6800XT not boosting over 2470. Is it the switch?

[ALXAndy]

Hi all. I got the 6800XT installed in my PC yesterday. It works lovely, but for some reason it will not OC past 2470. It is the Strix model, and has the switch. This one.



I have noticed that the fans do not spin at all until I put a load on it. Neither the two 120s or the blower for the fets etc. Is that why I can't clock it past 2470?

Sorry for asking. I'm not being totally lazy it's just a arse pain to get to the switch given the case I have.

 

[ALXAndy]

OK have figured it out. I had an install of Afterburner on the PC, so when I installed the Asus one *and* AMD drivers (which included an overclocking app) it was all a bit much.

Clicking the button in the Asus app gives you 2470, the same as any other. I did get it over 2700, but my scores decreased. Which was odd. A few tests in and the screen started acting up. I am pretty confident that was not the card itself. At all. I am more than confident it was the 60cm ribbon I have in the case that is not PCIE4 verified.

Given the cost to replace the ribbon I am more than happy with 2470.

 

[ALXAndy]

Fans generally don't spin up until ~47c odd depending on the card. It's not the reason why your GPU can't go past 2470Mhz.

Are you increasing the voltages as well or just trying to boost the clocks on stock voltages? I would imagine for that speed the default volts won't be enough.

That could be it tbh. I don't want to mess with it any further for now. It's very important I am able to play PUBG most nights I didn't touch the voltage because it's the first Navi card I have had. So I really don't know what the heck I am doing lol.

I'm really happy with the performance uplift from the 2080Ti Kingpin. I used to max at about 168 FPS and see lows of 100. Now I am seeing lows of 140, highs of well over 200 and averages that used to be max FPS.