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

BriT · 28 Feb 2013 at 18:10

Thanks Matt for this! made overclocking so much easier, only on 1050/1350 stock volts though, happy with the peformance so won't go any further untill needed.

LtMatt · 28 Feb 2013 at 18:20

BriT said:
Thanks Matt for this! made overclocking so much easier, only on 1050/1350 stock volts though, happy with the peformance so won't go any further untill needed.

Glad it helped mate.

uksoldierboy · 28 Feb 2013 at 18:48

I have a question for you matt if i could please?
If i did get Accelero for my card, would this allow me to overclock more due to the better cooling? even though i can't adjust the volts?
Max i can get so far is about 1210-1215/1680 depending on benchmark.

LtMatt · 28 Feb 2013 at 19:05

uksoldierboy said:
I have a question for you matt if i could please?
If i did get Accelero for my card, would this allow me to overclock more due to the better cooling? even though i can't adjust the volts?
Max i can get so far is about 1210-1215/1680 depending on benchmark.

Depends if you're being held back by high temps or lack of volts. Which card do you have? Have you tried the modded version of trixxx? I've known that to give voltage control to cards that seemed to be voltage locked before.

uksoldierboy · 28 Feb 2013 at 19:07

It's the Gigabyte 7970 Ghz edition,
Not tried the modded trixx no, worth a go i suppose, my temps never go over 61c so far so i don't think they are a problem, think the volts on these are 1.256 stock.
Where can i find the modded trixx?
thanks matt.

LtMatt · 28 Feb 2013 at 19:22

uksoldierboy said:
It's the Gigabyte 7970 Ghz edition,
Not tried the modded trixx no, worth a go i suppose, my temps never go over 61c so far so i don't think they are a problem, think the volts on these are 1.256 stock.
Where can i find the modded trixx?
thanks matt.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ginfyzbap9y616r/Sapphire TRIXX v4.4.0b MOD.exe

You might be able to unlock voltage control by flashing an old bios with your card.Heard about someone else here doing it. Start a thread and maybe that person will see it and respond.

uksoldierboy · 28 Feb 2013 at 19:25

Thanks matt,
I'll give this modded Trixx a go and go from there.
Cheers for the help pal.

uksoldierboy · 28 Feb 2013 at 19:27

Hmm, Just ran it, it'll let me put my voltage down but not up, it's maxed out at 1.256.
Should have got an msi card

LtMatt · 28 Feb 2013 at 19:39

uksoldierboy said:
Hmm, Just ran it, it'll let me put my voltage down but not up, it's maxed out at 1.256.
Should have got an msi card

Yeah looking that way mate. All you can do is try the bios flash.

bertybenno · 28 Feb 2013 at 21:03

uksoldierboy said:
Hmm, Just ran it, it'll let me put my voltage down but not up, it's maxed out at 1.256.
Should have got an msi card

Thats above average voltage anyway you could probably go high on that alone.

LtMatt · 28 Feb 2013 at 21:04

bertybenno said:
Thats above average voltage anyway you could probably go high on that alone.

Yep he posted above that he can get to around 1210 which is good.

l33th3tr33 · 2 Mar 2013 at 15:32

You ready to get this finished Mr Miagi?

Actually scrap that, got to do the shopping

I'll be back in an hour or so.

LtMatt · 2 Mar 2013 at 16:01

l33th3tr33 said:
You ready to get this finished Mr Miagi?

Actually scrap that, got to do the shopping I'll be back in an hour or so.

As and when mate. Overclocking the memory is pretty easy. Start at 1500 (which is what all 7970 reference memory is rated for) and work your way up from there. Use 3dmark 2011 and bump the memory up in 25-50mhz increases as your see fit. When your score get considerably worse, black scree, pc freeze, stripey lines freeze, restart and bump the voltage a notch.

For 24/7 i would leave the memory voltage at stock (1.6v or close to it 1.625v etc) but for a benching overclock feel free to bump the memory voltage as you see fit.

l33th3tr33 · 2 Mar 2013 at 18:59

LtMatt said:
As and when mate. Overclocking the memory is pretty easy. Start at 1500 (which is what all 7970 reference memory is rated for) and work your way up from there. Use 3dmark 2011 and bump the memory up in 25-50mhz increases as your see fit. When you score get considerably worse, black scree, pc freeze, stripey lines freeze, restart and bump the voltage a notch.

For 24/7 i would leave the memory voltage at stock (1.6v or close to it 1.625v etc) but for a benching overclock feel free to bump the memory voltage as you see fit.

Quick question, what score am I going by?

P score
graphics score
combined score?

LtMatt · 2 Mar 2013 at 19:11

l33th3tr33 said:
Quick question, what score am I going by?

P score
graphics score
combined score?

3dmark 2011 score.

l33th3tr33 · 2 Mar 2013 at 19:23

LtMatt said:
3dmark 2011 score.

So the main Highlighted score (in orange) I take it.

LtMatt · 2 Mar 2013 at 19:29

l33th3tr33 said:
So the main Highlighted score (in orange) I take it.

The graphics score of this benchmark - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18428457

l33th3tr33 · 2 Mar 2013 at 19:35

Thank you

LtMatt · 2 Mar 2013 at 19:38

l33th3tr33 said:
Thank you

Thank you come again.

l33th3tr33 · 2 Mar 2013 at 20:12

Interweb providings.

Got up to 1850 on the mem clock, now do I combine, run heaven and see if it's stable?

And if not up the voltage a bump or two?