johnksss
Cadillac94pimpin
@John- What is a good way to test silicon quality? Is it by lowering the voltage or the load and seeing how high the clocks can go? I have not been able to get to 2200 MHZ, but I got close. I only spent a couple hours benching and it was basically run after run and heat soak was setting in. My starting temps kept getting higher and higher. Sort of like a supercharger when running on the track lol IA2's get hot. I think I was at 2175 or 2190 but my starting temps just kept creeping up. Got some cold air coming this weekend to SFLA and I want to be ready.
Lock the voltage at 1.1V using Classified tool. No other changes need to be made. Then just start about 150 on core and max slider for voltage and power and see if you can complete the bench. If you do, then move to next bin (165) Keep doing this till you crash. Then do the same for memory(Start at about 1200 and move in 50 or 100 blocks). After all that, then introduce some form of cold air on your radiator. To see if you pick up a bin or two.
It also isn't just about the gpu it's about the os and drivers and a whole host of other things as well, so keep that in mind.
Thanks! I have not touched PX1 as I wanted to wait for them to address the firmware bricking issue. I have been using AB for years now anyway but I noticed that the voltage slider is greyed out. I guess I need a newer Beta version that is floating around here.
I will give those things a shot. I was able to get +160 on core without any voltage adjustments in classified or dipswitch changes and no voltage slider, but that was the best I could do. It would crash at anything over that at the start of the run. Cold air is coming this weekend, but not that cold.. and I can't easily get that air to the radiator but I will try. I was able to get a higher offset on core and mem after tweaking the voltages in classified.
As far as the OS, I'm using a bloated OS with tons and tons of software on it lol, driver is the latest hotfix, my ram is only 3200 MHZ and my CPU is not overclocked. I know all these things are probably seriously holding me back. I will work on all that soon and get back to it.
Thanks for your help!