Asus also clocks the product a little faster then reference. The strix gtx 980 and strix gtx 970 come with gpu tweak, an exclusive asus tool that enables users to squeeze the very best performance from their graphics card. Overclocking the gtx 970, lets make sure were all making the best of what weve got. Hi, which one do you recommend for same price gigabytes gtx 970 g1 or amd r9 390 card msi, sapphire. The worlds most recognized and widely used graphics card overclocking. Gigabyte also comes with aorus graphics engine software for its highend aorus graphics cards. Award for geforce gtx 970 gaming 4g graphics card the. The geforce gtx 970 is the other big graphics card launch of the day, apart from the highend geforce gtx 980. Overclocking the gigabyte gtx 970 g1 updated 121614.
Gtx 970, gtx 980, gtx 980 ti, gtx titan, radeon rx 460, rx 470, rx. Software, programming and coding consumer electronics. Asus announces strix gtx 980 and strix gtx 970 graphics. With that in mind, i purchased a build from cp including a reference gtx 970 and i overclocked it from stock to this particular piece of silicons maximum stable overclock. But anyway i have a small case with a reference 970 with reference cooler. Hi everyone, so for a long time i didnt bother trying to overclock my 970, as i figured the factory oc of the ssc would be enough. There is no safe overclock, you always take a risk when doing an overclock. Amd ryzen master utility for overclocking control amd. No matter what degree of overclock i attempt on the memory, it reverts to 0 when i click the apply button. One of the best tools for overclocking nvidia and amd videocards is our. Especially considering the 970 i recieves had some of the worst coil whine ive ever heard on a video card. Giving you a free performance boost for a smooth ingame experience thanks to higher fps.
Gigabyte software is put together in a half baked mess, heck even. It provides detailed overview of your hardware and comes with some. Maximum overclock of our sample is 15 mhz gpu base clock % overclock and 2010 mhz memory 15% overclock. Its very stable right now and i think i will keep it this way. Gtx 970 overclocking you are obviously advised to use msis afterburner, but they all work. Support for geforce gtx 970 gaming 4g graphics card. In order to be able to post messages on the an overclocking community forums, you must first register. Does anyone have a basic copy and paste guide on how to overclock an msi gtx 970. Gigabyte geforce gtx 970 overclocked gddr5 pcie video graphics card, 4gb. If youd need a new motherboard anyway, an i5 would be a better choice for roughly the same money. A product that has been overhauled in terms of pcb and cooling. Its just the typical common overclocking numbers for the gtx 970 so i just went with it.
While it was clear early on in our testing that the geforce gtx 980 would be the new singlegpu champion, even after finishing testing of nvidias new flagship we werent sure. Its been a crazy two weeks, but i finally finished editing the overclocking video for the gigabyte gtx 970 g1. Next to the flagship product we also test the more budget gigabyte geforce gtx 970 g1 soc gaming graphics card. Raise the power limit to 110% which is likely a maximum. Manufacturerspecific overclocking software exists, but most veteran pc. It isnt a matter of setting the voltage up 2%, but upping it to what i remember as a a recommended limit of 20 mv. For example, my card, an nvidia geforce gtx 970, has a rather famous memory issue that makes the last halfgig of video ram perform much poorer than the other 3.
Using gpu tweak 2 i set power limit to 110, gpu boost clock to 79. Considering the fact that amd s 300 series gpus are not expected to be unveiled for another couple of months, the company has got to be thanking its lucky stars that an. The integrated gpu in the amd ryzen with radeon vega graphics processor can also be overclocked for even higher gaming performance when overclocking cores and memory. Will a amd fx8370 bottleneck my superclocked gtx 970. Did you know that in addition to award winning hardware, evga also has award winning software. Go to settings and allow you to unlock voltage control and monitoring. Although i have never overclocked a gpu, so i am unsure of what to look out for. Any number that doesnt make the card overheat and still stable. Using this graphics card overclocking tool you can overclock both your gpu and memory very easily. Test in demanding games after youve finished and dial back if.
I have the same card msi gtx 970 twin frozr 5, intel core i54690k, and corsair h100i cpu cooler. Nov 01, 2014 its been a crazy two weeks, but i finally finished editing the overclocking video for the gigabyte gtx 970 g1. Evga precision x is truly one of the best overclocking software for nvidia geforce graphics cards. For the fun of it i decided id try to oc a little more manually. Today i will show you how to overclock your gtx 970 with voltage tweaks to get higher clocks. How to overclock your graphics card for better gaming performance. Hey guys, apologies if this has already been asked i did search but didnt find anything useful but im just wondering about the best way to safely overclock the gtx970m i. Hothardware takes a detailed look at a trio of maxwellbased geforce gtx 980 and 970 cards from msi, evga and zotac. The gtx 970s have way to many issues regarding priceperformance ratio.
For gtx 980 overclocking, ill be making use of nvidias reference card, whereas for the gtx 970, asus strix will fill the role. These tools are known as graphics card overclocking software or tools. Its not up to 4k gaming, but for anything less than. The gtx 980 is also rumored to overclock well, so gamers who want the absolute best performance will still find it there but the overclockability of the gtx 970 means that the top tier of. Bear in mind, every card is different and your results may be better or worse depending on the infamous silicon lottery.
