About overclocking

[josey99]

Hi there. I have this gpu...

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inno...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-07u-in.html

I wanted to do a little bit of overclocking. Just a modest little overclock. Been studying up on overclocking the rtx 3060ti. Quickly realized that the power limit slider in msi afterburner is greyed out. Can't boost it at all. Even with the right options slected to unlock the power limit. The card wont even show its current voltage. So overclocking wise, im limited... or so i thought. This is the current overclock im using.

Gpu: +50 (any higher is pointless. As soon as it hits its power limit it clocks the card down. 50 is the sweet spot.
Vram: +750

The above overclock got me almost an extra 1000 points in timespy. Non too shabby for a little overclock. My question is, is it safe to leave it running at that 24/7? I'm not straining it too much. I know it can go much higher. Im not after max overclocks. I just want an every day overclock.

 

[hyperseven]

Try undervolting it.

 

[josey99]

Thanks for the tip. Did just that.

To undervolt it, i dropped the core down to -300. Then i went into the voltage curve and pulled the 950mv up to 2000mhz. So now my gpu runs at a constant 2000mhz under load. It's stable. I tested it using cyberpunk and timespy. Drove around night city in cyberpunk for about a half hour with no issues.

Thanks to this oc i can now run cyberpunk at 2k, max settings, psycho raytracing, quality dlss and im getting 55-65 fps. Well playable. Ive dropped a few degrees from my max temps. I've also noticed my 200watt card now only consumes 190 watt. So there is still headroom.

I upped the vram to +1000mhz. I did test it to see how far it will go. Got +1500mhz stable but it wont stay stable any higher than that. So i dropped it back down to +1000mhz. I was kinda nervous about running it as high.