SinxarKnights :
Vellinious :
SinxarKnights :
Vellinious :
Not sure who selected this as the "best answer", but......yikes.
What do you have on yours? Not saying you are wrong but I am going by the overclocks found on google. It appears to max out around 1450 for good cards (that is base not boosted) and 1500 for golden silicon. If you have evidence that a few hundred OCs at 1450 or less is bad then post it up.
Why would temps make a difference if the overclock is unstable at a low temp? Thats the point i'm trying to make. If you are at 60c and the OC is unstable, the temp doesn't play a role in this situation. If you have to keep it under 60c to make an air cooled card stable, that is just unrealistic.
So, you used google to answer a question.... /smh
This forum group is full of people that either had, or do still have 980tis. Not many of them would be satisfied with less than 1500 for an overclock. Take a look....
http://www.overclock.net/t/1558645/official-nvidia-gtx-980-ti-owners-club
1500 is an very average overclock for a 980ti. 1530+ is "ok". 1590+ is very good. The silicon lottery plays it's part, obviously.
Temps play a large role in the stability of an overclock. 1550 might not be very stable with the core temp at 50c, but it probably would be with the core temp at 30c. It can make all the difference in the world.
I had 3 980tis. Two of them would clock to 1580, the other would only do 1540...but it was a poor overclocker, with a 68% ASIC.
All i see in that link is pages and pages of 1400 - 1475 with the occasional 1500+. Would be so much easier if they had a spreadsheet with the clocks listed for comparison.
Again you are saying temps play a role. I agree, but not where the OP is concerned and you will not be getting 30c temps without exotic cooling or a busted temp sensor. Are you suggesting he uses some exotic cooling on his card to obtain 30c load temp to make it stable at 1450? Even 50c is impossible without at least water.
If you like, you can teach the OP how to OC the card, BIOS mod it and increase voltage. Might want to point them at some water cooling gear as well if his OC isn't stable at normal temps.
What I don't understand is why you would shake your head at someone collecting facts to present to the OP instead of guessing.
At the beginning of the thread, sure. As people learned to open those cards up, 1500 became the norm...with decent silicon. I know a ton of people that could run over 1600.
Temps play a role for Maxwell, because Maxwell liked to run cool. Anyone that's good at overclocking, will tell you the same thing. The cooler you keep it, the higher you'll get it to overclock and the less voltage you'll need to get it there.
30c under load is easily achievable under water.
He's got an EVGA reference board. He'll have lower power limits, so a custom bios would help for that...BUT...Some of the EVGA reference boards were hard locked to 1.212v, so there might not be much he can do for additional voltage. I'd have to look at the bios to tell.
I shake my head, because you answered a question, something you very obviously know very little about, but gave him an answer that seemed reasonable enough to another person, that obviously doesn't know (he's asking), and he walks away with a bunch of half truths and gibberish thinking it's the right answer.
It's the blind leading the blind. It's my biggest complaint about Tom's Hardware. I've seen some absolutely ridiculous answers get selected as "best answer", mostly because someone reinforced their preferential bias that they were leaning toward in the first place....and even though it's completely wrong, it's "best".
My first thought is, "gee, if I need to google this to find out, maybe I shouldn't be answering it".
People come here for HELP.....let those that actually know, do the helping.
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