i doubt it will work, but it you try to install it in safe mode?
the problem with driver sweeper is it doesnt actually uninstall, it deletes. That can make things act weird sometimes...
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[H] users 7970 Overclock Results thread
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i doubt it will work, but it you try to install it in safe mode?
the problem with driver sweeper is it doesnt actually uninstall, it deletes. That can make things act weird sometimes...
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I don't think you read my post....
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I found which of my 2 cards is the problem and have successfully talked my way into an RMA authorization. In all fairness the fan was going crazy on it too, so I think theres something actually wrong with it.
My good card is sitting with CCC maxed out at 1125/1575 and hitting the same 80-82 temps in BF3 with the fan autosetting to about 50%
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So would it be possible for someone to make a chart and get average overclocks?
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Working on 1150 core 1650 mem overclock through trixx right now. stock voltage.
Overdrive is turned off and powertune set to 0.
I've ran OCCT for a 15 minute run and just play some Trackmania Canyon for about 15 min and so far so good...
Overdrive is turned off and powertune set to 0.
I've ran OCCT for a 15 minute run and just play some Trackmania Canyon for about 15 min and so far so good...
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Well it's more of the same... blinky cursor after reboot. For shits and giggles I removed one of the 7970's, system booted normally. So far the only drivers I've been able to get to cooperate with xfire are the CD 11.12.1.
Well it's more of the same... blinky cursor after reboot. For shits and giggles I removed one of the 7970's, system booted normally. So far the only drivers I've been able to get to cooperate with xfire are the CD 11.12.1.
I had the same problem, ended up removing the second card, booting to windows, then shutting down and installing the second card again and then it booted normally. But now I get artifacts in games with crossfire enabled.
Mine are Sapphire brand 7970s
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I had the same problem, ended up removing the second card, booting to windows, then shutting down and installing the second card again and then it booted normally. But now I get artifacts in games with crossfire enabled.
Mine are Sapphire brand 7970s
^^^ I tried that as well and ended up with ole blinky.
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I'm never messing with CCC again, TriXX is so simple and it actually works. One question though, I missed the 69xx generation and their extra bios switch or whatever, but what does the "Save BIOS" button do in Trixx? Does it over-write the settings you have configed onto the BIOS so you don't have to mess with the application anymore? Cause that would be sweet.
Results
1125 Core
1575 RAM
1.170 volts (Stock for my card)
Type Card
1x Gigabyte 7970
Overclock Tool
CCC
Stability Test
Played some BF3, Dead Island, Witcher 2, Serious Sam 3, 3dmark11 with no visible artifacts and zero crashes. Load temp in a Solo II with slow spinning fans is around 81-82 with GPU-Z giving me 46% as max fan speed.
1125 Core
1575 RAM
1.170 volts (Stock for my card)
Type Card
1x Gigabyte 7970
Overclock Tool
CCC
Stability Test
Played some BF3, Dead Island, Witcher 2, Serious Sam 3, 3dmark11 with no visible artifacts and zero crashes. Load temp in a Solo II with slow spinning fans is around 81-82 with GPU-Z giving me 46% as max fan speed.
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alright, had some weird stuff going on with Trixx. it artifacted on me at 1175 core and after that there was nothing i could do to get rid of the artifacts....i just had to restart my computer. dunno.
went ahead and edited the "MSIAfterburner.cfg" file and changed this line... "UnofficialOverclockingMode = 1"
ive got unlocked sliders now in afterburner and it is working. i have amd overdrive turned on with powertune at +20.
im gonna go mess with it some more and see if i have similar results to Trixx.
went ahead and edited the "MSIAfterburner.cfg" file and changed this line... "UnofficialOverclockingMode = 1"
ive got unlocked sliders now in afterburner and it is working. i have amd overdrive turned on with powertune at +20.
im gonna go mess with it some more and see if i have similar results to Trixx.
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If you get that artifact problem, and reducing clocks (back as low as 1000) doesn't stop it, just put the computer into sleep mode and wake it up. That fixes everything. I had this happen when I set the clocks from 1000 mhz to 1150 mhz (which I already knew was stable). Then when I let the computer sleep and woke it up again, it was fine.
It's possible the voltage is being set incorrectly or maybe it's using 2d voltage or something, I'm not sure....you could monitor the voltage (with afterburner, without using AB to set clocks) when those artifacts happen (if you use trixx again), just to see if the voltage is too low.
It's possible the voltage is being set incorrectly or maybe it's using 2d voltage or something, I'm not sure....you could monitor the voltage (with afterburner, without using AB to set clocks) when those artifacts happen (if you use trixx again), just to see if the voltage is too low.
