MSI GTX780 Gaming Edition Overclocking Troubles.

[m6tzg6r]

I have an MSI GTX780 gaming edition card. And it seems MSI have kinda done a new dodgy thing in regards to the overclocking. By default the card runs at 901mhz. Now before you could just OC with Afterburner, but now you gotta install an additional little app to allow overclocking. If i slide the core offset it does nothing without the app.

With the app you can select between a silent preset and a gaming preset and OC preset. On gaming preset it clocks up to 1045mhz, but the clock doesn't clock down when you are not gaming, it stays up all the time. OC preset does the same thing as gaming but clocks up to 1097mhz, but it then takes control of the fan speed and ramps up the fan speed automatically.
So i stay on gaming mode, and added +52 to the core to run 1097mhz. And on gaming preset the fan speed doesn't budge, so it stays locked to 40% as i want it to.
While on silent mode it allows the clock to clock down when not gaming. Which is good, but if you play a game on the silent profile you are limited to that default 901mhz core speed.

I don't wanna switch profiles all the time between silent and gaming, so i leave it on gaming, so the core is at 1097mhz all the time. Which causes a higher temp due to always having the clock up.

Meanwhile my CPU runs at 4.2ghz all the time, so i guess now the GPU clock will have to stay maxed as well.

 

[the54thvoid]

Surely you can just use vanilla MSI afterburner? Are you on the current AB release (version 14)?

And don't install the MSI OC app. And in case you used the drivers that came with the card, make sure you are on vanilla Nvidia drivers too.

Doesn't sound right that the card is bios locked to strict profiles.

 

[m6tzg6r]

I got the nvidia driver from the geforce website.
And afterburner version 3.0.0 beta 14 from the afterburner website.

All i used from the included cd was the msi app. But i only installed the app once i saw afterburner wasn't overclocking and i was stuck at 901mhz.

Also i see no gpu boost in action at all, it just sits at 1 clock speed and never adds any extra mhz where appropriate.

 

[the54thvoid]

I'd uninstall the MSI OC app. If that doesn't work, uninstall and do a clean driver install. It wouldn't hurt to re-install AB too.

In the absence of the MSI OC tool and with fresh drivers, if the issue is still there it's linked to the cards BIOS, in which case - you're stuck with it unless you flash it.

EDIT: Guru3D cover it quite well. Card should work as standard without the Gaming app. http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_geforce_gtx_780_gaming_review,27.html

 

[m6tzg6r]

Okay i re installed the nvidia driver, and afterburner, and removed the msi app.

Now in game with vsync on at 60fps, i run 901mhz, sometimes dropping down to 600ish mhz and other values up to 901mhz. So gpu boost is in effect.

Once i disabled vsync and my frame rate went to 200fps, my core clock hit 1045mhz.
So i added +52 to the core and then back in game with vsync off it hit 1097mhz.
I put core to +100 and once back in game it hit 1137mhz.

And all of that was without the msi app. Just afterburner.

So i assume i only get 901mhz because i have vsync on, and the card deems 901mhz enough to maintain 60fps. But if i disable vsync, or perhaps run a more demanding game, then gpu boost will boost up to 1137mhz thanks to the +100 on the core.

And now as i am idle in windows, the clock is 324mhz and the temp is 30C

 

[RCoon]

Okay i re installed the nvidia driver, and afterburner, and removed the msi app.

Now in game with vsync on at 60fps, i run 901mhz, sometimes dropping down to 600ish mhz and other values up to 901mhz. So gpu boost is in effect.

Once i disabled vsync and my frame rate went to 200fps, my core clock hit 1045mhz.
So i added +52 to the core and then back in game with vsync off it hit 1097mhz.
I put core to +100 and once back in game it hit 1137mhz.

And all of that was without the msi app. Just afterburner.

So i assume i only get 901mhz because i have vsync on, and the card deems 901mhz enough to maintain 60fps. But if i disable vsync, or perhaps run a more demanding game, then gpu boost will boost up to 1137mhz thanks to the +100 on the core.

And now as i am idle in windows, the clock is 324mhz and the temp is 30C

Ummm, this is how things worked since forever
If I turn vsync on my GPU will downclock when it doesnt need full power, vsync off will run maximum 1200mhz boost.

 

[m6tzg6r]

Ya i know vsync on will run the card slower, but i remember on my gtx680 or whatever the clock would boost up to 1100-1200 on its own. But seeing this gtx780 was only doing 901mhz out of the box, i got confused and thought the new msi app was fooling around.

EDIT : I was playing some Rise Of The Triad, and my clock got up to 1137 with vsync on. Good Good. Maybe i will run unigine and see if i can get 1200mhz.

2ND EDIT : I have reached 1202mhz core. Running unigine, all stable so far. Lets hope it stays stable.

 

[pabloottawa]

I have an MSI GTX780 gaming edition card. And it seems MSI have kinda done a new dodgy thing in regards to the overclocking. By default the card runs at 901mhz. Now before you could just OC with Afterburner, but now you gotta install an additional little app to allow overclocking. If i slide the core offset it does nothing without the app.

With the app you can select between a silent preset and a gaming preset and OC preset. On gaming preset it clocks up to 1045mhz, but the clock doesn't clock down when you are not gaming, it stays up all the time. OC preset does the same thing as gaming but clocks up to 1097mhz, but it then takes control of the fan speed and ramps up the fan speed automatically.
So i stay on gaming mode, and added +52 to the core to run 1097mhz. And on gaming preset the fan speed doesn't budge, so it stays locked to 40% as i want it to.
While on silent mode it allows the clock to clock down when not gaming. Which is good, but if you play a game on the silent profile you are limited to that default 901mhz core speed.

I don't wanna switch profiles all the time between silent and gaming, so i leave it on gaming, so the core is at 1097mhz all the time. Which causes a higher temp due to always having the clock up.

Meanwhile my CPU runs at 4.2ghz all the time, so i guess now the GPU clock will have to stay maxed as well.

I hate saying this because it really doesn't help you but..... Don't overclock your GPU. It's a HUGE headache and not worth the nanoseconds of increase in performance. Sorry for not contributing but I tried this with my cards, ran into a bunch of issues off the start and went back to factory clock speeds and they work better than ever!!!! It's really not worth it.


Now your CPU is a totally different story!!!