Help with GPU overclocking method

MattyB13 · Sep 27, 2018

Hi all, started playing around with overclocking for the first time with a new Aorus 1080ti xtreme edition. Looking for some validation of my method and maybe some opinions on the results so far..

Starting with +0 mem clock, +0 GPU glock and 100 power limit in afterburner and I score nearly 23000 overall in Firestrike. I began incrementing GPU clock until I got to about +60 and encountered some slowdown. I then raised the power limit to +150 and firestrike lagged the whole way through and scored ~10000. I reset all my changes back to where I started and firestrike continued to struggle hard. Odd thing I noticed was the clock just stayed locked in around 1950MHz while this was going on. Temps maxed out at 55 which is unusal as usually when running through Firestrike they get close to 70. Eventually had to restart my PC to get Firestrike running normal again. Was this a driver crash?

after restart I raised back up to +60 clock and 150 power limit. This time it ran okay but scored 22000, 1000 points less than my typical score at +0 clock and 100 power limit. Is this normal when you start hitting the limit of an OC? scores to start going down?

Anyways I'm new to all this even though I've been PC gaming for 15 years now.. any advice on methodology and opinions on results would be appreciated. Thanks!

other specs:
8700k
32GB DDR4
Aorus Gaming 5 MB
Corsair rm750x

dederedmi5plus · Sep 28, 2018

you do know that xtreme edition is already a factory tweaked model, so when you raise the speed of core and VRAM, the VRM draw more power which also build up excessive heat beyond cooler capacity, that would throttle down speed automatically, I suggest max up case air flow (add up cooler air flow for cooler's fan), googling with keyword "cheating GPU power target" (expert only), if all won't satisfy you, you can consider EKWB waterblock (liquid or LN2)

MattyB13 · Sep 28, 2018

dederedmi5plus :

Thanks for reading, I should clarify. I intend to use the pre-baked Aorus gaming mode when gaming. I'm just having fun with my new toys at this point. Trying to get as close to a 25000 firestrike score as possible. Since I've never really done this I don't know what the various symptoms equate to. I've seen people talk about their drivers crashing while testing, wondering if that is what happened when I was getting scores around 10000 no matter what I did until rebooting.

So far I've had luck at +25 core clock, +220 mem clock, +20 power target. I'm settling in at 1987MHz during firestrike. Maybe it's a sign, thats the year I was born

edit: I've been impressed with the cooler actually, don't typically break 70c during firestrike with my current settings. and thats with a fan curve not just blasting 100%

RememberThe5th · Sep 28, 2018

Starting with +0 mem clock, +0 GPU glock and 100 power limit in afterburner and I score nearly 23000 overall in Firestrike. I began incrementing GPU clock until I got to about +60 and encountered some slowdown. I then raised the power limit to +150 and firestrike lagged the whole way through and scored ~10000. I reset all my changes back to where I started and firestrike continued to struggle hard. Odd thing I noticed was the clock just stayed locked in around 1950MHz while this was going on. Temps maxed out at 55 which is unusal as usually when running through Firestrike they get close to 70. Eventually had to restart my PC to get Firestrike running normal again. Was this a driver crash?

Yes it was, you can bypass the restart by enabling and disabling GPU in device manager, as I always do.

after restart I raised back up to +60 clock and 150 power limit. This time it ran okay but scored 22000, 1000 points less than my typical score at +0 clock and 100 power limit. Is this normal when you start hitting the limit of an OC? scores to start going down?

Probably an limit of something? Download GPU-Z, run it and go to last sensor tab, and look for PerfCap Reason
vRel = Reliability. Indicating performance is limited by voltage reliability.
VOp = Operating. Indicating performance is limited by max operating voltage(Hardware Limit).
Pwr = Power. Indicating performance is limited by total power limit.
Thrm = Thermal. Indicating performance is limited by temperature limit.
Util = Utilization. Indicating performance is limited by GPU utilization.

dederedmi5plus · Sep 28, 2018

20000 to 30000 score belongs to Titan Xp on substantial CPU+RAM+Storage pair, 23000 is actually above other gtx 1080ti models (meaning extra additional frames in gaming), Aorus claimed your model is hand picked for better OC (gauntlet? ).

For comparison, EVGA had K|NGP|N with trident BIOS profile, sure you can fine tune each of those profile just as you've done by game mode,

MattyB13 · Sep 28, 2018

RememberThe5th :

Starting with +0 mem clock, +0 GPU glock and 100 power limit in afterburner and I score nearly 23000 overall in Firestrike. I began incrementing GPU clock until I got to about +60 and encountered some slowdown. I then raised the power limit to +150 and firestrike lagged the whole way through and scored ~10000. I reset all my changes back to where I started and firestrike continued to struggle hard. Odd thing I noticed was the clock just stayed locked in around 1950MHz while this was going on. Temps maxed out at 55 which is unusal as usually when running through Firestrike they get close to 70. Eventually had to restart my PC to get Firestrike running normal again. Was this a driver crash?

Yes it was, you can bypass the restart by enabling and disabling GPU in device manager, as I always do.

after restart I raised back up to +60 clock and 150 power limit. This time it ran okay but scored 22000, 1000 points less than my typical score at +0 clock and 100 power limit. Is this normal when you start hitting the limit of an OC? scores to start going down?

Probably an limit of something? Download GPU-Z, run it and go to last sensor tab, and look for PerfCap Reason
vRel = Reliability. Indicating performance is limited by voltage reliability.
VOp = Operating. Indicating performance is limited by max operating voltage(Hardware Limit).
Pwr = Power. Indicating performance is limited by total power limit.
Thrm = Thermal. Indicating performance is limited by temperature limit.
Util = Utilization. Indicating performance is limited by GPU utilization.

Did not realize that was a thing with GPUZ, thanks for the great info there.

Ended up hitting a ceiling right at 24,500. Don't think I'll get much higher.

Search

Help with GPU overclocking method

MattyB13

Honorable

dederedmi5plus

Prominent

MattyB13

Honorable

RememberThe5th

Illustrious

dederedmi5plus

Prominent

MattyB13

Honorable

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page