Overclocking nVidia 3000 series - Help/Advice needed

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I got Asus rog strix 3090 oc.

I have used the Asus Tweak 2 tool, and set the voltages, power limit and clock to the max.

I run the benchmarks and the card does not get above 65 c.

I just feel that this card can do a lot more and I am leaving performance on the table. I think I have got lucky and this is a very good card/silicon.

What are the next steps ?

I got 14400+ on port royal and would like to maybe get to top 100. Which is not far off, I need maybe 350 more points only.

What I specifically dont understand is : voltages and power limits on the card, and how they relate to clock speed and how to increase them beyond what is allowed on Asus Tweak 2?

I also dont want card to over heat, so was going to make hard limit of 80 c not wanting to exceed 75 normally. I cant push the card to these thermal limits given Asus Tweak 2.

I seriously dont want to bork this card or put it into risk also, please keep this in mind.

Advice/next steps anyone?

Please reply as if to a child, as I dont know nearly as much as you think I do.

How do the guys who get in the top 30 or so, just below the LN2 guys do it, just on air ?

Thanks for any who answer.

Gavin
 
I got Asus rog strix 3090 oc.

I have used the Asus Tweak 2 tool, and set the voltages, power limit and clock to the max.

I run the benchmarks and the card does not get above 65 c.

I just feel that this card can do a lot more and I am leaving performance on the table. I think I have got lucky and this is a very good card/silicon.

What are the next steps ?

I got 14400+ on port royal and would like to maybe get to top 100. Which is not far off, I need maybe 350 more points only.

What I specifically dont understand is : voltages and power limits on the card, and how they relate to clock speed and how to increase them beyond what is allowed on Asus Tweak 2?

I also dont want card to over heat, so was going to make hard limit of 80 c not wanting to exceed 75 normally. I cant push the card to these thermal limits given Asus Tweak 2.

I seriously dont want to bork this card or put it into risk also, please keep this in mind.

Advice/next steps anyone?

Please reply as if to a child, as I dont know nearly as much as you think I do.

How do the guys who get in the top 30 or so, just below the LN2 guys do it, just on air ?

Thanks for any who answer.

Gavin
As far as I was aware with nvidia 3000 series under 50/55c is where you would see the highest boost clocks, is if your all about getting onto that leader board, maybe try ramping up your fans to max and possibly a separate 120mm blowing directly onto the card
 
As far as I was aware with nvidia 3000 series under 50/55c is where you would see the highest boost clocks, is if your all about getting onto that leader board, maybe try ramping up your fans to max and possibly a separate 120mm blowing directly onto the card
I am more curious about what my card can do.

I put the fans to max already. They are not too loud, ok for me.

Modifying things/installing new fans is not what I want to do.

I mainly want advice about afterburner(or other software i should use), etc, and to understand how these cards work, with voltages, thermals, etc. If I need to change bios for example or such to increase power limits, i probably wont do it.

65c seems pretty cool to me given cards I have had in past, I am just thinking I got lucky on silicon lottery and there is a lot more that this card can easily push. So I want to know how to do it, and if it is safe to do.

Getting onto the leader board is certainly a "nice to have".

Thank you for your reply.
 
I am more curious about what my card can do.

I put the fans to max already. They are not too loud, ok for me.

Modifying things/installing new fans is not what I want to do.

I mainly want advice about afterburner(or other software i should use), etc, and to understand how these cards work, with voltages, thermals, etc. If I need to change bios for example or such to increase power limits, i probably wont do it.

65c seems pretty cool to me given cards I have had in past, I am just thinking I got lucky on silicon lottery and there is a lot more that this card can easily push. So I want to know how to do it, and if it is safe to do.

Getting onto the leader board is certainly a "nice to have".

Thank you for your reply.
Just for comparison my zotac 3080 was a toasty card with its stock cooler could barely hit 1900mhz, with the waterblock I have just fitted I’m currently testing 2080mhz, it all about how cool you can get it, @65c your probably at the limit of your cooler, if the temps go up you will lose boost so the only way you can get that little bit higher is to get it cooler and the best way to do that if your cooler fans are already @100% is to direct some more airflow on top of the card
 
I believe the issue in regards to overclocking the 3090's is the power limit that the cards have, Even if your chip can go higher and isn't limited by thermals, the card 's bios won't allow you to draw more power.
Some people out there flash their cards with custom bios to unlock a higher power limit, and other go a step further and actually modify the cards with shunts, and capacitors.
There is information floating out there if you google it. there is a channel called Frame chasers where he sets out and shows how he unlocks a higher power limit for his 3090s
 
Unless you have a golden sample.

to get over 14600 you will need a water block.

to get over 15000 you will need to shunt mod to increase power limits and water block it.

everyone you see in the top 30 has done those things unless they are extremely lucky and got a golden chip and even then they will be pointing an air conditioner at the card to reduce air cooled temps

PR also favours tight ram timings.

I’ve just put a water block on mine and a quick test on an old system I’m replacing got 14800. I’m hoping to get 15200+ when I’m done doing it properly on my 3090 Strix. Air cooled the max I could get was 14600, but that was optimized ram timings, but no aircon
 
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I’d be interested to see a clear video guide on shunting the 3090 Strix if anyone has a guide to have a go at doing mine
I’d like to see asus actually release a decent bios to hit 500 or 520w at least and follow EVGA’s bios release
I’d mess about using nv flash to get the evga 500w bios onto my 3090 Strix on but then your left will all those annoying ghost sensors in gpuz
I wish asus would get this sorted out
 
To an extent you can kind of just go hog wild with newer Nvidia cards. Just don't set it to load OC settings with Windows till your 100% stable and you're fine. These cards have a tonne of protections in place so you can't kill them if you keep them stock.
I don't have my 3060ti yet but I'm expecting to have to crank the fans, power and temp limits then just keep stepping up the core.
Water really will be the way to go if you want to maintain max boost. But with a 3090 you've got power to spare. You could always try an under volt you keep temps down then let gpu boost do it's thing.
 
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