I got a new system with a Palit 5070 Ti Gamingpro (non OC) set up yesterday and I've been messing with MSI afterburner trying to undervolt/overclock and testing with Steel Nomad. I've managed to get a decent overclock, but some things just don't seem to make any sense.
Is it just me, or does the MSI curve editor suck? I've followed the guides on youtube to lift the curve and then flatten the end. When afterburner flattens the end of the curve, it seems to do so by adding a massive spike to the baseline curve (the grey curve). Not an issue first time round, but if I want to go back and tweek anything, it changes the main curve to include the massive spike it added, and then I can't even see the end of the curve to lower it again. Because I have to start from scratch every time I can't remember what I did on the one random setup that works the best. Is there any way around this, or any better tools for modifying the curve?
I'm also finding that what the GPU actually does doesn't seem to correspond to what I set in the curve editor. My best curve so far holds about 3150 MHz boucing off the power limit. I can't seem to replicate anything even close as other attempts have resulted in about 3060Mhz with 20W of the power limit to spare. I raised the curve further and it stayed at 3060MHz and the power dropped. What's stopping it from going to the power limit? GPU is running 64-66 degrees so don't think it's a thermal issue, and I set the top of the curve to go way over 3200MHz.
Last, I'd like to raise the power limit but it's locked at 300W. It's got dual bios so I'd like to try a bios with a higher power limit, but I can't find anyone that has done it with this card. Any thoughts on which bios I should use or is it just trial and error until something works? Failing that, when I come to waterblock the card I'll have a go at a shunt mod.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Is it just me, or does the MSI curve editor suck? I've followed the guides on youtube to lift the curve and then flatten the end. When afterburner flattens the end of the curve, it seems to do so by adding a massive spike to the baseline curve (the grey curve). Not an issue first time round, but if I want to go back and tweek anything, it changes the main curve to include the massive spike it added, and then I can't even see the end of the curve to lower it again. Because I have to start from scratch every time I can't remember what I did on the one random setup that works the best. Is there any way around this, or any better tools for modifying the curve?
I'm also finding that what the GPU actually does doesn't seem to correspond to what I set in the curve editor. My best curve so far holds about 3150 MHz boucing off the power limit. I can't seem to replicate anything even close as other attempts have resulted in about 3060Mhz with 20W of the power limit to spare. I raised the curve further and it stayed at 3060MHz and the power dropped. What's stopping it from going to the power limit? GPU is running 64-66 degrees so don't think it's a thermal issue, and I set the top of the curve to go way over 3200MHz.
Last, I'd like to raise the power limit but it's locked at 300W. It's got dual bios so I'd like to try a bios with a higher power limit, but I can't find anyone that has done it with this card. Any thoughts on which bios I should use or is it just trial and error until something works? Failing that, when I come to waterblock the card I'll have a go at a shunt mod.
Any advice would be much appreciated.