Msi afterburner comes with a selection of different skins that dynamically change how the program looks and whats being displayed. I mentioned in my look at asus strix the other day that ultimately, i think the gtx 970 impresses me more than the gtx 980 at least from a bangforthebuck perspective, and as it happens, that carried straight on through to overclocking. Nvidia cards are cooler, better oc when ati cards got more vram and little faster but futureproof for more vram demanding games. The nvidia gtx 970 is a game changer in terms of performance per watt and value for money. Above is the xtreme gaming, gigabytes premium version of the gtx 970. Thanks for checking out my overclock guide for the amd fx 6300. Its factoryoverclocked and wellequipped for pushing even higher. Strix first showed up on two asus graphics cards sporting the amd r9 280 and the nvidia gtx 780 gpus. Jan 24, 2020 here are the best graphics card overclocking softwares that are available for free to download and use.
Aug 05, 2017 i got the parameters and variables confused with gtx 1070 ocing. Msi afterburner seems to be recommended for ocing these cards. After several hours of researching, i ended up overclock mine like this. When paired with an nvidia turing graphics card, the new evga precision x1 will unleash its full potential with a built in overclock scanner, adjustable frequency curve and rgb led control.
The latest version of msi afterburner features oc scanner for rtx 20 series graphics cards. A guide to overclocking your amd or nvidia graphics card, covering. Amd s r9s were very good and nvidia knew they had to price aggressively. Interestingly, while the massive overclock on the gtx 970 added 23w to the load draw, the somewhat modest overclock on the gtx 980 added 35w. Both cards will be interesting to look at from the overclocking perspective, but as the gtx 970 comes equipped with an impressive overclock already, it might prove to be the more interesting of the two. My results are, i think a very modest oc, however i am not familiar with gpu overclocking mainly cpu overclocks id just like to know if this is a safe oc, even if its small. The gtx 970, much like its predecessors, the gtx 770 and gtx 670, is destined to be an underrated card. Full support for geforce rtx graphics cards and geforce gtx 10series. With a brand new layout, completely new codebase, new features and more, the new evga precision x1 software is faster, easier and better than ever. Overclock gtx 980 strix i need some help to know if my gpu is with too much voltage with my oc because its set to auto. The strix gtx 970 is designed to use a single 8pin power connecter for clean and easy cable management. Overclocking the gtx 970, lets make sure were all making. Windforce cooling, rgb lighting, pcb protection, and vr friendly features for the best gaming and vr experience. Dec 31, 2014 now that i have owned my msi gtx 970 gaming 4g for over a month, i am thinking of overclocking it.
Gtx 970 from stock to overclocked cyberpowerpc forum. Realtime wattage monitoring on supported evga graphics cards. We run the specs and performance numbers to see if old can beat new. Nvidias reference gtx 970 is specd at 1,050mhz core and 7,000mhz memory. Im currently using msi afterburner to do a very small overclock but it would be nice to push it a little harder. Using afterburner and the gaming app, i was able to successfully overclock all of the settings except one. Sep 17, 2016 amd radeon rx 480 vs nvidia geforce gtx 970. Accurate hardware status updates are vital, so amd ryzen. Top graphics card overclocking softwares for nvidia geforce and amd. Safe oc for msi gtx 970 gaming nvidia geforce forums. You need to do some web searches to get a shortcut to a stable overclock. Oc scanner is an automated function that will find the highest stable overclock settings for your card.
This affordable model comes with the new twinfrozr v cooler. The slider is divided into increments of millivolts. Amds later durons were again excellent in this regard a duron 600 could often hit 1ghz and, with a bit of pencil voltage modding, could run. The product does not vary much from that 980 other then a chunk of performance.
Realtime monitoring and control with gpu tweak software. I bought a gtx 970 gaming 4g card last week and have run into a small overclocking problem. In order to be able to post messages on the overclock. Amd ryzen master official overclocking guide software amd fx official performance tuning guide amd guide bulldozer and piledriver amd. Gpu clock, memory clock, voltage, and custom fan controlfan curve. Boost is already factored into our resulting clocks for amd cards because of the way their technology works. You can only go as high as the voltage will let you, nvidia has the voltage locked. Today, were going to drop it down a notch and have a look at our first gtx 970. Aug 18, 2015 hi, which one do you recommend for same price gigabytes gtx 970 g1 or amd r9 390 card msi, sapphire. Tune up your favorite game, rename the profile and you can easily return to the optimized setting. Now that i have owned my msi gtx 970 gaming 4g for over a month, i am thinking of overclocking it. The factory overclock evga applied to the gtx 970 ftw is one of the. Support for geforce gtx 970 gaming 4g graphics card the.
Here are the best graphics card overclocking softwares that are available for free to download and use. Test in demanding games after youve finished and dial back if you encounter any problems. The gtx 970 is based on nvidias groundbreaking maxwell architecture which delivers considerable clock for clock performance gains over kepler, its predecessor. I know the gtx 970 is dx12 compatible but its not capable of the full dx12 feature set. I find it hard to believe only 2 titans can run gta5 on max. Sep 23, 2014 the gtx 980 is also rumored to overclock well, so gamers who want the absolute best performance will still find it there but the overclockability of the gtx 970 means that the top tier of. Nvidia nvidia drivers and overclocking software extract and. This new version of precision is built for the latest nvidia graphics cards and combines the best of evga precision and evga oc scanner to give you never. Extract and flash gtx 970 and 980 firmware zosons h2o and air.
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