Lazy overclocker

sativa · 23 Nov 2013 at 22:45

Have a new 4770k on Asus Z87-A with GTX670 and played with the bios for some fun.

No boot above 4.8, no stability above 4.6/4.7 and stable on Prime (16hrs) at 4.4 Ghz.

My overclock skillz simply involved raising the multiplier to 44, for the 4.4 Ghz, increased CPU volts to 1.25, and RAM at 1.65. Machine works fine.

Load up BF4 and the GPU stutters bad. Tried different server, reinstalled drivers.

Is the overclock killing the GPU?

Hyburnate · 23 Nov 2013 at 22:48

Try a different game. BF4 shouldn't have been released.

murah · 24 Nov 2013 at 00:20

yup BF4 is a buggy mess in its current state, am i missing something here though did you have to pump more volts through your ram?

Steveocee · 24 Nov 2013 at 10:06

You think you're lazy?
I just ramped multiplier up and left everything else auto.
BF4 runs fine though for me.

Sultan of Swing · 25 Nov 2013 at 21:26

I just used Asus' 4 way optimisation, how's that for lazy?

Probably shouldn't have used fan optimisation on the graphics cooler though, it doesn't take into account GPU temps.

As for stats, it gave me 4.5Ghz at 1.275V. The NH-D14 keeps it at ~33C idle, and I've noticed up to 69C at load.

pastymuncher · 27 Nov 2013 at 09:55

Have you got the latest bios for the board? It let me break through my previous overclock of 4.7Ghz to 4.8Ghz, albeit with silly volts. It let me lower voltage for 4.5Ghz slightly as well. Have you increased cpu input voltage? Mine is set to 1.9v. I also have cpu cache set to 45x with cpu cache voltage at 1.3v. Why is your vdram set to 1.65v or is that what your ram needs? Mine is set to 1.5v and all other settings are at auto. Your overclock should not hurt the GTX670, in fact it should help it stretch it's legs. Do you have the chipset drivers installed?