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Stable overclock GTX 970 MSI Gaming

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Here is a list of stable overclock of some games and programs on the MSI GTX 970

MSI Afterburner:

Fortnite: Core clock at 160, Memory clock 350, Core voltage +87, Power limit 110% and temp limit 91

Minecraft Java (Without shaders): Core clock at 160, memory clock at 360, Core voltage at +87, power limit 110% and temp limit 91

Cyberpunk 2077: Core clock at 150, Memory clock +400, Core voltage at +87, Power limit 110% and temp limit 88

Minecraft Java (With shaders): Core clock at 160, Memory clock 400, Core voltage +87, Power limit 110% and Temp limit 91

GPU-Z Render Test: Core clock at 250, Memory clock at 500, Core voltage at +87, Power limit 110% and Temp limit 91
(In the GPU Z with those configurations it reaches 1604 MHz of Core clock and 4001 MHz of Memory clock)

GTA V: Core clock at 160, Memory clock at 500, core voltage +97, Power limit 110% and Temp limit 91

Warning:

If you put more than the core clock that I put in these games on the list, they crash
 
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I owned four different of these cards. They were all different....
 
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System Name IansGGXd PC
Processor Xeon E5 2620 ( I'll upgrade to an Xeon E5-2650 V2)
Motherboard Machinist X79 LGA 2011
Cooling ID-COOLING SE-234-ARGB CPU Cooler
Memory I don't remember the model, but it is 32GB 1866 MHz (two 16GB sticks)
Video Card(s) GTX 970 MSI GAMING 4G (I probably upgrade to an RTX 2060 or GTX 1660)
Storage 1TB SSD
Display(s) DELL P2417H and another whose name is very long
Case REDRAGON
Power Supply EVGA 550W 80 PLUS BRONCE
Software WINDOWS10 PRO SH20 64 BITS
No, it is only a list for people who do not want to go testing, I did it to facilitate those who have this graphic card
 
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Cooling Custom WC XSPC RX480, Laing DDC, XSPC Laing DDC Top V3 and EK Velocity/NH15/NH-U12S SE
Memory 32 GB Viper 3600/14 /16 GB Trident Z F4-4000C18D-16GTZSW 3600 /32 GB G Skill Flare CL14 3400
Video Card(s) 2070 Super X MSI/GTX 970 MSI/ GTX 970 MSI
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Display(s) Dell UltraSharp U2518D/2408WFP
Case Corsair 800D / Lian test bench/NZXT 500
Power Supply AX 850 Titanium/AX 860i/AX 760
Software Dual boot/Win 10 / Linux / Win 10+Linux
No, it is only a list for people who do not want to go testing, I did it to facilitate those who have this graphic card
And as I wrote, I had four “identical” 970 MSIs and they had different BIOS and different behavior. But at least you learned how your card has to be tuned.
 

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Every single GPU will clock different. You made a guide for YOUR card and no one else's.
 
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