Gigabyte 7950 Windforce Overclock Question

[bryter_layter]

I had a a lot of overclocking problems the past few days (the card ignored everything and was stuck at 900/1250) but I just found out that they were driver related. I rolled back to AMD drivers 16.7.2 and the card now works well. Two questions:

1) I tried 1100/1400, and 1150/1500, both worked fine, with of course better performance of the second one.
The card goes to 1,25 v anyway and I'm not willing to touch voltage. Temperatures are the same (65° when gaming). Is it still safer for some reason to use the lower clocks combination or is it the same?
I used AMD Overdrive and upped the power consumption limit of +20% in both scenarios.

2) Has someone with this card found a way to use the new drivers without being stuck at 900/1250?

Thanks in advance.

Specs:
OS: Windows 10 x64
Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Pro 4
CPU: i7 3770
GPU: Gigabyte Windforce 7950 GV-R795WF3-3GD
PSU: TX650M
16 GB Ram ddr3
Good Ventilation, 4 fans + CPU cooler.

 

[Ebo]

First of all, rolling back to an older driver that works for you is just fine.

If your temps on the card is satisfying, all is okay.

Newer drivers dosent fully support the "older" version of the core.

In your case I would stick with the driver that you have found.

 

[bryter_layter]

Thanks for your answer! I'm sticking to these drivers, that's for sure.
So if the temperatures are the same the only reason to choose the lower clock profiles is power consumption? In terms of "harming the gpu" it's the same?
Or since the voltage is 1,25 anyway even the power consumption is the same?

I'm very new at this!

 

[Ebo]

Any GPU(read as newer) can run at very high temps, some over 100 degrees celcius before taking damage.

 

[bryter_layter]

Yes I knew this, I was just wondering if the temperatures are almost the same and good (max 67°), since the card is @1,25v anyway I should just go with higher combination 1150/1500 if a game benefits from it. I guess I should