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7970 hitting a wall, where now?

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New VTX3D 7970 Ghz x-edition and I have been doing my nab OC attempts, thus far I have 1150 core anything higher and it locks up. Memory can go to 1650 but performance tapers from 1550 with only minor returns, at 1700 the bench mark nose dives around 30%. Where do I go now with this project of getting it running quicker?
 
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Add voltage using an overclocking program such as MSI Afterburner or Sapphire Trixx.
 
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