GPU oveclock, unstable??

[gupott]

Hi there,

I have been having a few issues playing Middle Earth: shadow of mordor with it crashing and dropping to the desktop. I wondered whether it may be to do with my GPU, which is overclocked, my specs are below.

I have also had my CPU overclocked since I bought it about 3 years ago and I suppose that could also be an issue but it would be a first.

Anyway, in terms of the GPU overclock and using Afterburner I used the following settings;

GPU clock +100 MHz
Power limiter 111%
Mem clock +450 MHz
Volatge + 87 Mv
FAN RPM 65%

My main specs are here;
i5-3570K @ 4.5ghz using a Noctua NHU12P
Palit GeForce GTX 970 Jetstream (on a 24" HP2475w)
Gigabyte Z77-D3H mobo
Samsung 120GB SSD
Patriot Viper (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9
Corsair TX 750w psu
Win 8.1

If it does turn out to be the card (I have just gone back to stock on the GPU to see if the problem persists) what would be the best way of getting it stable and how should I check?

Thanks for the help
Rossco

 

[setter]

Any error message when it freezes and crashes to desktop. Possibly you've pushed the oc to far. You'll either have to back off the oc a bit and test, or you may need a bit more voltage. Though for the latter you would have to use a custom bios for the card.

 

[PaulyD]

Could just try the card at stock and see if you have the same issues?