[honam1021]

I am trying to OC my 680(MSI reference) for better Valley Benchmark results, but the screen went black for a few seconds followed by a crash when I get video output again after running the benchmark for a minute or so.
Here's my settings in afterburner:

Sorry 4 bad english

 

[Bloodys]

Pritty much sounds like failing overclock ....or mybe somthing wrong with valley benchmark .....try runing furmark stress test for gpu and see if you still get black screen.

 

[honam1021]

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Originally Posted by Bloodys

Pritty much sounds like failing overclock ....or mybe somthing wrong with valley benchmark .....try runing furmark stress test for gpu and see if you still get black screen.

In furmark the clock speed seems to be capped between 966-1005 mhz, it never reach my clock settings mentioned in my 1st post and no black screen issues

I never OC'd a high end card before and I don't know why the clock speed is capped

 

[honam1021]

One more question, do I need overvolting to make it stable?

 

[Powermonkey500]

Max out your power limit first.

 

[honam1021]

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Originally Posted by Powermonkey500

Max out your power limit first.

Can the stock cooler handle it?I don't want to cook my 680 since it's my first $300+ gpu in my life

 

[Powermonkey500]

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Originally Posted by honam1021

Can the stock cooler handle it?I don't want to cook my 680 since it's my first $300+ gpu in my life

It should be fine, just monitor the temps. It may get a little toastier but it won't skyrocket and catch on fire - just keep an eye on it

 

[honam1021]

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Originally Posted by Powermonkey500

It should be fine, just monitor the temps. It may get a little toastier but it won't skyrocket and catch on fire - just keep an eye on it

Do I also have to set the fan speed at 100%?

 

[Powermonkey500]

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Originally Posted by honam1021

Do I also have to set the fan speed at 100%?

Depends on your temps, I can't stand that amount of fan noise but that's just me.

 

[pappous_soulis]

This sounds like a driver crash which means your core clock is unstable. Up the voltage and try again. If it still fails you have to lower the core clock as you've reached your OC limit.

I don't think the power target has anything to do with it since all it does is clock throttling, not causing instabilities.

 

[NeoandGeo]

Raise your power limit to 130% (I have had weird issues when maxing it to 132%) Then see if that core clock is stable.

 

[honam1021]

I increased to power limit to 130%, I still have crashing issues

 

[digiadventures]

Well its obvious your card cant cant +115Mhz lower your overclock until its stable

 

[honam1021]

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Originally Posted by digiadventures

Well its obvious your card cant cant +115Mhz lower your overclock until its stable

If I bump the core voltage to max, is there a chance that the OC will become stable

 

[digiadventures]

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Originally Posted by honam1021

If I bump the core voltage to max, is there a chance that the OC will become stable

No it will not without modifying the bios

 

[honam1021]

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Originally Posted by digiadventures

No it will not without modifying the bios

The stock bios allows you to increase the voltage up to 100 mv, while some custom bios allow you to add more