Overclocking GTX 970 SC

[jerodquinn]

Hello - I'm new to OC'ing, looked at other posts about what I could expect from this card. Running Valley with MSI Afterburner, here's where I'm at currently. I'm also curious which clock speed is correct, MSI or what's showing in the upper right corner of Valley.

Would you make any adjustments?

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii616/jerodquinn1/Capture_zpsob4a1fyv.png

Thanks dudes. Hope you can see the linked picture and I hope this is in the right forum.

 

[Vellinious]

Use GPUz sensors tab. It'll give you the accurate readings that you're looking for, and pay particular attention to the perf cap reason line. It'll help you diagnose your overclock, and tell you what you need to do next.

And no...the benchmarks don't read your clock speed correctly. At +100mhz core, you're not even hitting 1500 yet. You've got a good base started for your memory overclock, keep it there while you fine tune your core.

Also....your bios is going to be limited to 1.256v, so raise that voltage up as much as you want, and as long as temps stay cool, you'll be able to see some higher core clocks.

All in all, with that card, you should be able to hit 1500+ core and 2000+ on the memory.

 

[jerodquinn]

Use GPUz sensors tab. It'll give you the accurate readings that you're looking for, and pay particular attention to the perf cap reason line. It'll help you diagnose your overclock, and tell you what you need to do next.

And no...the benchmarks don't read your clock speed correctly. At +100mhz core, you're not even hitting 1500 yet. You've got a good base started for your memory overclock, keep it there while you fine tune your core.

Also....your bios is going to be limited to 1.256v, so raise that voltage up as much as you want, and as long as temps stay cool, you'll be able to see some higher core clocks.

All in all, with that card, you should be able to hit 1500+ core and 2000+ on the memory.

Thanks man! Here's what the GPU-Z sensors looks like. It's obvious I need to increase the power. Can you suggest how I go about that? MSI Afterburner won't let me increase the voltage. I'm familiar with modifying the bios just not sure which setting to adjust.

http://s1262.photobucket.com/user/jerodquinn1/media/Capture2_zpsylz64tkx.png.html?sort=3&o=0

 

[Vellinious]

Here. This is a bios I setup for a guy with an SC. You can copy these settings into your bios. If you want more voltage, I can help you adjust that too. Or...just use this as a reference and tinker...

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6zqzZ0qTCB5R2d2aDFQQTd2Q1U