Hey guy's! Quick question ....I never seen this before, "memory voltage" in MSI Afterburner (if it already exist i didn't know
) But, I think this has something to do with my overclocking and when my games lock up. I have it safely overclock now 1040/1575 @ 1212v.
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=45987&stc=1&d=1330657676
Could somebody please explain to me how to use it and what is a good average voltage, or always leave it at stock v's?
I get an average of 100FPS in AVP benchmark, which is pretty damn good in my book. Also, the Super-Sample AA was set to 8x
Code:
AvP D3D11 Benchmark Report
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* Report Created: 2012-03-01 @ 21:53:34
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* Executable Build: V1.03, Apr 19 2010
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*DX11 Hardware Detected*
Using Default Video Settings:
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Texture Quality: 2
Shadow Quality: 3
Anisotropic Filtering: 16
SSAO: ON
Vertical Sync: OFF
DX11 Tessellation: ON
DX11 Advanced Shadows: ON
DX11 MSAA Samples: 1
Benchmark Summary:
Number of frames: 10546
Average Frame Time: 9.9ms
Average FPS: 100.5
Dude you're gonna blow your memory right off the board. lol.
(late post thread is dead but for those whom care or need MSI afterburner OC'ing advise read on)
What I suggest you do is a google search for main full reviews or your cards GPU from places like Techpowerup, anadtech, Guru3d, Vortex, Tom's hardware etc. etc... More often than not, there will be a page dedicated to reviewing the overclocking results for your card in the review. On the overclocking page they mostlikely will provide a basic step-by-step on how they achieved the overclocking results. Read it carefully and attempt to mirror their settings; HOWEVER, since you are new to it I WOULD NOT attempt to change voltages until you become more acustomed and comfortable with OC'ing and OverVolting... Most reviews will show you an overclock result setting without changing voltages and also an overVOLTING setting where they did change voltages. I would advise that you STOP at the overclocking and do not overvolt.
Here is a link to a full review of the base 7970 and a page on overclocking the 7970 from Guru3d. I recommend them because 1. they usually explain their OC'ing really well, 2. they make MSI Afterburnner on the back end and 3. their results are almost always easily repeatable by us users and accurately reflect expected OC's. Here's the link
http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-radeon-hd-7970-review/24
Here is also a more comprehensive article on how to overclock using the MSI Afterburner.
http://tomorrowsgaming.com/hardware-software/3892.htm
I didn't read it all (not gonna do all your homework for you) just google searched it so I cannot attest 100% to it's validity but at a glance it looks legit. If not, you can always google search it yourself by using "how to overclock with MSI afterburnner". I saw several pages of hits.
Also, to answer you question, does memory voltage have to be changed to obtain a higher memory clock, the answer is yes and no. No if you're just increasing within a small percentage of the stock clock but yes if you want to open it up and push it more however the harder you push it the more TPD and heat you will expierence. Also the Overdrive system in AMD CCC (catalyst) will have a limit setting to the amount you can OC core and memory. If you use AMD Overdrive a good rule of them is slide the bottom power control slider to 20% in CCC and then just overclock as normal. Here's an example of how it was done on a 7850/7870 in the overclocking section of the Guru3d review.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-radeon-hd-7850-and-7870-review/23
Also shout out to the techpowerup review on Ocing the 7850 aswell, good review showing the limits imposed by CCC Overdrive on the 7850s >
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7850_HD_7870/29.html
good luck
It's been a year since I ran it.
