock the card.

You could try bandages like puting one or two intake fans to supply the card with more fresh air from outside the case and check how it works, but dont expect miracles for it.

Set the GPU fan curve to a more agresive one, put it at 100% over 70º.

At the same time, if you increase the power limits you are also increasing the voltages, try to manually overclock the card by increasing the core and memory speed while at the same time try to reduce the core voltages to compensate the increased heat from core speed with less heat from voltages, but that would potentially make the card unestable because you normally need more voltage to get a stable state with increased core speeds and you are just trying the opposite.
 
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