NVidia 2070 Super Overclock?

[Wolf359]

Right now I am running an i7 9th gen 4.6 Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2070 super 8GB overclocked to 2080 numbers, monitor is Dell S3220DGF running at set 164 fps. I STILL get flickers and slight hiccups. Is it work it to overclock? I will get screen shots of both nvidia settings and dcs settings as soon as I get home.

 

I make sure to delete shader cache after every setting change.

[Svsmokey]

I see you're running TrackIr . Conventional thought is that TiR should run at multiples of 60hz refresh to avoid micro-stuttering . So running at 120 hz should eliminate TiR microstuttering AND give you some headroom to possibly eliminate "flickers and slight hiccups" . 

[Burt]

Hey Wolf, looks like what have almost the same rig. I honestly don’t get any of the flickering you are mentioning. I’m running a 240hz monitor “Alienware”. So I would try what Svsmokey is saying or maybe try another disport cable. As far as overclocking with just the AWCC I did a gpu overclock in there with the core clock @ 100 and the Memory Clock @ 350 and while in game the gpu runs @ 1920ish MHZ and I could tell a bit of difference in smoothness and actually graphics too, very crisp!. I run my R9 @ high performance mode which locks me down @4.6-4.7 ghz. I’m really not to experience with overclocking so I think this is a mild one for me and I hope safe which it seems to be. 

And I definitely using msi afterburner for my gpu fan and temps... it’s a most ! I don’t use auto or any fan curves I just set to 55% and click apply. 
 

but yeah try what svsmokey is saying and/or try another high performance display cord. 

Edited February 9, 2021 by Burt

[Wolf359]

38 minutes ago, Burt said:

Hey Wolf, looks like what have almost the same rig. I honestly don’t get any of the flickering you are mentioning. I’m running a 240hz monitor “Alienware”. So I would try what Svsmokey is saying or maybe try another disport cable. As far as overclocking with just the AWCC I did a gpu overclock in there with the core clock @ 100 and the Memory Clock @ 350 and while in game the gpu runs @ 1920ish MHZ and I could tell a bit of difference in smoothness and actually graphics too, very crisp!. I run my R9 @ high performance mode which locks me down @4.6-4.7 ghz. I’m really not to experience with overclocking so I think this is a mild one for me and I hope safe which it seems to be. 

And I definitely using msi afterburner for my gpu fan and temps... it’s a most ! I don’t use auto or any fan curves I just set to 55% and click apply. 
 

but yeah try what svsmokey is saying and/or try another high performance display cord. 

 

Definitely using MSI Afterburner, Burt. Bumpd the voltage up 20, power and temp are max, core is 145, memory to 500 and fan to 60. Maybe I'm stressing it too much. I'm going to back it down to your settings and see how it runs.

[Burt]

Oh wow cool thanks for sharing that info
 

one thing I also did after watching a YouTube VR video setting  that I changed my windows power setting to high performance instead of the default at balanced.

I’m gonna see how that does as well. 
thx again!

[Burt]

Also I noticed on this R9 in AWCC the power limit only goes to 100... that kinda sucks because Im getting a voltage Limit 1 on msi graph. I don’t know if that can be changed in the bios which I’m not that experienced in any of that stuff but it would be nice to bump it up to like 110-112

Oh well other than that this machine runs DCS very well which is what I bought for. Hopefully I’ll have the balls to build my first pc soon.... maybe

[Wolf359]

13 hours ago, Burt said:

Oh wow cool thanks for sharing that info
 

one thing I also did after watching a YouTube VR video setting  that I changed my windows power setting to high performance instead of the default at balanced.

I’m gonna see how that does as well. 
thx again!

Yep, I have mine set up to high performance, too. I don't use command center to overclock the graphics card because MSI has more options.

13 hours ago, Burt said:

Oh well other than that this machine runs DCS very well which is what I bought for.

You and me, both! LOL

[Burt]

Yeah I may try msi/af to oc the card. The only reason I use AWCC is because of the test and save feature. But again I’m not that experience with over clocking and find it alittle scary haha! I’m also gonna check if the power limit can be tweak in the bios cause I would like to feed it slightly more power like maybe 110-112. 

