Overclock.net › Forums › Graphics Cards › AMD/ATI › Overclocking my 7970?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Overclocking my 7970? - Page 3

post #21 of 40
7/16/12 at 9:14pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by onthemour View Post

That was bad advice sorry. Slowly increase your volts. Never crank them up like I said earlier
I am currently at 1700 core and 1685 mem. I keep my volts at 1.25 as it just feels smoother.I have to lower my oc due to summer temp in my office is high

Why in the world is it so high? Yeah how are you keeping your card cooled? Also honestly I am a complete amateur at overclocking so more of a thorough explanation would be nice. What should i clock it at? I know that when they tested the card it achieved over 2k clocks.

As far as trixx goes I'll load a profile and it seems to instantly clock to that speed....is that bad?
Mah Beast
(19 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Amd 8150 eight core  Asus Crosshair V formula R.O.G. edition Radeon hd 7970 gigabyte version corsair vengeance 
Hard DriveHard DriveHard DriveOptical Drive
OCZ vertex 4 ssd Seagate 1tb Hard drive OCZ agility 3 250gigs Lg dvd burner/recorder 
CoolingCoolingOSMonitor
Corsair H100 8 120mm fans Windows 8 64 bit Hp 23'' 2ms Led 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Razer Blackwidow ultimate Cosair 700 watt psu xigmatek elysium Cyborg mmo gaming mouse 
Mouse PadAudioAudio
None R.O.G. Thunderbolt audio/lan card 7.1 Razer tiamat's 7.1 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Mah Beast
(19 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Amd 8150 eight core  Asus Crosshair V formula R.O.G. edition Radeon hd 7970 gigabyte version corsair vengeance 
Hard DriveHard DriveHard DriveOptical Drive
OCZ vertex 4 ssd Seagate 1tb Hard drive OCZ agility 3 250gigs Lg dvd burner/recorder 
CoolingCoolingOSMonitor
Corsair H100 8 120mm fans Windows 8 64 bit Hp 23'' 2ms Led 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Razer Blackwidow ultimate Cosair 700 watt psu xigmatek elysium Cyborg mmo gaming mouse 
Mouse PadAudioAudio
None R.O.G. Thunderbolt audio/lan card 7.1 Razer tiamat's 7.1 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #22 of 40
7/16/12 at 9:57pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Overground View Post

Why in the world is it so high?
It was a typo. He meant 1170 MHz.
Quote:
Also honestly I am a complete amateur at overclocking so more of a thorough explanation would be nice.
What should i clock it at?
All video cards are different. This is what YOU should find out by testing your overclocks.
Quote:
I know that when they tested the card it achieved over 2k clocks.
2000? as in Megahertz? Where did you get that number from?
Quote:
As far as trixx goes I'll load a profile and it seems to instantly clock to that speed....is that bad?

Loading the profile only sets up the clock settings it doesn't cause your graphics card to run at that speed unless you're stress testing it.
Quote:
Originally Posted by onthemour View Post

typo yes lol 1170 core
How hot does your card get?. Water cooled I take it
There's an "edit" button at the bottom of your posts, so you can go fix your typos and bad advices.
Reply
Reply
post #23 of 40
7/16/12 at 10:00pm
Thread Starter 
I saw those results on a video I was watching on youtube lol of course they were using liquid nitrogen yadda yadda yadda but they did achieve a "stable" clock. How EXACTALLY do I find out what my cards capable of?
Mah Beast
(19 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Amd 8150 eight core  Asus Crosshair V formula R.O.G. edition Radeon hd 7970 gigabyte version corsair vengeance 
Hard DriveHard DriveHard DriveOptical Drive
OCZ vertex 4 ssd Seagate 1tb Hard drive OCZ agility 3 250gigs Lg dvd burner/recorder 
CoolingCoolingOSMonitor
Corsair H100 8 120mm fans Windows 8 64 bit Hp 23'' 2ms Led 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Razer Blackwidow ultimate Cosair 700 watt psu xigmatek elysium Cyborg mmo gaming mouse 
Mouse PadAudioAudio
None R.O.G. Thunderbolt audio/lan card 7.1 Razer tiamat's 7.1 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Mah Beast
(19 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Amd 8150 eight core  Asus Crosshair V formula R.O.G. edition Radeon hd 7970 gigabyte version corsair vengeance 
Hard DriveHard DriveHard DriveOptical Drive
OCZ vertex 4 ssd Seagate 1tb Hard drive OCZ agility 3 250gigs Lg dvd burner/recorder 
CoolingCoolingOSMonitor
Corsair H100 8 120mm fans Windows 8 64 bit Hp 23'' 2ms Led 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Razer Blackwidow ultimate Cosair 700 watt psu xigmatek elysium Cyborg mmo gaming mouse 
Mouse PadAudioAudio
None R.O.G. Thunderbolt audio/lan card 7.1 Razer tiamat's 7.1 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #24 of 40
7/16/12 at 10:04pm
Just so I dont have to start my own thread and since this should probably be known here anyway, what is the MAX safe Voltage for a 7970, I heard it was default mv+ 150 so mine would be 1049 default+150 1199mV max but is that correct or is that just bs? This is for air not under water or LN2.
Edited by UpgradeSolution - 7/16/12 at 10:06pm
Mostly plays league of legends (A WASTE OF POWAAAA)
(13 items)
 