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Results:
1175 core
1575 memory
1.17 volts
Type of card:
XFX Black Edition DD
Overclock tool:
Sapphire Trixx
Stability test:
BF3 and Metro 2033 at the moment
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my card seems to do much better with the Trixx utility than the current Afterburner beta. previous best overclock with Afterburner was 1100/1525. all this card needed was a little bit of voltage (1.17V, stock for most but an increase on this card), a lot of fan (100% at 75C), disabling CCC Overdrive altogether, and disabling ULPS in Trixx.
1175 core
1575 memory
1.17 volts
Type of card:
XFX Black Edition DD
Overclock tool:
Sapphire Trixx
Stability test:
BF3 and Metro 2033 at the moment
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my card seems to do much better with the Trixx utility than the current Afterburner beta. previous best overclock with Afterburner was 1100/1525. all this card needed was a little bit of voltage (1.17V, stock for most but an increase on this card), a lot of fan (100% at 75C), disabling CCC Overdrive altogether, and disabling ULPS in Trixx.
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Well it's more of the same... blinky cursor after reboot. For shits and giggles I removed one of the 7970's, system booted normally. So far the only drivers I've been able to get to cooperate with xfire are the CD 11.12.1.
honesty, there seems to be something fundamentally wrong with your system...
between MSIs not installing, and not being able to use a raft of drivers other have no issues with, it might be time for the dreaded OS resinstall...
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Why do you need to disable ULPS? What does ULPS even do? I thought that was just for crossfired cards...What happens if you leave ULPS enabled with a single card?
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as far as i know you're right it's for crossfire setups. but i've been reading that people are having better success with it disabled. not sure if it's a quirk with this early software and actually helps or just a meaningless setting that has no effect for us single card users. it's what has worked for me so far.
Results
1200 Core
1661 Ram
1.200 voltage
Type Card
1x Diamond reference
Overclock Tool
Sapphire Trixx
Stability Test
Looping Heaven bench
Many runs of 3dmark11
Games tested: BF3, Skyrim, and Metro 2033
3dmark11 at those clocks = 9907 GPU for me.
I can actually run up to 1250 on the core however I get occasional gray dots @ that speed, so I don't do it.
I was doing 1125|1575 from the CCC before I installed Trixx.
1200 Core
1661 Ram
1.200 voltage
Type Card
1x Diamond reference
Overclock Tool
Sapphire Trixx
Stability Test
Looping Heaven bench
Many runs of 3dmark11
Games tested: BF3, Skyrim, and Metro 2033
3dmark11 at those clocks = 9907 GPU for me.
I can actually run up to 1250 on the core however I get occasional gray dots @ that speed, so I don't do it.
I was doing 1125|1575 from the CCC before I installed Trixx.
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Found out the problem you had.
The card was stuck in 2D clocks and or voltage for some reason, so it was trying to run 3D at 300 mhz and 0.850v.
Going into sleep mode and back out fixes that.
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What exactly happened when you had it enabled, though?
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Instability, though I've changed multiple things at once so I can't be sure that's what turned things around.
Running pretty hot considering my FT02 case and 64f ambient room temp. 1100/1500 @1.181v
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I am begining to think there is something wrong with voltage regulation on these cards or the software. A lot of people are bringing up crashes on the cards regarding inconsistant voltages. In my case I believe when I used TriXX or AB they would mess with the internal voltage regulators even if I did not mess with the settings in the programs at all.
I am fairly confident a driver relase or updated TriXX/AB should resolve the problem but I know for a fact I can not mess with either program without major problems yet I can use CCC and overclock fine/
I am fairly confident a driver relase or updated TriXX/AB should resolve the problem but I know for a fact I can not mess with either program without major problems yet I can use CCC and overclock fine/
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Is there a registry edit you can use to permanently increase the CCC overdrive limits by a certain amount, or can afterburner do it for you? (There was one for 6900 cards).
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I got an ASUS in my rig clocked at 1125/1575 and maxes out around 84c in an antec 900 case. So 86c doesnt seem that bad.
Leaving Quad-SLI 580 far far behind... Crazy!
On air. 4X 7970 1150/1500 (stock voltage for now), 3930K at 5.1: 27075 graphic score 37432.
Tesselation is at stock default value "AMD optimized". Didn't touch the tessalation slider at all. Evertything is at default value.
On air. 4X 7970 1150/1500 (stock voltage for now), 3930K at 5.1: 27075 graphic score 37432.
Tesselation is at stock default value "AMD optimized". Didn't touch the tessalation slider at all. Evertything is at default value.
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Something new has started happening. What is the temperature threshold for these cards. I can game for about 15 minutes, then the entire computer goes into like a sleep mode and the video card fan just shuts off. The only way I can recover is a total reboot. Faulty card?
