overclocking a 970 G1

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hey guys,

im not very clued up on GPU overclocking, and i need some help.

i want to overclock my 970 G1, i currently have power limit set to 112% (max)
core to +180 and mem to +180

now i normally see memory a lot higher then core clocks, should i overclock the memory with the core the same? or should i add say +20 mem for every +5 of the core clock

also im using msi AB, if there is anything else i should know, please let me know :)

thanks
 
Yea +50 each time will be fine then run a couple of benchmarks, like Firestrike & Heaven to test stability. Once you've reached your max where the driver stops working or the benchmark start playing up, back the core off a little until stable again then work on the memory. You could do the memory on it's own, same as above applies for testing the stability.
 
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most 970's will reach 8000mhz on memory (+500 overclock) and 1500mhz on the core. Then again there is always a chance that you have gotten a really good or a bad clocker.
 
i have got to 1580 on the core atm, if i increase it anymore, valley stops responding, i have not added and voltage to the card tho, only applied power limit, but im going to add some voltage when i get home and try get 1600+
 
ok so the max my card will go to is +191 on the core with +112 power limit and +97mV.

what can i do to get my card to let me push it more? i want to get to 1600mhz on the core then i will leave it there.

i have not touched the memory clocks yet

GPU-Z says MAX core clock was 1587.2mhz
so close to 1600!
 
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Maybe you just can't push it anymore.

Anyway, I've found Nvidia cards have a liking to memory overclocks , especially in gaming benchmarks.

With my 670 I OCed the core to +80 (or something Like that) and got 1 fps more on Sleeping dogs bench.OCed the memory (I got it to +500 or so) and I got an extra 5 fps, considering my top was around 50 FPS, that's a good 10%. Not bad eh?.
 
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