[Wolf359]

On 2/9/2021 at 4:21 PM, Svsmokey said:

I see you're running TrackIr . Conventional thought is that TiR should run at multiples of 60hz refresh to avoid micro-stuttering . So running at 120 hz should eliminate TiR microstuttering AND give you some headroom to possibly eliminate "flickers and slight hiccups" . 

I changed my FPS to 120hz and I see an improvement. Thanks for the heads-up! I hope Natural Point comes out with a solution for the higher performance monitors.

[Bossco82]

Using MSI Afterburner and using the OC Scanner tool is a safe bet. Just dont set it to apply settings at windows startup. Then if something goes wrong everything goes back to square one at the reboot. 

Once you have used the OC scanner save it to a profile in MSI Afterburner and load it everytime you play DCS. 

 

I used a similar process for my 2080ti. I used the OC Scanner to see what was possible and then tweeked an undervolt/overclock from that. There are plenty of useful guides on Youtube to walk you through it. I think Jay2Cents does a good GPU overclocking guide that is pretty straight forward.

[Burt]

Great advice Boss ! Did msi/af get a new face lift? I have notice that when I opened up msi it said some program will not load or something like that... is there a new one...msi/af. I’m using the old one.

 

thx

[Bossco82]

I use Msi Afterburner 4.5.3 Beta 5. Its the version that can show your actual GPU memory usage not just how much is allocated. It installs with Riva Tuner statistics so you need to let it install both. 

In practise with most Nvidia 20 series GPU's I have found that whatever OC scanner results are you can usually drop the voltage and lift the clock a little.

On my 2080ti for example it showed 1950mhz @ 1.025mv I can actually do 1980mhz @ 0.950mv. It takes a little trial and error to dial it in and every card is different. There are a few Youtube videos, search "MSI Afterburner undervolt guide" I would advise not to go mad though, you dont want the card screaming as hard as it can. It could raise temps and then its only going to throttle down and drop clock speed anyway. I would see how high you can get the clock using 1.0mv, maybe 1.025. Definitely see what it can do stable using 0.975mv or even 0.950mv. It makes temps a lot cooler so therefore no throttling down.

Please remember the only golden rule with MSI Afterburner. Dont click the "Windows Icon" or enable it to apply settings on start up!!!

[Burt]

Yeah I’m using the older version. I’m gonna look in on the beta thanks Boss

[Bossco82]

No problem Burt, if you need anymore help or advise just ping me a PM. You can get the beta5 version on Techpowerup.

When you get it installed. This is only a guide, set the power limit to max, try upping the memory 100mhz at a time see what you can get stable, ie if you can fly around in DCS for an hour its probably ok. The memory might go to 200-400+ depending on the quality of your gpu. Then try to get the best clock speed you can using between 0.950-1.025mv settle on whatever suits you best.

[Burt]

Gotcha thx... would I have to uninstall the older version first before I install to beta? Or would be ok to have both?

 

Thanks 

[Burt]

I'm sorry if Im hijacking your thread I just would like to ask a question. I have been getting this message popping up when I open msi/af. it just started after a windows update. Any clue why?  Thanks 

 

 

[Treker]

Install latest beta version of Riva Tuner. That solved it for me.

 

https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/rtss-rivatuner-statistics-server-download.html

[Bossco82]

Yeah, Treker probably has got it right there. I would look in your Windows 10 apps and uninstall MSI Afternurner and Riva Tuner, if they are there!. Then go in Programs X86 and delete the MSI Afterburner and RivaTuner folder, again if they are there!. Probably not needed but better safe and all that just in case. Then run the installer for MSI Afterburner 4.6.3 Beta5, the Riva Tuner installer should run automatically when Afterburner has finished. They are part of the same package.

 

You should be good to go after that, on the off chance Treker's link does not work for you. This is the exact one I downloaded and use.

 

MSI Afterburner 4.6.3 Beta 5 Download (guru3d.com)

Edited February 19, 2021 by Bossco82

[Burt]

Awesome ! Will do thanks