MacBook Pro Late 2011 17"
(7 items)
  		 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
3930k ASrock extreme6 Sapphire Dual-X OC 7970 Gskill Ares @2133 
Hard DriveCoolingOSMonitor
Western Digital green 2TB Rasa 750 Rs 240 Win7 ultimate x64 2x Acer 1080p 21.5" monitors 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Razer Lycosa Raidmax 730W modular Rosewell Armor Razer Naga 
Other
Agility 3 120Gb x2 in raid 0 
View all
CPUGraphicsRAMHard Drive
2760qm 6770m 4gb ECC 1333 750gb 5400rpm 
Optical DriveOSMonitor
Apple super multi Mac OS X and Window 7 17" 1920x1440 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Mostly plays league of legends (A WASTE OF POWAAAA)
(13 items)
 
MacBook Pro Late 2011 17"
(7 items)
  		 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
3930k ASrock extreme6 Sapphire Dual-X OC 7970 Gskill Ares @2133 
Hard DriveCoolingOSMonitor
Western Digital green 2TB Rasa 750 Rs 240 Win7 ultimate x64 2x Acer 1080p 21.5" monitors 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Razer Lycosa Raidmax 730W modular Rosewell Armor Razer Naga 
Other
Agility 3 120Gb x2 in raid 0 
View all
CPUGraphicsRAMHard Drive
2760qm 6770m 4gb ECC 1333 750gb 5400rpm 
Optical DriveOSMonitor
Apple super multi Mac OS X and Window 7 17" 1920x1440 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #25 of 40
7/16/12 at 10:10pm
1.3v is what most ppl agree on
My System
(13 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 2600k @ 4.5ghz p67 Sabertooth Sapphire 7970 ghz flash with Accelero Extreme ... G. SKILL TridentX Series 2133ghz 
Hard DriveOSMonitorKeyboard
Corsair Force 3 120gig win7 64bit benq 27"X3 eyefinity Logitech G13 
PowerCaseMouse
Silverstone gold series 750w Corsair 650d Vengeance M60  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
My System
(13 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 2600k @ 4.5ghz p67 Sabertooth Sapphire 7970 ghz flash with Accelero Extreme ... G. SKILL TridentX Series 2133ghz 
Hard DriveOSMonitorKeyboard
Corsair Force 3 120gig win7 64bit benq 27"X3 eyefinity Logitech G13 
PowerCaseMouse
Silverstone gold series 750w Corsair 650d Vengeance M60  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #26 of 40
7/16/12 at 10:12pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by onthemour View Post

1.3v is what most ppl agree on
Thanks and what temp to keep it under?
Mostly plays league of legends (A WASTE OF POWAAAA)
(13 items)
 
MacBook Pro Late 2011 17"
(7 items)
  		 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
3930k ASrock extreme6 Sapphire Dual-X OC 7970 Gskill Ares @2133 
Hard DriveCoolingOSMonitor
Western Digital green 2TB Rasa 750 Rs 240 Win7 ultimate x64 2x Acer 1080p 21.5" monitors 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Razer Lycosa Raidmax 730W modular Rosewell Armor Razer Naga 
Other
Agility 3 120Gb x2 in raid 0 
View all
CPUGraphicsRAMHard Drive
2760qm 6770m 4gb ECC 1333 750gb 5400rpm 
Optical DriveOSMonitor
Apple super multi Mac OS X and Window 7 17" 1920x1440 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Mostly plays league of legends (A WASTE OF POWAAAA)
(13 items)
 
MacBook Pro Late 2011 17"
(7 items)
  		 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
3930k ASrock extreme6 Sapphire Dual-X OC 7970 Gskill Ares @2133 
Hard DriveCoolingOSMonitor
Western Digital green 2TB Rasa 750 Rs 240 Win7 ultimate x64 2x Acer 1080p 21.5" monitors 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Razer Lycosa Raidmax 730W modular Rosewell Armor Razer Naga 
Other
Agility 3 120Gb x2 in raid 0 
View all
CPUGraphicsRAMHard Drive
2760qm 6770m 4gb ECC 1333 750gb 5400rpm 
Optical DriveOSMonitor
Apple super multi Mac OS X and Window 7 17" 1920x1440 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #27 of 40
7/16/12 at 10:22pm
have you read any guides on video card ocing? I would look through a few before you start.

