(also dont overclock if you dont know what your doing)
also Shaders just bring any rig to its knees they make an already poorly optimised game beyond horrible (also recording program is probably limiting FPS to 30 because most video sharing sites only display 30 if not use Fraps and limit it)
I'm not exactly keen on getting any new software, I'm currently downloading Dead Island and Amnesia off Steam (And I live in Australia, so the average connection speed is around 140kb/s).
I found a site that explains it a bit, if you look at the Overclocking withour Voltage Tweaking section, can you let me know if it will be generally safe?
EVERY GPU is different (not to mention yours is probably idle) you wont get the same results they did at the same voltages if you are certain anout on overclocking as I added to the previous
Get Furmark, GPU Z and MSI afterburner you must and I mean must have the 1st 2 but you really should use afterburner
Avoid changing the voltages until you absolutely have to its easy to get it wrong and fry the card
Monitor tempratures during the stress test if they start to get too high down clock it or you will damage the card with heat
Overclocking is never ''Safe'' but if done carefully it wont kill your card be careful and try to avoid messing with the voltages too much and you wil be fine
Ok, I guess I should listen to you, as I'm the one asking for help. But just quickly, how can I tell if my card is idle? And also, I'm fairly sure it isn't capped. I set the FPS to cap at 99 on Camtasia (It only allows double digits). Here is a video of my card, anyway. Excuse the crappy quality, and I accidentally disabled the debug menu really early on. But as you can see, if you look at the frame rates, it does go up to 39FPS.
Why would you want to OC a 7970 that's already factory overclocked?
A 7970 is overkill to begin with, even on 3 or 5 monitor setups...
As others have said, your GPU is probably idling. I ran shaders with a 256 pack on a heavily modded minecraft on a MSI 7950 at stock clocking and easily got 60-80 fps. I limited it to 45 using Optifine though.
Why would you want to OC a 7970 that's already factory overclocked?
A 7970 is overkill to begin with, even on 3 or 5 monitor setups...
As others have said, your GPU is probably idling. I ran shaders with a 256 pack on a heavily modded minecraft on a MSI 7950 at stock clocking and easily got 60-80 fps. I limited it to 45 using Optifine though.
I can only think of 1 off the top of my head (MSI Afterburner) but many programs can monitor your GPU usage on idle its using very little resources and isnt being used to its full potential minecraft not being particularly intensive leaves most high end GPUs on idle
you really dont need more than 30 FPS while recording it will only display 30 so its not a problem again you could always try Fraps
Yes, but do either of you know how I can stop my card from idling?
If you're asking us how to overclock, don't overclock. 1GHz doesn't give you much headroom anyway, you'd probably only squeeze 50-100MHz out of it afterwards.
If you really want to, get the MSI Afterburner/Kombustor suite. Use Kombustor (or Furmark if you're into that) to test your card for fragments, then play a really graphically intense game on ultra for an hour if Kombustor comes back stable. Sometimes, if it's stable on Furmark, it'll crash right away in a game.
Once you've got a clock speed that doesn't crash on either, leave Kombustor (or Furmark) up for ~24 hours and do some kind of 8 hour marathon gaming sesh just to make super duper sure.
And for the love of god keep temps below 70-80C
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If you're asking us how to overclock, don't overclock. 1GHz doesn't give you much headroom anyway, you'd probably only squeeze 50-100MHz out of it afterwards.
If you really want to, get the MSI Afterburner/Kombustor suite. Use Kombustor (or Furmark if you're into that) to test your card for fragments, then play a really graphically intense game on ultra for an hour if Kombustor comes back stable. Sometimes, if it's stable on Furmark, it'll crash right away in a game.
Once you've got a clock speed that doesn't crash on either, leave Kombustor (or Furmark) up for ~24 hours and do some kind of 8 hour marathon gaming sesh just to make super duper sure.
And for the love of god keep temps below 70-80C
Ok, I've changed my mind on overclocking, because I'm so new to all this. But do you know how to stop my card from idling? because I think that is the problem.
Ok, I've changed my mind on overclocking, because I'm so new to all this. But do you know how to stop my card from idling? because I think that is the problem.
Problem? It's not a problem. The graphics card isn't going to push itself until it NEEDS to.
Now, all I want is for someone to tell me how I can find out if my card is idling, and if it is, how to stop it from idling.
I found a site that explains it a bit, if you look at the Overclocking withour Voltage Tweaking section, can you let me know if it will be generally safe?
Here is it
A 7970 is overkill to begin with, even on 3 or 5 monitor setups...
As others have said, your GPU is probably idling. I ran shaders with a 256 pack on a heavily modded minecraft on a MSI 7950 at stock clocking and easily got 60-80 fps. I limited it to 45 using Optifine though.
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Yes, but do either of you know how I can stop my card from idling?
If you really want to, get the MSI Afterburner/Kombustor suite. Use Kombustor (or Furmark if you're into that) to test your card for fragments, then play a really graphically intense game on ultra for an hour if Kombustor comes back stable. Sometimes, if it's stable on Furmark, it'll crash right away in a game.
Once you've got a clock speed that doesn't crash on either, leave Kombustor (or Furmark) up for ~24 hours and do some kind of 8 hour marathon gaming sesh just to make super duper sure.
And for the love of god keep temps below 70-80C
It surprises me how many people on this forum can't read benchmarks.
Problem? It's not a problem. The graphics card isn't going to push itself until it NEEDS to.
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