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2018/02/27 06:29:15 (permalink)
Morning all
 
I've owned my EVGA 780 Ti SC 3GB since July 2014 and i'm considering seeing if i can squeeze anything more out of it as i can't really afford to purchase a newer card right now. Can anyone recommend some starting points for core and memory clock speeds and anything else that may be of consideration for squeezing a bit more power out of the card?
 
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Re: 780 Ti SC overlocking.. 2018/02/27 07:12:09 (permalink)
Start by increasing the clock speed a bit, maybe in increments of 26MHz at a time while stress testing in between.  The clock table is in increments of 13MHz which is why I suggested 26MHz or use any multiple of 13.
 
Once you find your core clock limit, start increasing the memory clock.  Here you could start bigger, say a bump of +100.  If stable, continue increasing +50 or so at a time.
 
When you hit either of these limits where you crash or start getting artifacts, just lower the speed to your last stable speed.
 
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Re: 780 Ti SC overlocking.. 2018/02/27 09:08:06 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby phem0r 2018/02/27 11:16:52
Great advice above! I only add, for max sustainable overclocking, I assume you're using MSI AFterburner or EVGA Precision, be sure to set a custom fan profile, and ramp up the fan speed a little to keep temps from throttling card back as much. As far as what kind of speeds you can achieve, I cannot say first hand as I skipped the 700 Series generation, but it seems according to most reviews, you shouldn't have any issue getting over 1000Mhz on the core. Memory overclocking I find debatable, as I hardly*not never* but hardly ever see much gains from overclocking memory.
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Re: 780 Ti SC overlocking.. 2018/02/27 10:10:34 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby phem0r 2018/02/27 11:16:49
You're not going to get much since the SC is already clocked to the hilt.  In my experience, you'll gain maybe 2-3% performance, but more heat and potential instability.
 
That said, bdary listed the basics if you want to give it a shot.  For a baseline, I can get mine to around only +50 on core/+70 on mem (says in Precision I'm running at boost around 1250mhz/3572mhz in games) stable.
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Re: 780 Ti SC overlocking.. 2018/02/27 11:17:26 (permalink)
Alright thanks. Any suggestions for a testing benchmark?

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Re: 780 Ti SC overlocking.. 2018/02/27 11:56:19 (permalink)
You can run the usual benchmarks like TimeSpy, Heaven, Valley, etc to get an idea of what may be stable.  Gaming will stress the GPU the most if it's a newer game and graphically demanding with no caps on the refresh frame rates...
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Re: 780 Ti SC overlocking.. 2018/02/27 12:42:51 (permalink)
If you're having trouble running newer game titles it would be best to upgrade your video card. Overclocking will only help a little bit.
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Re: 780 Ti SC overlocking.. 2018/02/27 19:01:03 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby phem0r 2018/03/03 18:16:16
A couple more recommendations (I have a GTX 770 SC that I'm trying to squeeze a little more life out of it till I go buy a 1080 Ti).
 
1) Benchmark first w/o overclock, so you know what gains you may be able to get out of OC settings.  I would do both Valley and Heaven, for your 780 Ti.  
 
2) Then before you begin tweaking core clock or memory, recommend you de-linking power & temp target, max the power target, max the temp target, and set priority to temp target.  This will help you to be able to access and explore what power and thermal overhead/limit your card may have.
 
3) Also, up the voltage target to max.  This will allow you to explore the voltage overhead/limit you have.
 
4) Since you're going for performance, set an aggressive fan profile so the fans get ahead of the heat to keep your from hitting thermal limit early (and throttling back power/voltage).
 
5) Now you can start testing GPU clock offset +13 at a time and benchmark till you find the stability limit (locks up, artifacts, etc.).  Then back down last stable GPU offset.
 
6) Then you can start playing with Mem clock offset +50 at a time ... follow the same pattern.  Press till you hit stability limit, then back off.
 
7) Once you've settled, then tweak max voltage (down) till to ensure you have adequate voltage for stability but balance out hitting voltage limit.
 
Some trial & error, testing, and benchmarking, and there you go.  How much your card will OC will depend upon the card (e.g. the "silicon lottery" of your GPU).  Worth noting that your card already comes with factory overclock built in, so you're tweaking to try to get a little extra on top if it's available.
 
Every card is different, but I've been able to squeeze an extra 2-5% FPS, depending upon the benchmark or game.  Only able to get +26 GPU offset (for 1267MHz stable), +350 mem offset (for 3855MHz stable), since the stock OC was already at 1228 MHz stable (from 1111MHz base).
 
Good luck!
post edited by thunder-93 - 2018/02/27 19:03:12

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