Turn off Core Clock changing on 970.

[mxoagentjohnson]

Does anyone have any idea how to turn off Core Clock going up and down when i'm gaming, i notice drastic screen tearing and some odd problems whenever the core clock bounces up and down in some games, is there a way to lock it at a specific point and keep, it that way permanently?

Taken during a session of Borderlands 2 and the same results happen in a few games. The part where it stabalizes is me turning the game off.

any help would be appreciated as i am not knowledgable on overclocking/this kind of thing., thanks!

 

[pgi947]

Install evga precision X and enable K-Boost

 

[mxoagentjohnson]

Install evga precision X and enable K-Boost

Would that mess up my settings with MSI Afterburner, i use it to keep fan temps down because the 970 has odd power saving fans.

 

[mcleish]

The K-Boost locks the clocks at their highest clock value at all times... So won't flutter (I think). The downside is that they won't drop after gaming, which isnt that much of a problem.

Not sure afterburner has this feature? Precision X can do the fan profiling too though.

 

[mxoagentjohnson]

The K-Boost locks the clocks at their highest clock value at all times... So won't flutter (I think). The downside is that they won't drop after gaming, which isnt that much of a problem.

Not sure afterburner has this feature? Precision X can do the fan profiling too though.

Worked like a charm and setup a new fan profile on precision x So is the clocks that KBoost set the standard ones? i dont have to do any voltage upping because its an overclock or? It didnt remove some of the screen tearing from Borderlands 2 but it stopped the fps fuctuating, I got really bad screen tears locked 60fps on my 120hz on borderlands 2 and Alan Wake but vsync sorts it out, trouble is setting the refresh rate back to 60!

 

[Rroff]

Games that lock at 60fps (let alone 30) are evil :| try messing with adaptive vsync half-refresh (though it can add lag in some cases).

Also try changing power management mode between adaptive and max performance sometimes it will stop the clocks dropping out without having to use k-boost which has its own disadvantages.

 

[mxoagentjohnson]

Games that lock at 60fps (let alone 30) are evil :| try messing with adaptive vsync half-refresh (though it can add lag in some cases).

Also try changing power management mode between adaptive and max performance sometimes it will stop the clocks dropping out without having to use k-boost which has its own disadvantages.

Yea i know right! I only lock some games at 60fps if they fluctuate a lot causing stutter in varied framerates, so like super demanding games, trouble is some games screen tear a LOT like Borderlands 2, Mirrors Edge, Alan Wake when i do that, and others like Hard Reset or Brutual Legend or Deus Ex locked at 60fps have simple screen tearing that doenst look like the games about to explode

 

[Rroff]

You sound like a candidate for a gsync display lol.

 

[mxoagentjohnson]

You sound like a candidate for a gsync display lol.

I would if it wasnt so highly priced, and it didnt come out 8 months after i purchased a BenQ, wanted a rig upgrade over a new monitor.

I just worry if the tearing is down to a fault on my behalf or if it's just me not noticing some games tearing more than before, if thats a thing?