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

LtMatt · 28 May 2013 at 19:45

Lazdaa said:
Already had the power limit set. I don't know why GPU-Z isn't working right now, but the power monitoring feature in Afterburner is working and is configured to what i set it to.

So i guess it's working i'm not getting BSOD anymore since i bumped up the voltage.

What card have you got and are you using the latest gpu-z?

Heres the difference i see on VDDC on a HIS 7950 Boost at 1.150v in the first pic and 1.300v in the second pic.

Lazdaa · 28 May 2013 at 19:58

I got a MSI 7850 Power Edition with GPU-Z 0.7.1

And also a notch (6 clicks) doesn't seem to cut it for me at all when upping the voltage contra the core clock. I'm getting BSOD all over

LtMatt · 28 May 2013 at 20:02

Lazdaa said:
I got a MSI 7850 Power Edition with GPU-Z 0.7.1

And also a notch (6 clicks) doesn't seem to cut it for me at all when upping the voltage contra the core clock. I'm getting BSOD all over

That should have voltage control via msi's tool, you'd think. I'm not sure what to suggest tbh if you followed the guide and are still getting problems. Best ask the bloke who created afterburner, Unwinder.

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=378550

Failing that you could try Trixxx OC tool instead of afterburner.

https://www.sapphireselectclub.com/ssc/TriXX/

Lazdaa · 28 May 2013 at 20:07

Well i think it works it just needs more than 6 clicks compared to the 25 on the mhz. But i have it at 1170 volts and 1150Mhz and i ran a valley and it's stable. Maybe i should just stay here for now?

Anyways the thing that is kinda confusing me is this: http://gyazo.com/fdb41cdca6c1b60b694dc3cec1b5f13c.png
That is my GPU-Z.

LtMatt · 28 May 2013 at 20:09

Lazdaa said:
Well i think it works it just needs more than 6 clicks compared to the 25 on the mhz. But i have it at 1170 volts and 1150Mhz and i ran a valley and it's stable. Maybe i should just stay here for now?

Anyways the thing that is kinda confusing me is this: http://gyazo.com/fdb41cdca6c1b60b694dc3cec1b5f13c.png
That is my GPU-Z.

Are you using latest version of afterburner as listed in the OP, which is beta 10? Other than that ive no idea post that picture on the guru 3d forum and ask Unwinder.

Lazdaa · 28 May 2013 at 20:14

Yea i installed everything from scratch.

I opened everything back up and GPU is looking good now: http://gyazo.com/8a12c4c680349292611088eaf6a3f56f.png

So everything should be good now

LtMatt · 28 May 2013 at 20:20

Lazdaa said:
Yea i installed everything from scratch.

I opened everything back up and GPU is looking good now: http://gyazo.com/8a12c4c680349292611088eaf6a3f56f.png

So everything should be good now

That's more like it.

Lazdaa · 28 May 2013 at 20:30

is it better/easier to just pull up the voltage to like 1.25 and then see how far i can get up in Mhz?

LtMatt · 28 May 2013 at 20:32

Lazdaa said:
is it better/easier to just pull up the voltage to like 1.25 and then see how far i can get up in Mhz?

Rome wasn't built in a day. Take your time and move slowly for best results. Once you push the core hard it will be need to be kept cooler to stop artifacts or heat causing problems.

Lazdaa · 28 May 2013 at 20:36

LtMatt said:
Rome wasn't built in a day. Take your time and move slowly for best results. Once you push the core hard it will be need to be kept cooler to stop artifacts or heat causing problems.

Oh well.. Now it's at least stable

I might tickle with it some more tomorrow, thanks for the help!

LtMatt · 28 May 2013 at 20:37

Lazdaa said:
Oh well.. Now it's at least stable I might tickle with it some more tomorrow, thanks for the help!

As a drunken scotsman wearing a dangerously short kilt once said, nay bother.

