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Looking For Advice on Overclocking A PowerColor Radeon R9 270X

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July 27, 2014 9:51:40 AM

Hi, I'm looking for advice on how much I should overclock my GPU for a moderate increase in performance with low risk. I'd also appreciate any advice on overall fan control. Thanks!

For fans I have a 140mm front intake, dual 120mm top exhausts, and a 120mm rear exhaust hooked up to my MB now.

I also have a 140mm side intake and a side 80mm intake (pointed at the back of the MB) that I haven't bothered to hook up to my PSU yet.


CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 Haswell 3.5GHz with ARCTIC Freezer 7 Pro 92mm Fan
GPU: PowerColor Radeon R9 270X 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5
MB: MSI Z87-G55 LGA 1150
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1866
PSU: EVGA 600B 80 Plus Bronze Certified 600W 12V
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM
OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-bit
Case: Full Tower

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a c 296 K Overclocking
July 28, 2014 12:13:15 PM

1st that all, download and install MSI Afterburner. Check the temps on idle and load that you have at stock clocks.
July 28, 2014 2:07:14 PM

saint19 said:
1st that all, download and install MSI Afterburner. Check the temps on idle and load that you have at stock clocks.


Thanks for the response! The idle temp. looks to be about 30-32 degrees. Is there a specific load I should use to check it?
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a c 296 K Overclocking
July 28, 2014 2:14:58 PM

what you generally do every day...games, design programs (if you use it), etc...
July 28, 2014 7:46:36 PM

saint19 said:
what you generally do every day...games, design programs (if you use it), etc...


I checked the load temp. (with the flight sim: "DCS World" if that matters) and it seemed to level off around 62 and peaked at 65 degrees.
Here's the stock clocks info:

Core Clock: 1060MHz
Boost Clock: 1100MHz
Stream Processors: 1280 Stream Processors
Effective Memory Clock: 1425MHz (5.7Gbps)
Memory Size: 2GB
Memory Interface: 256-Bit
a c 296 K Overclocking
July 29, 2014 9:07:02 AM

Excellent.

Start with create a fan profile on MSI Afterburner...we need to keep the temps the most lowest as possible.
July 29, 2014 9:22:51 AM

saint19 said:
Excellent.

Start with create a fan profile on MSI Afterburner...we need to keep the temps the most lowest as possible.


What curve values and settings do you recommend?
a c 296 K Overclocking
July 29, 2014 9:30:04 AM

Well, I do that profile almost lineal...that depends really of how fast your temps rise when you overclock, I would suggest create a lineal fan profile 1st and after some overclock check if that works for you or can be change it to a better option.
July 29, 2014 10:39:34 AM

saint19 said:
Well, I do that profile almost lineal...that depends really of how fast your temps rise when you overclock, I would suggest create a lineal fan profile 1st and after some overclock check if that works for you or can be change it to a better option.


What would you recommend I make my max temperature to try to stay under and, in general, what are the temperatures at which it becomes dangerous to your hardware?
a c 296 K Overclocking
July 29, 2014 12:22:36 PM

Well, my GPU never goes above 72-75°C. I would try to keep in that max temp.
August 8, 2014 8:04:54 AM

Sorry for hijacking your thread UltraT.

I really need some good advice because i don't have experience on hardware. How was DCS with that GPU?

Anyone here who knows please help.

I am thinking of getting the Radeon R9 270X OC @ 4GB is it worth it? I specifically want to be able to play DCS modules (A-10C, P-51D etc) at high settings and no lower than 40 fps. I don't care how it performs in other games.

Sadly study simulators aren't very popular so it's hard to find info on hardware stuff.

I run DCS from a Kingston SSD which is a small plus and i have 64bit windows 7, again a small plus since DCS is a 64bit program. My CPU is an AMD Phenom II X6 1055T & i have 8 gigs of RAM my MOBO is MSi (i don't remember model but i can find it)

Do you guys think all this will bled ok together with this GPU or i'll have to do a total overhaul?

Thank you and sorry for the intervention.

About DCS A-10C from Eagle Dynamics official site:

Quote:
Recommended system requirements: OS 64-bit Windows Vista, 7 or 8; CPU: Core i5+; RAM: 8GB; Hard disk space: 10 GB; Video: Shader 3.0 or better; NVIDIA GeForce GTX560 / ATI 6950 DirectX 9.0c or better; Sound: DirectX 9.0c - compatible; DirectX: 9.0C
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