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i'm having a similar experience with AB. if i do not unlock voltage control in AB then i can run it without it affecting the voltage. but as soon as i unlock voltage control, and without touching the slider, it automatically defaults to 1.17V which i think is higher than my card's default because the temps rise immediately. same thing with Trixx; if i set the voltage slider to the lowest setting of 1.17V i get higher temps than if i had never started the program to begin with. i also gain overclocking headroom with Trixx at 1.17V.
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Honestly, I don't think it's my rig. Atiman is the only proggie I cannot get to install and I write that off to the fact I claimed the system administrator profile as my own. It might work if I renamed my account back to administrator. But I'm not that interested in using that particular program. Driversweeper for all the people who claim it's bad has worked fine for years. There are only 2 official drivers for the 7970 right now. I am only unable to use one of them, the download ones in xfire. I'm not the only one experiencing this issue.
I'm far from ready to do a full reinstall. I can wait till the next release drivers come out as the 11.12.1 drivers seem to be working fine on their own. I just have to decide which aftermarket I want to use to OC and set the fan profile with. ASUSTweak is ok but I find it to be kinda "clunky". My opinion. Afterburner feels a bit more polished but for some reason the profiles come unlocked on their own. Have not tried TRIxx yet.
There is no problems at all with voltage regulation on those cards.
We are all using BETA softwares/utilities to OC brand new cards, using BETA drivers, and a totally new architecture. What were you expecting?
This is perfectly normal, and will get better in a couple of weeks when OC utilities get better/more stable and everyone gets use to those new cards.
I am having very similar problems as well running afterburner or ASUS gpu tweak my cards read out at 1.050 for defaul voltage at first but if I touch anything they jump to 1.17 default and the lowest it will let me set them is 1.10.
additionally the highest clocks I can hit via CCC overdrive is 1075 mhz but in afterburner at 1.10 (supposedly less than stock volts I can do 1125 easily.
also at load (Running 3d mark 11) after burner teels me my card does not go over 1.10 volts but gpu-z says it's hitting 1.17.
and finally after burner also shows occasional voltage spike ranging from 1.3-1.5 volts (im pretty sure those are not correct and they only last for 1.2 of a second but it's still disconcerting.
not sure whats going on but something doesn't add up.
Also should we make a new thread about this issue?
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at the moment gpu-z reports the target voltage while AB reports the actual voltage.
my card was doing the same thing. not sure if it's by design or just a quirk of the AB beta.
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thanks. that explains why a restart fixed it for me.
some weird stuff going on with CCC. the GPU/Mem clock meters were just disappearing and reappearing right in front of my eyes. not doing anything on my computer other than staring at the CCC window. restarted my computer and now the CCC window is no longer playing magic tricks
maybe we need to start a "7970 Bug Reporting Thread"?
Im guessing it's probably just a software issue but I'm glad to hear it's not just my card
Also would love to know what the actual stock VID for these cards is supposed to be either way though I'm very happy with mine
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I would set a custom fan profile if I were you. I try to keep mine as close to 70c as possible.
if that you temp at stock somethings wrong either they are not getting enough air or the TIM was not applied properly.
That being said max safe temp appears to be 95C. I learned this because Asus GPU tweak does not apply custom fan profiles properly and it left my card at 20% fan during 3dmark 11 and I found out that once the card go's over 95C it will automatically kick the fan to 100% till the temp falls back under 95.
For the sake of tracking overclocks without voltage adjustments, I'll note my card does 1169|1661 without touching voltage or increasing its possible range from the CCC.
Trixx says I have 1.175.
Other details about my OC are in my last post.
Trixx says I have 1.175.
Other details about my OC are in my last post.
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Just to add to the info gathered.
Results
1200 Core
1575 RAM
1.17 volts (stock per Trixx)
Type Card
Visiontek reference card.
Overclock Tool
Sapphire TRIXX
Stability Test
3Dmark 11 (4 consecutive passes)
BF3 (5 consecutive hours between myself and my son)
I am coming off a GTX 480 I had since launch. I had a few issues at first but I seem to have resolved the CTDs. I stayed at stock volts because, as some have noted already, the current software doesn't seem to hold the voiltage values well so I avoid changing it for the sake stability.
Results
1200 Core
1575 RAM
1.17 volts (stock per Trixx)
Type Card
Visiontek reference card.
Overclock Tool
Sapphire TRIXX
Stability Test
3Dmark 11 (4 consecutive passes)
BF3 (5 consecutive hours between myself and my son)
I am coming off a GTX 480 I had since launch. I had a few issues at first but I seem to have resolved the CTDs. I stayed at stock volts because, as some have noted already, the current software doesn't seem to hold the voiltage values well so I avoid changing it for the sake stability.