[SOLVED] GPU overclocked but results show no improvement

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I am most probably doing something wrong, which is why the inquiry.

I have a EVGA 1070 ti FTW2 that I overclocked using Precision OC.

When I run the Superposition benchmark with the OC off I get the following:
Graphics: 1835
Memory: 4006
Temp: 68 deg C
Utilization: 98%
Avg FPS: 107.2
Results: 14308

When I run the same benchmark with the OC on I get the following:
Graphics: 1835
Memory: 4006
Temp: 69 deg C
Utilization: 98%
Avg FPS: 106.7
Results: 14266

Either the OC is doing nothing or less, or I am interpreting the results incorrectly, or I am missing something fundamental. FWIW, I did call EVGA and asked them how I should proceed with a 'mild' overclock, and I was told to simply move the power target slider all the way up to 130%.

I clearly need some guidance here......thanks.
 
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You did not overclock your GPU. If you overclocked it your graphics clock and memory clock would be more. Yours are both reading 1835 and 4006.

Go into Precision X and move your power slider to 120%. Add 100mhz to the base clock and run the bench. See if you get a crash. Increase or decrease in 5-10 intervals until it is stable. Then bring it back to 0 and OC the memory. Start with a higher number such as 300. Run the bench, look for artifacts. Increase it in 25mhz intervals till it starts artifacting. You will probably get around 500mhz on the memory is my guess.

Then set your clock speed back to what was stable earlier and try both at the same time. If you wont more, increase the voltage and repeat.
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You did not overclock your GPU. If you overclocked it your graphics clock and memory clock would be more. Yours are both reading 1835 and 4006.

Go into Precision X and move your power slider to 120%. Add 100mhz to the base clock and run the bench. See if you get a crash. Increase or decrease in 5-10 intervals until it is stable. Then bring it back to 0 and OC the memory. Start with a higher number such as 300. Run the bench, look for artifacts. Increase it in 25mhz intervals till it starts artifacting. You will probably get around 500mhz on the memory is my guess.

Then set your clock speed back to what was stable earlier and try both at the same time. If you wont more, increase the voltage and repeat.
 
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Thank you...thank you.....Will try that. Also, I am using the benchmark in high 1080p, as opposed to extreme or medium; is that the right place to start.

BTW, the Power target is at 130% and temp target is at 92 deg C; are they safe to be at?
 
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Surprisingly low temperatures, make sure the temperate throttle point isn't set to 73C or something. Most default to 83C, it is rather telling that it didn't reach either.

Most Pascal GPUs are good to around 2000-2100Mhz.

Also keep in mind that lower temperatures can often help more for consistent results with Pascal. So more power isn't always the answer.
 
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OK....finished.
Ended up with the following:
GPU clock: +233 MHz
Mem clock: +548 MHz
Max Temp: 68 deg C, auto fan setting
Results: 11605 at 1080p high

The question I have is if I should back off those settings to set up a guard band.

Thanks again for the direction
 
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Thanks for the reply; Yes, I was pretty happy with the results.
With the memory clock set to just +10, I got the gpu clock up to +248 without a crash, and memory clock up to +548; however, when I added the gpu clock at +248, too many crashes. I then dialed back the cpu clock to +223 and left the memory clock at +548 and ran it a few times crash-free that way.

Guard band is essentially creating a gap in a system parameter between system instability and where you know everything works; I found where the gpu become unstable (crashes) and backed off the gpu clock until I got consistent benchmark runs - I don't know if that was the right clock to back off.

Again, I really appreciate your help with this.....great resource!
 
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