aosmon
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I've had it only for a few months and it's extremely disappointing overclock wise. In 3dmark Timespy, I can only get up to +100 Core Clock without crashing. That number would be fine, only starting up any games with +100 makes it crash almost immediately. In some games, I can't even do +50 without crashing within a few seconds (Metro Exodus for example). It seems to be limited to RTX games like Modern Warfare, Control, and Metro Exodus and it happens with or without ray tracing on. It sucks because that little extra bit of performance would really help in demanding single player games where I'm trying to stay above 60 fps. The cutoff point seems to be around 2000 mhz. I've seen people get much higher than this so I don't know what's wrong. Did I just get a bad card? I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling drivers multiple times.
The OC scanner in both Precision X1 and Afterburner gives me numbers in the single digits :\
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Re: 2070 Super FTW3 Ultra poor overclocking numbers
2020/03/14 12:50:51
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Hello,
Unfortunately overclockability on a card is a bit of a lottery. Overall i think most cards can overclock to a certain degree but
some cards may not be able to overclock at all. Nothing is wrong with your card.
Just some cards do better than others. Its the nature of the silicon lottery.
Also keep in mind that your FTW3 card is already overclocked out of the box pretty high so you may be pushing it past what it can be at stable.
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Re: 2070 Super FTW3 Ultra poor overclocking numbers
2020/03/21 03:46:44
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Could it be a problem with my power supply? I have a 550W Gold and EVGA recommends 650 minimum. Maybe the card can't draw enough power?
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Re: 2070 Super FTW3 Ultra poor overclocking numbers
2020/03/21 04:50:24
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aosmon
Could it be a problem with my power supply? I have a 550W Gold and EVGA recommends 650 minimum. Maybe the card can't draw enough power?
Can you post ALL of your system specs please?
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Re: 2070 Super FTW3 Ultra poor overclocking numbers
2020/03/21 05:00:42
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rjohnson11
aosmon
Could it be a problem with my power supply? I have a 550W Gold and EVGA recommends 650 minimum. Maybe the card can't draw enough power?
Can you post ALL of your system specs please?
Ryzen 5 3600x (Stock, PBO Auto) EVGA 2070 Super FTW3 Ultra OC MSI B450 Tomahawk Max 16GB G. Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3600 CL16 RAM (Currently overclocked to 3733, but it was happening before that) 550W Gold Seasonic FOCUS PSU PCIe Wi-Fi and Bluetooth card Purchased on Amazon - Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I REV Bluetooth 4.2/Wireless AC/B/G/N Band Dual Frequency 2.4Ghz/5.8Ghz Expansion Card Inland Premium 1TB M.2 NVME SSD Phanteks P400A Case GPU is installed in the top PCIe slot, RAM is in the proper channels
post edited by aosmon - 2020/03/21 05:04:30
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Re: 2070 Super FTW3 Ultra poor overclocking numbers
2020/03/21 05:09:14
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aosmon
I've had it only for a few months and it's extremely disappointing overclock wise. In 3dmark Timespy, I can only get up to +100 Core Clock without crashing. That number would be fine, only starting up any games with +100 makes it crash almost immediately. In some games, I can't even do +50 without crashing within a few seconds (Metro Exodus for example). It seems to be limited to RTX games like Modern Warfare, Control, and Metro Exodus and it happens with or without ray tracing on. It sucks because that little extra bit of performance would really help in demanding single player games where I'm trying to stay above 60 fps. The cutoff point seems to be around 2000 mhz. I've seen people get much higher than this so I don't know what's wrong. Did I just get a bad card? I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling drivers multiple times.
The OC scanner in both Precision X1 and Afterburner gives me numbers in the single digits :\
Your FTW card is already overclocked extremely high. If you get any higher clocks that is luck. If you want higher performance then you need to look at an overclocked RTX 2080 video card or higher. I think your specs are ok but if it were me in your shoes I would have opted for a higher wattage PSU.
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Re: 2070 Super FTW3 Ultra poor overclocking numbers
2020/03/21 05:12:42
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That will be my next upgrade
Do you think it could be affecting my overclocking limits?
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Re: 2070 Super FTW3 Ultra poor overclocking numbers
2020/03/21 19:09:34
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aosmon
That will be my next upgrade
Do you think it could be affecting my overclocking limits?
All depends what you're pulling from the wall. Do you have this laying around? I mean you're probably ok as long as you're not OCing both CPU and GPU sky high but yeah, I also agree on possibly uping the PSU even thought the one you're currently using is a nice one from Seasonic. I'd stick with that brand on your next upgrade.
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Re: 2070 Super FTW3 Ultra poor overclocking numbers
2020/04/12 11:47:19
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Bumping this because I want to know if using 2 dedicated PCIe power cables instead of one split one could potentially improve oc performance? I've been using one pigtail cable this entire time but I just read that its recommended to use 2. Still using the 550w Seasonic.
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Re: 2070 Super FTW3 Ultra poor overclocking numbers
2020/04/12 12:12:49
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aosmon
I want to know if using 2 dedicated PCIe power cables instead of one split one could potentially improve oc performance?
Yes.
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Re: 2070 Super FTW3 Ultra poor overclocking numbers
2020/04/12 12:17:15
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Nvm, I already had 2 cables in it.. both pigtail cables
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