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AMD - How To Overclock The Official Way Using Afterburner + Step By Step Overclocking Guide + Comple

I just can't get any noticeable score or fps difference in heaven. Anything I do just results in the same or worse score/fps.

Do you have an idiots guide to get me going or just simple instructions?

I don't know how many core volts to go up per time or when they are needed/what to look for. I understand that I need to do core and memory separately and I have tried to find a decent guide but I find it easier with simple instructions and then I'll be fine chucked in at the deep end.
 
l33th3tr33 said:
Right.

i5 2500k @4.4ghz - corsair h100i
Asrock z75 pro3
msi 7970
16gb g-skill ripjaws
corsair tx750m
kingston 64gb ssd (sata2)
WD black 1tb hdd (sata3)
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So you only have one card? I thought you had three for a second. :p

Well once you've followed the guide in the op post you Asic score and what overclock you can reach on stock volts.
 
l33th3tr33 said:
Ok, I'll have a play. From memory I think my asic was 54 or around that.
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54? Blimey that's low. Well that can be a god send if you have a naturally good clocker as temps at very high voltage will be better than typically because of excess leakage.

If you're Asic is below 75% your default voltage will be 1.175. Copy my settings in afterburner. This will be a good place to start overclocking from.

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Use Unigine Heaven 4.0 to benchmark. http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/2205/Unigine_Heaven_DX11_Benchmark_4.0.html

Load it up and copy these settings.

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Start it up and when it loads press F9. Complete the benchmarking run. Take a note of you scores, clocks and voltages. I keep track of them in note pad. You might need to alt tab out to do this after the benchmarking run has complete.

If you pass the benchmark without crashing, black screen, driver error, any error then bump your core clock 25mhz and run the test again. Once you get an error or crash etc restart your pc and then bump the voltage a notch and try again. Rinse and repeat till you reach your maximum. Try to keep temps as low as possible as once the 7970 gets too hot it becomes unstable. Once you've done that then we can work on the memory. Benchamrk stable might not mean game stable though so once you're finished you then need to test them in the real world. Typically i find i need another bump of voltage to be game stable.
 
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bertybenno said:
No found that rather funny just went away for more testing master ;),like the guy just after me asks how much vcore do we/i increase by each time? i go up by 0.005 at a time but after 1135 core clock i just hit a wall.
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One notch at a time is usually best. Just keep adding more till you can go further. Have you increased the power draw slider to +20%? Have you left the memory at stock while you try and master the core? That's not usually needed but it might be worth trying if you're having issues getting past 1135.

What exactly happens? Are you seeing artifacts? How are temps when it crashes?
 
Yes power draw slider to +20%,the memory is stock,no artifacts just freezes 3 or 4th scene
in,temps are between 60 to 65 when it freezes,does it matter that i have overdrive checked in ccc?
 
bertybenno said:
Yes power draw slider to +20%,the memory is stock,no artifacts just freezes 3 or 4th scene
in,temps are between 60 to 65 when it freezes,does it matter that i have overdrive checked in ccc?
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Maybe, it would be worth following the guide in the OP from the start. If you unlock overdrive in ccc then that can conflict with afterburner. If you read the guide it says not to unlock over drive at all. Not promising anything, but you should definitely rule that out with a driver sweep and reinstall.

When you get that sorted, just keep adding voltage until you get past it. What's your asic?
 
l33th3tr33 said:
When you said that's low my heart kind of sank. :(
Is that a bad thing then, even though you say it 'can' be a godsend?
I take it a higher asic is preferred?
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Not really. It all comes down to the gpu lottery. Asic plays no part in if your chip will be a good clocker. It just defines how much voltage your card needs to to be stable at stock speeds. However 54% is still quite low and possible the lowest ive ever seen. :p

Asic quality works like this

ASIC quality < 75% - 1.1750 V
ASIC quality < 80% - 1.1125 V
ASIC quality < 85% - 1.0500 V
ASIC quality < 90% - 1.0250 V
ASIC quality ≤ 100% - 1.0250 V
 
bertybenno said:
asic was 76%(is this good or bad?).As you recommend ill go through you're guide and start again later.
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We share similar Asic's. Mine is 78.9%. From looking around the best clockers seem to be in the 70-80% asic range. But i have no data to back this up, this is just what ive seen from a lot of searching ive done. At the end of the day its mainly down to the chip itself.

borley said:
@LtMatt i thought you didn't need to do this with the latest version of Afterburner? i haven't downloaded it so haven't tried.
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You mean the new beta version? That was buggy. You still need to do it on the last official version.
 
LtMatt said:
Not really. It all comes down to the gpu lottery. Asic plays no part in if your chip will be a good clocker. It just defines how much voltage your card needs to to be stable at stock speeds. However 54% is still quite low and possible the lowest ive ever seen. :p

Asic quality works like this

ASIC quality < 75% - 1.1750 V
ASIC quality < 80% - 1.1125 V
ASIC quality < 85% - 1.0500 V
ASIC quality < 90% - 1.0250 V
ASIC quality ≤ 100% - 1.0250 V
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Ok, so just to confirm, my asic is 56.6%

Still playing on heaven, was I supposed to copy mem voltage as well or just core clock?
 
l33th3tr33 said:
Ok, so just to confirm, my asic is 56.6%

Still playing on heaven, was I supposed to copy mem voltage as well or just core clock?
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Leave mem alone for now. Just keep note of the core clocks. You can keep track then of what's stable and what's not and how much voltage you need for what clock etc. Its a methodical way of doing things. Once you become used to what you're doing you won't need to do that.
 
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