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2016/06/25 20:18:11 (permalink)
I have a pair of 980 TI Classifides. Diagnostic/monitoring programs such as Nvidia Inspector and GPUz report the default and boost clocks of the SuperCLock SKU however(1102/1190) not those advertised with the Classified(1190/1292). The cards boost well over 1300, but the base clock under minimal 3D load is in fact the reported 1102, not the promised 1190.  Furthermore, when switched the secondary OC BIOS, I do get access to the ridiculous 141% power target that i know a super clock bios would never have, so I'm a little confused. I can post pics, but I feel the post is self explanatory. My screen shot looks just like that of a 980TI SC.
 
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    arestavo
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    Re: 980TI Classified GPUZ clock discrepancy 2016/06/25 20:35:41 (permalink)
    What is the model number of both of your cards?
     
    The 980 Ti Classified REFERENCE (part number 06-P4-4997-KR) runs at reference speeds and boosts to 1190.
    post edited by arestavo - 2016/06/25 20:38:18
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    Re: 980TI Classified GPUZ clock discrepancy 2016/06/25 20:50:58 (permalink)
    arestavo
    What is the model number of both of your cards?
     
    The 980 Ti Classified REFERENCE (part number 06-P4-4997-KR) runs at reference speeds and boosts to 1190.




     
    I wasn't aware there was such a thing as classified reference as it seems kind of like an oxymoron haha. Regardless, I have the Gaming ACX 2.0 variety 06G-P4-4998.
     Mistakes were made
     
    post edited by schulmaster - 2016/06/25 21:02:31

    Case: --InWin LE S-Frame #111/500--
    Board: ASUS x299 SAGE WS 
    CPU: i9 10980XE (18C/36T) @ [4.0GHz - 4.5GHz]
    CPU Cooling: Noctua NHD15S 
    RAM:
    64GB Vengeance PRO Quad Channel @ 3.2GHz 
    GPU: ASUS RTX 3090 STRIX OC Edition
    Display:
    27" 2560x1440 Asus Swift 165Hz IPS GSYNC
    Storage:
    2x 1TB Micron 1100s SSDs RAID0 (OS)
    2TB Samsung 980 Pro NVMe (Steam)
    4TB WD Enterprise 
    1TB 10000RPM Velociraptor
    SPU: Creative AE7 
    PSU: Corsair AX1600i  
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    Re: 980TI Classified GPUZ clock discrepancy 2016/06/25 20:55:17 (permalink)
    Contact EVGA's customer support to get the proper VBIOS to flash it, or to start an RMA after they help you check things out - https://www.evga.com/about/contactus/ 
     
    If you haven't registered the card, you'll want to do that first.
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    Re: 980TI Classified GPUZ clock discrepancy 2016/06/25 20:59:47 (permalink)
    arestavo
    Contact EVGA's customer support to get the proper VBIOS to flash it, or to start an RMA after they help you check things out - https://www.evga.com/about/contactus/ 
     
    If you haven't registered the card, you'll want to do that first.




     
    Misunderstood what reference meant in this context. I guess it contrasts with "Gaming", and has nothing to do with the reference cooler... I do indeed have the part you mentioned before(06G-P4-4997-KR X2). I guess that was an original and discontinued revision of the cards now listed in the comparison tabble, ie "Gaming" skus? Is it just great fortune that I boost to 1342 OOB? Thanks for your help though, I appreciate it.
     
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    Case: --InWin LE S-Frame #111/500--
    Board: ASUS x299 SAGE WS 
    CPU: i9 10980XE (18C/36T) @ [4.0GHz - 4.5GHz]
    CPU Cooling: Noctua NHD15S 
    RAM:
    64GB Vengeance PRO Quad Channel @ 3.2GHz 
    GPU: ASUS RTX 3090 STRIX OC Edition
    Display:
    27" 2560x1440 Asus Swift 165Hz IPS GSYNC
    Storage:
    2x 1TB Micron 1100s SSDs RAID0 (OS)
    2TB Samsung 980 Pro NVMe (Steam)
    4TB WD Enterprise 
    1TB 10000RPM Velociraptor
    SPU: Creative AE7 
    PSU: Corsair AX1600i  
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    Re: 980TI Classified GPUZ clock discrepancy 2016/06/25 21:05:01 (permalink)
    That boost isn't bad at all - you can probably get more out of it with a more-aggressive-than-stock fan curve, increasing your power/temp target to max, and increasing your GPU core speed. I'd try 25MHz at a time and loop Valley to test stability. Your mileage may vary, but with the air cooler and a single 980 Ti Classified, my top air cooled overclock is 1455MHz - more and I get black/grey screen hard crashes - on water, I get a max of 1505 completely stable, and can push 1530 for short benchmarks.
     
    Adding voltage to these 980 Ti Classifieds does absolutely nothing for stability, so I'd leave the voltage alone.
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    Re: 980TI Classified GPUZ clock discrepancy 2016/06/26 18:49:34 (permalink)
    schulmaster
    but the base clock under minimal 3D load is in fact the reported 1102, not the promised 1190. 

    Setting power management mode inside the nvidia control panel to prefer maximum performance will make the card run at 1190 when under minimal load.


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