I've had this card for around a month now and up until now it's done it's job. Recently, I purchased Dark Souls 3 and it is pretty demanding. I prefer to run it on medium and even then I get a pretty jumpy 40 fps. So my question is, how much and how can I get a pretty beefy over clock on this card. If someone could give me a little written tutorial or advice it would be most appreciated. Keep in mind, I know the basics of overclocking and I would prefer to use either MSI After Burner or Sapphire Trixx.
Thanks
P.S. Also, I have a very up-to-date computer and I keep it very optimized. Here are my specs:
Intel Core I3 6100 @ 3.7Ghz MSI Z170A Pro Mate Motherboard 8gb of Corsair Vengeance LTX memory @ 2666Mhz Sapphire r7 360 Nitro 2gb 750watt Corsair fuflly modular ball bearing PSU Good intake/exhaust fan airflow, 4 fans total (3Exh 1 Intake) Antec One Case Windows 10 Home
you'll just have to push it till it decides to not. Every peice of hardware is different. If you get the chance though I would get a 4 gig 370 instead.
So if you or anyone else would try as to give me a rough estimate. Doesn't have to be perfect or anything I just would like some idea on what I should expect. I've tried once already and got up 1110 and 1560 but feared going further.
And I plan on getting a sapphire r9 390 8gb eventualy
Not entirely sure how much more you can push out of this card, its already been pushed pretty far from the looks of it. If you card lets you, you might be able to get 1100 on the core clock hopefully with out any artifacting. As @FaunCB mentioned, you will have to find the GPU's limitations on your own. I won't expect much improvements besides a few frames if any. Your initial build is quite unbalanced but what has been done is done.
Hmm, if you got some great luck, you could push the memory to 1600 but memory is very reluctant to being overclocked. Mainly in terms of your decision to grab the MSI Z170A Pro instead of a more modest motherboard and in turn a stronger GPU. If you like the board and believe it was well worth the money, we will leave it at that.
I had two HD 7790s (same Bonaire core as R7 260/360) at one point and I believe I got those cards to 1100/1600mhz , but I have no idea if I made any voltage adjustments or not. Crossfire operation can also yield lower OCs, so a single card might be able to get a little higher.
I echo the sentiment that your GPU is holding you back considerably. If you're willing to go used you can probably snag a 290/290X pretty cheaply.
@_ju1es Thanks, gives me a good idea on where i'm at and believe me, I don't plan on keeping this card forever. Within a few month I intend to get the Sapphire r9 390 or maybe wait a little longer to get one of the new gen amd is coming out with soon. Either way, I intend to upgrade it; also I may get a 6600k later on too. Not for a while atleast. $$$$$$$$
As of this moment I've gotten it to 1115 and 1570 and ran it for 2 minutes on furmark maxed out. No tearing or fraying and temp hit 70C. What temperatures would be bad for cards of this area?
That is very good! Well, you are using Furmark to run the GPU and memory at 100% which is an extreme case, GPU's do not always have 100% load all of the time. Its always in small bursts such as an hour of gaming.