I use Afterburner
Use 12.7 beta and afterburner 2.2.1. right click properties of afterburners exe and at to the end of the target -xcl (that extends the clock limits) you will need to restart the program then restart your comp.
Then you should be able to have full control of your ocing

not sure if these are still needed but if so add them to your windows directory.
ATIDrivers.zip 381k .zip file
My System
(13 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 2600k @ 4.5ghz p67 Sabertooth Sapphire 7970 ghz flash with Accelero Extreme ... G. SKILL TridentX Series 2133ghz 
Hard DriveOSMonitorKeyboard
Corsair Force 3 120gig win7 64bit benq 27"X3 eyefinity Logitech G13 
PowerCaseMouse
Silverstone gold series 750w Corsair 650d Vengeance M60  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
My System
(13 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 2600k @ 4.5ghz p67 Sabertooth Sapphire 7970 ghz flash with Accelero Extreme ... G. SKILL TridentX Series 2133ghz 
Hard DriveOSMonitorKeyboard
Corsair Force 3 120gig win7 64bit benq 27"X3 eyefinity Logitech G13 
PowerCaseMouse
Silverstone gold series 750w Corsair 650d Vengeance M60  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #28 of 40
7/16/12 at 10:23pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by UpgradeSolution View Post

Thanks and what temp to keep it under?
For the sake of finding a stable oc i would say Absolute max 80 degree. Shoot for 75
My System
(13 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 2600k @ 4.5ghz p67 Sabertooth Sapphire 7970 ghz flash with Accelero Extreme ... G. SKILL TridentX Series 2133ghz 
Hard DriveOSMonitorKeyboard
Corsair Force 3 120gig win7 64bit benq 27"X3 eyefinity Logitech G13 
PowerCaseMouse
Silverstone gold series 750w Corsair 650d Vengeance M60  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
My System
(13 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 2600k @ 4.5ghz p67 Sabertooth Sapphire 7970 ghz flash with Accelero Extreme ... G. SKILL TridentX Series 2133ghz 
Hard DriveOSMonitorKeyboard
Corsair Force 3 120gig win7 64bit benq 27"X3 eyefinity Logitech G13 
PowerCaseMouse
Silverstone gold series 750w Corsair 650d Vengeance M60  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #29 of 40
7/16/12 at 10:39pm
Thread Starter 
=.= totally ignored....lol
Mah Beast
(19 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Amd 8150 eight core  Asus Crosshair V formula R.O.G. edition Radeon hd 7970 gigabyte version corsair vengeance 
Hard DriveHard DriveHard DriveOptical Drive
OCZ vertex 4 ssd Seagate 1tb Hard drive OCZ agility 3 250gigs Lg dvd burner/recorder 
CoolingCoolingOSMonitor
Corsair H100 8 120mm fans Windows 8 64 bit Hp 23'' 2ms Led 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Razer Blackwidow ultimate Cosair 700 watt psu xigmatek elysium Cyborg mmo gaming mouse 
Mouse PadAudioAudio
None R.O.G. Thunderbolt audio/lan card 7.1 Razer tiamat's 7.1 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Mah Beast
(19 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Amd 8150 eight core  Asus Crosshair V formula R.O.G. edition Radeon hd 7970 gigabyte version corsair vengeance 
Hard DriveHard DriveHard DriveOptical Drive
OCZ vertex 4 ssd Seagate 1tb Hard drive OCZ agility 3 250gigs Lg dvd burner/recorder 
CoolingCoolingOSMonitor
Corsair H100 8 120mm fans Windows 8 64 bit Hp 23'' 2ms Led 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Razer Blackwidow ultimate Cosair 700 watt psu xigmatek elysium Cyborg mmo gaming mouse 
Mouse PadAudioAudio
None R.O.G. Thunderbolt audio/lan card 7.1 Razer tiamat's 7.1 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #30 of 40
7/16/12 at 11:04pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Overground View Post

I saw those results on a video I was watching on youtube lol of course they were using liquid nitrogen yadda yadda yadda but they did achieve a "stable" clock. How EXACTALLY do I find out what my cards capable of?

What it may be capable of is subjective to cooling & voltage, on air you will have to OC it & find out, it will likely run into a temperature wall at some point. As you OC raising the clocks & voltage, you will raise the clocks & get artifacts or crash then add more voltage to stabilize it (watching temps of course), eventually raising the voltage will make it crash faster, that is the point it needs more cooling (cooler ambient or water, etc.) It should go farther yet with cooler temps & then hit a wall again. With a really golden card & great temps volt modding may be needed to reach the limit of what it is capable of, air & water cooled should be able to hit it's limit within the available voltage though.

So it will be capable of xxxx clocks at x.xx volts on air, should do a bit better on water, better yet with chilled water, more with dry ice & ln2 & so on. Only way to see what your particular card is capable of is to try it & see.
always changing HW
(13 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 990x x58a-OC gtx580s/gtx480s GTX2 
Hard DriveOptical DriveOSMonitor
3 x Barracuda 250GB / 2 x Corsair X32 32Gb ssd DVD Windowz samsung 2320 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Razer Lycosa silverstone 1500w carboard box Trackball 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
always changing HW
(13 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 990x x58a-OC gtx580s/gtx480s GTX2 
Hard DriveOptical DriveOSMonitor
3 x Barracuda 250GB / 2 x Corsair X32 32Gb ssd DVD Windowz samsung 2320 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Razer Lycosa silverstone 1500w carboard box Trackball 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: AMD/ATI
Overclock.net › Forums › Graphics Cards › AMD/ATI › Overclocking my 7970?