Hey guys, I am overclocking my MSI Radeon HD 7870. I used MSI afterburner and I made a profile with my original clock speeds, profile 1. Then I went to overclock by 10mhz increments. I was at 130, when I upped it to 145 (15 this time) then I played FAr Cry 3 to test it. Everything was running fine, then my system blue screened and restarted. I then lowered it back to 130, played some FC3, but it also blue screened again after about 10 minutes. I then loaded profile 1 with the original clock speeds to prevent further blue screening.
1. What is going wrong? Why is my system blue screening?
2. IS this normal when OC'ing? I realize that you OC until there is a crash, then lower it, but is a BSOD the type of crash described?
I am using the PCWorld method of OC'ing the core clock until it crashes, then finding the max stable setting. Then I set it back to default and repeat the process for the memory clock. Then I oc them both and test again for stability. I didn't even get to finish the core clock because it BSOD on me. Thanks!
1. What is going wrong? Why is my system blue screening?
2. IS this normal when OC'ing? I realize that you OC until there is a crash, then lower it, but is a BSOD the type of crash described?
I am using the PCWorld method of OC'ing the core clock until it crashes, then finding the max stable setting. Then I set it back to default and repeat the process for the memory clock. Then I oc them both and test again for stability. I didn't even get to finish the core clock because it BSOD on me. Thanks!
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