Mackem · 29 May 2013 at 14:38

Anyone help me out with some rough settings for my Gigabyte Windforce 3X 7950? ASIC quality is 64.9%. Trying to get my clocks to something like 1100/1500 but haven't a clue what voltage to try it at. Anyone recommend a starting point?

My card was voltage locked but I flashed some modded BIOS and I can adjust the voltage now but only using TRIXX.

Help with a fan profile would be great as well. I'd like a fan curve that has a balance between noise and temperature; I don't want the fans to be at 70%+ but then at the same time I don't want my card to hit the mid 70s.

LtMatt · 29 May 2013 at 14:45

Mackem said:
Anyone help me out with some rough settings for my Gigabyte Windforce 3X 7950? ASIC quality is 64.9%. Trying to get my clocks to something like 1100/1500 but haven't a clue what voltage to try it at. Anyone recommend a starting point?

My card was voltage locked but I flashed some modded BIOS and I can adjust the voltage now but only using TRIXX.

Help with a fan profile would be great as well. I'd like a fan curve that has a balance between noise and temperature; I don't want the fans to be at 70%+ but then at the same time I don't want my card to hit the mid 70s.

Its all in the OP, including how to tell if your card is voltage locked and a few different fan profiles you can try.

ICDP · 29 May 2013 at 14:53

Mackem said:
Anyone help me out with some rough settings for my Gigabyte Windforce 3X 7950? ASIC quality is 64.9%. Trying to get my clocks to something like 1100/1500 but haven't a clue what voltage to try it at. Anyone recommend a starting point?

My card was voltage locked but I flashed some modded BIOS and I can adjust the voltage now but only using TRIXX.

Help with a fan profile would be great as well. I'd like a fan curve that has a balance between noise and temperature; I don't want the fans to be at 70%+ but then at the same time I don't want my card to hit the mid 70s.

Check GPU-Z to see if your voltage is actually unlocked, you will most likely find the voltage is actually not changing.

Just move the sliders to 1100/1700 and see if it works.

Mackem · 29 May 2013 at 14:57

ICDP said:
Check GPU-Z to see if your voltage is actually unlocked, you will most likely find the voltage is actually not changing.

Just move the sliders to 1100/1700 and see if it works.

My voltage is definitely unlocked; set it to 1180 in Trixx, GPU-Z shows 1.180V, set it to 1185 in Trixx, GPU-Z shows 1.185V

Born_2_Kill_83 · 29 May 2013 at 15:25

Just a quick check if you could, I seem to have hit a barrier with my CF7970's (VTX3D GHZ edition).

I'm running them both at 1150/1600 @ 1.250v.....I was hoping to get a bit more out of them, any ideas? These cards should surely see 1225 @ the core?
Upping the Volts to 1.3 makes no difference

LtMatt · 29 May 2013 at 15:41

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
Just a quick check if you could, I seem to have hit a barrier with my CF7970's (VTX3D GHZ edition).

I'm running them both at 1150/1600 @ 1.250v.....I was hoping to get a bit more out of them, any ideas? These cards should surely see 1225 @ the core?
Upping the Volts to 1.3 makes no difference

You're probably just at the limit of one of the cards tbh. One of them is probably holding the other back slightly. Although you won't be topping benchmarks with those clocks you should have more than ample game performance.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 29 May 2013 at 17:32

LtMatt said:
You're probably just at the limit of one of the cards tbh. One of them is probably holding the other back slightly. Although you won't be topping benchmarks with those clocks you should have more than ample game performance.

Any point in swapping them round, put the weaker one in second CF config?

LtMatt · 29 May 2013 at 17:33

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
Any point in swapping them round, put the weaker one in second CF config?

Worth a shout. The stronger gpu should always be the first one, in my opinion. How much of a difference, if any, that makes is anyones guess.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 30 May 2013 at 12:03

Swapped them around but made no difference in my O/Cing. I have managed to get memory stable at 1700mhz now, not that this has made a great deal of difference (2fps at best).

Was just thinking I would get a little more than 1150 core out of a GHZ card, perhaps its the crossfire config not helping?