Great scores!

Good night everyone!

I will try to get to the point, I am really worried about my KP card.

Especially reading the results you are posting practically every day.

I still have 14 days to return the card but I hope to don’t have to do it.

I have been trying to get a Vince model for almost a decade now. Nothing would make me sadder than to have to return it or RMA it.

Under the OC BIOS my unit is not able to get anywhere near 15K points in Port Royal, best score so far 14k5XX (ranges from 14k2XX to 14k5XX).

I didn't come here to blame the card I came here for help and to learn about this card, I want to think the best of my unit.

With the fans at 100%, the power/temperature and voltage slider at maximum and a room temperature of about 22-25°C the core is totally unstable as soon as I go over +135MHz on the slider.

And for memory no more than 1350MHz.

Without using dip switches or Classified tools.

Is this normal? Should I be worried?

Here is the best run so far:
https://www.3dmark.com/pr/805171

Please it would be much appreciated if anyone could shed some light on the matter.

Thanks in advance

Best,
Nikos/Miguel

Nikos, get those ambient room temps down--25 c is going to be too warm for the KPE to clock up further.  Have fan blow on the backplate too. 
 
Also my GPU thermal paste was also sub-par and redid it myself with custom thermal pads but because I also have a normal household temperature of 25C I know that I can't hit 15k either in PR.

15,667 is probably the best I'll get with the current setup and keeping warranty intact.

• Corsair HX850
• LN2 bios
• +1600 mem clock / +150 GPU clock / 100 voltage / 121% power target
• Stripped the case and put the chassis in a window when it was 3F (-16C) outside
• Placed a box fan in the adjacent window acting as an exhaust for the 10x13 room, toweled the door, and turned the HVAC off

Cold day was key to everything. GPU was idling at 5C most of the time; saw it dip to 2C at one point.
 
My recommendation: visit Wisconsin in January, and bring your rig with you.

Hmm can't post links apparently? 
 
3dmark.com/3dm/57217312

https://www.3dmark.com/pr/807116
 
happy with the score considering the relatively low memory offset of +900.
not sure what was up with the memory as i can usually run +1,100 at ambient. will try again another day and shoot for the 16k club

Brohemia, and Dark.
 
   Great scores! and Dark, 11C average temp, WOW! wish I had a garage, or even a window in my lair..

i have 2 large windows in my room and it was very cold last night! :)
i wish i had better memory on my card
 
I'm reading that the 500w bios has higher tdp for memory overclock so i may switch to that instead and try again

emmett
Brohemia, and Dark.
 
   Great scores! and Dark, 11C average temp, WOW! wish I had a garage, or even a window in my lair..

There's always a big honkin' portable AC unit...

fragility_V1

emmett
Brohemia, and Dark.
 
   Great scores! and Dark, 11C average temp, WOW! wish I had a garage, or even a window in my lair..

There's always a big honkin' portable AC unit...

Yep! I can duct the Condenser air into adjacent room, but then AC unit shuts off cause room temp is satisfied (lowest it will go is 62F)
So to keep it running I have to remove COND duct and let warm air dump right at unit. I guess I need to open it up and cover temp sensor.
Do not want to mess with it too much so I can use it in the summer.1
( I have made a sort of 3 sided semi-box around PC to shield it from warm air as much as possible.)