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My 980 does the same thing.My Gigabyte G1 970 always goes down 1 boost bin and 1 voltage bin within ~1 minute of starting any 3d program. Stock/overvolted, stock/overclocked, kboost on/off it doesn't matter. My older g1 had this same issue. Is this normal for all the cards?
http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3187213
Here's my sli 970 setup with custom bios just around my 24/7 settings, including memory crossbar and L2 cache speeds matched to the core instead of below like the stock bios has. Never throttles or goes out of sync on voltages.
"1510c/l2/xbar, 8164m, sli 1.218v unleashed tdp in SLI on stock air (MSI Gaming)"
May try to get 1570 synchd stable as 24/7 sometime if I get bored soon, but as you can see the performance even at 1510 synchd up is nuts.
My Gigabyte G1 970 always goes down 1 boost bin and 1 voltage bin within ~1 minute of starting any 3d program. Stock/overvolted, stock/overclocked, kboost on/off it doesn't matter. My older g1 had this same issue. Is this normal for all the cards?
Nice! Has anyone customized the BIOS for the STRIX yet? I'd be interested in seeing those results. I'm already hitting around 25k graphics score with 1473 Boost using the core clock offset trick and it's pretty solid.http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3187213
Here's my sli 970 setup with custom bios just around my 24/7 settings, including memory crossbar and L2 cache speeds matched to the core instead of below like the stock bios has. Never throttles or goes out of sync on voltages.
"1510c/l2/xbar, 8164m, sli 1.218v unleashed tdp in SLI on stock air (MSI Gaming)"
Nets a graphics score of 26,282. When testing I found this is as fast as my cards at 1620mhz core or more without the tweaks .
If I then raise the core to 1553 but leave the crossbar and L2 at 1510 I get to 26.7k gpu score: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3191520
May try to get 1570 synchd stable as 24/7 sometime if I get bored soon, but as you can see the performance even at 1510 synchd up is nuts.
Good stuff Goldentiger. How are the cards performing for you in your games with the new bios. Any throttling anymore? Voltage stable on both cards now? Also, I've never heard anyone speak of Memory crossbar setting and L2 Cache speeds. Is that a tweak people are doing on 970s? Are these same tweaks recommended on a 980 reference too? I honestly don't know anything about that, is there somewhere I can read up on this? Thanks in advance.
EDIT: found a way to modify this in MBT, No Reply from GT Anyway, No Guts, No Glory!! I'll modify and flash tonight.
Most 900 series cards have strange boost behavior like this. It can be tweaked via a bios update. Have you tried any custom bioses out there yet?
Nice! Has anyone customized the BIOS for the STRIX yet? I'd be interested in seeing those results. I'm already hitting around 25k graphics score with 1473 Boost using the core clock offset trick and it's pretty solid.
someone did a custom bios for similiar on the evga 970 FTW, it stopped his card throttling for TDP.
Since I think my 970 runs fine I am happy with the shipped bios.
I hope you are not referring to the idiot on the EVGA forums that says hitting TDP limit causes stuttering and additional screen tearing.someone did a custom bios for similiar on the evga 970 FTW, it stopped his card throttling for TDP.
Since I think my 970 runs fine I am happy with the shipped bios.
I hope you are not referring to the idiot on the EVGA forums that says hitting TDP limit causes stuttering and additional screen tearing.
Can you post this BIOS? Ive tried the BIOS r0ach made (does nothing for TDP throttling) and i tried a bios from this guy Cyclops on overclock which also does not solve the TDP throttling issue. TDP gets raised, but the card wont actually use any of the extra power, so it will cap out at like 70-80% TDP.
Oh sorry, I have a EVGA GTX 970 FTW. I havent tried making my own bios yet, but the ones I have tried havent been successful in stopping the TDP throttling. Maybe I will have to get the courage to try and make my own.
Can you upload your bios, I'll take a shot at modifying one for you if you want. Of course using it and flashing will be done at your own risk.
The GBT G1 Gaming cards I had started running squirrely after I flashed them, even when I flashed them back to stock.
