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Is something wrong with the overclock on my EVGA GTX 980SCs?

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2014/11/25 15:36:32 (permalink)
So I got a couple EVGA 980SCs. I ran them through Fire Strike and got this result...
17365 Score/ 26045 Graphics/ 11262 Physics/ 6464 Combined

Is this in line with what I should expect? I remember reading the graphics score should be around 26000 for stock but I've seen many overall scores at around 22000 which I've fallen way short of...

I OC'd the cards with a +115Mhz on the GPU Clock and +330 on the Memory Clock also raising Power Target to 105% in PrecisionX. Heres what I got...
17488 Score/ 26197 Graphics Score/ 11306 Physics/ 6543 Combined

Whats goin on here? I figured this result would be significantly better.
Besides setting the Power Management Mode to Max Performance is there any other settings I should be changing to get full use from the cards?

 
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    Sajin
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    Re: Is something wrong with the overclock on my EVGA GTX 980SCs? 2014/11/25 17:21:40 (permalink)
    You're running a 4 core CPU. Running a 6 or 8 core CPU will help increase overall score.
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    Re: Is something wrong with the overclock on my EVGA GTX 980SCs? 2014/11/25 21:04:47 (permalink)
    Sajin
    You're running a 4 core CPU. Running a 6 or 8 core CPU will help increase overall score.




    This, firestrike is not a pure gpu test, its scores also depend on the cpu. If you want you can compare the graphs points part of the benchmarks to see how you fair. Just because your scores are lower on a benchmark tool doesn't even that you will get lower fps in games either. As long as the cards are clocking up to there rated clock speeds during heavy use you will be just fine.
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    Re: Is something wrong with the overclock on my EVGA GTX 980SCs? 2014/11/26 14:13:35 (permalink)
    Firestrike physx scores depends on ur cpu cores. I too got ~18k with my sli gtx 980s with a 4820k @ 4.7ghz. As soon as I turned hyperthreading on, boom my cores went up ~3k for a total of 21k. So the cpu core count alone can boost or lower firestrike score, which is why i say just mkae sure your gpu score is around 29-31k, your solid. Hope this helps. 

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