GTX 1070 SLI. One card OCs better than the other, advice needed

evo4ever86 · 18 Jan 2017 at 10:56

Hello all.

I'm currently running 2x 1070s in SLI and they enable me play games at 4K 60FPS (most of the time). My problem is that my second card doesnt overclock as well as my first. I have 2x MSI 1070 GAMING Xs.

The first one will OC to +150mhz core and +600mhz mem. However my second one will only do +100mhz core and +600mhz mem before artifacts start to appear. Is that normal? Is there OC variance between cards even though they are the same brand? Cheers guys

mickyflinn · 18 Jan 2017 at 11:06

Its the luck of the draw usually, but is the second card running hotter than the first due to SLI ?

snakefood · 18 Jan 2017 at 12:14

Surely this is the same as purchasing two identical CPU's - they just don't always clock the same. Whichever is the slowest running stable, you run both at this speed.

DRSEire · 18 Jan 2017 at 12:24

Spot on introduction to SLI. Frustration.

evo4ever86 · 18 Jan 2017 at 14:25

The second card (the top one in the first slot) runs hotter than my second card in the second slot. I suppose I'll have to run them at 100/600 then.

IvanDobskey · 18 Jan 2017 at 14:47

Sli is more trouble than it's worth I'm afraid.