Have you observed the PerfCap in GPU-Z? If it does not say "Pwr" then you are not being throttled by the TDP...Oh sorry, I have a EVGA GTX 970 FTW. I havent tried making my own bios yet, but the ones I have tried havent been successful in stopping the TDP throttling. Maybe I will have to get the courage to try and make my own.
Have you observed the PerfCap in GPU-Z? If it does not say "Pwr" then you are not being throttled by the TDP...
every card will be different as best OC but work your way up with only changing one thing at time .I got the MSI 970 Gold Edition, and I'm brand new to OCing.
I downloaded MSI Afterburner, and I've been using Fire Strike for benchmarking. I've put the Power Limit to 110, and then increasingly moved the Core clock and Memory to various settings. The hottest my card has gotten is 75C.
Can you guys let me know if the results I'm getting are what should be expected? A lot of the various numbers and boost rates are confusing me. Any help would be much appreciated!
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4738470
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4738545
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4738588
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4738882
Mostly, I'm confused because from what I'm reading I should be able to set things higher in Afterburner without having Fire Strike crash/give incomplete results. There's a guide that shows the Core clock +150 and the Mem clock +500, but when I set my Afterburner numbers to those Fire Strike gives incomplete results/I get artifacts or crashes.
Should I RMA my card, or am I misunderstanding things? Thanks!
every card will be different as best OC but work your way up with only changing one thing at time .
You can set memory to like 250+ offset if you want and then keep upping the core clock .
how far will depend on chip and cooling . after you find max on core ,try upping the memory more .
try making a custom fan profile in AB so your temps stay around or below 65c .
Also when posting results, post the in game boost you get (what AB says in graph).
how do you get PerfCap Reason to display in GPU-Z? i'm running 0.8.0 with my GTX 970, using 344.75 WHQL drivers.
I got the MSI 970 Gold Edition, and I'm brand new to OCing.
I downloaded MSI Afterburner, and I've been using Fire Strike for benchmarking. I've put the Power Limit to 110, and then increasingly moved the Core clock and Memory to various settings. The hottest my card has gotten is 75C.
Can you guys let me know if the results I'm getting are what should be expected? A lot of the various numbers and boost rates are confusing me. Any help would be much appreciated!
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4738470
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4738545
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4738588
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4738882
Mostly, I'm confused because from what I'm reading I should be able to set things higher in Afterburner without having Fire Strike crash/give incomplete results. There's a guide that shows the Core clock +150 and the Mem clock +500, but when I set my Afterburner numbers to those Fire Strike gives incomplete results/I get artifacts or crashes.
Should I RMA my card, or am I misunderstanding things? Thanks!
In SLI I'm running 1479/7600 with a pair of STRIX. I have yet to play around with fixing the voltage via a BIOS tweak, but it has been rock solid so far with a +26 MHz offset on GPU1 at 1.200v.What is everyone 970 everyday 24/7 rock solid game stable OC? After trying custom bios, I still found the stock bios to give me the best balance of temperature and performance. I found this OC stable through all benchmarks and hours of gaming (COD:AW, Borderlands TPS, Tomb Raider, etc..)
My card is a EVGA SSC 970 w/ a 79.8% ASIC
http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3187213
Here's my sli 970 setup with custom bios just around my 24/7 settings, including memory crossbar and L2 cache speeds matched to the core instead of below like the stock bios has. Never throttles or goes out of sync on voltages.
"1510c/l2/xbar, 8164m, sli 1.218v unleashed tdp in SLI on stock air (MSI Gaming)"
Nets a graphics score of 26,282. When testing I found this is as fast as my cards at 1620mhz core or more without the tweaks .
If I then raise the core to 1553 but leave the crossbar and L2 at 1510 I get to 26.7k gpu score: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3191520
May try to get 1570 synchd stable as 24/7 sometime if I get bored soon, but as you can see the performance even at 1510 synchd up is nuts.
Just picked up the Best Buy reference 970 (the 980/titan blower model).
I don't know how to get my power limit passed 106% and this is a WIP since I'm pretty behind in the OCing department and have a CPU bottleneck.