Something weird happened this morning

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StupidDream

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I went downstairs to my gaming rig... which mines when it’s not gaming...

I have a pair of XFX rx 580 GTS 8gb. I typically run them with the 1500 timing copied to everything above 1500

Core speed @ 1150 MHz @ 912mV

Ram @ 2020 MHz @ 1000mV

I could never get it stable above that

But I decided to try 2085 on the memory and crashed. Rebooted and reset all the clock and memory rates... Restarted the mining software, and very quickly noticed that my mining software was running about 4 MH/s faster than I expected.

Turns out I had set the speed to 2150 on the ram. It’s seem to be working well so I went ahead and put it up to 2025 MHz

At this point it has been running about eight hours with no GPU memory errors and no recess. Whereas before something as simple as a slight increase in memory speed would’ve caused a visual distortion on the screen in an instant crash. So any ideas why it would make it suddenly able to do this?
 
Must be cloud power. Heard about cloud power on like xbox and ps4. AMD makes the ps4 and xbox, AMD made those cards too so they must have activated cloud power mode somehow.
 
Pieter3dnow said:
You got a fluke and got lucky ;)
Nothing more nothing less. No driver change right ?
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No. I guess luck is the answer. Just ride the wave till it goes down I guess... Thank you for a legit answer... as for the rest of you guys... pass me a beer... lol
 
I have had similar experiences overclocking CPU and ram.
Sometimes there are a group of frequencies that are unstable and going beyond them allows the overclocking experience to continue.

Possible reason (watered down):
All devices that generate Frequencies also generate harmonic frequencies, positive and negative from the fundamental frequency.
The harmonics from each devices operation will combine at common frequencies, possibly with enough power to interfere with normal operation.
They propagate through conduction or EM waves in the air.
The circuit designs will mitigate these so rated clock speeds are very stable and often far beyond. Different hardware in close proximity can have consequences beyond those intended, its not always possible to design out.
Clocking higher is limited by the ability of the hardware and the ability of signals to not degrade or be interfered with.
The latter 2 become the limiting factors in your case.
Changing the frequency you operate at (+ve or -ve) changes the frequencies of the harmonics which can remove an instability.
And changing the devices operating frequency can push it outside of a bad range of frequencies that are not affected by what you do.
 
Nenu said:
I have had similar experiences overclocking CPU and ram.
Sometimes there are a group of frequencies that are unstable and going beyond them allows the overclocking experience to continue.

Possible reason (watered down):
All devices that generate Frequencies also generate harmonic frequencies, positive and negative from the fundamental frequency.
The harmonics from each devices operation will combine at common frequencies, possibly with enough power to interfere with normal operation.
They propagate through conduction or EM waves in the air.
The circuit designs will mitigate these so rated clock speeds are very stable and often far beyond. Different hardware in close proximity can have consequences beyond those intended, its not always possible to design out.
Clocking higher is limited by the ability of the hardware and the ability of signals to not degrade or be interfered with.
The latter 2 become the limiting factors in your case.
Changing the frequency you operate at (+ve or -ve) changes the frequencies of the harmonics which can remove an instability.
And changing the devices operating frequency can push it outside of a bad range of frequencies that are not affected by what you do.
Click to expand...


As an extra class ham radio operator, I fully understand what you are referring to
 
But does that mean if you remove all power for a day or 2 it will still behave the same way ?
 
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