Lower clock at 372.xx comparing to 368.xx drivers

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  1. wsarahan

    wsarahan Master Guru

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    Hi guys how are you?
    Are you with lower core after 368.xx drivers? all 3 372.xx drivers give something about 13mhz less when you start a game or even playing a gem, it`s clear that the core is lower comparing to 368.xx, anyone with thi issue?This happens still with the overclock
    Just to know i use here a EVGA 1080 SC SLI ACX 3.0
    Thanks
     
  2. dr_rus

    dr_rus Ancient Guru

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    Can't say that I notice anything of the sort. Then again, it's not like Pascal's clock is stable anyway.
     
  3. -Tj-

    -Tj- Ancient Guru

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    Yes my is also 13mhz or 1 boost step lower.. at least when I OC - e.g. timespy benchmark. But it also has high gpu score now.
     
  4. aufkrawall2

    aufkrawall2 Ancient Guru

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    The clock should be stable with enough GPU load, also with Pascal/ Boost 3.0.
    From my impression, boost 3.0 just lowers clocks more aggressively when temperature exceeds some thresholds (this is not the temperature target), but the main principle is the same as with Boost 2.0.
     

  5. theahae

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    I gained 1mhz clock!!!1!
     
  6. EdKiefer

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    I have seen this mention many times over the years, I personally never ran into this, what ever my offset is that is what I get.
    Keep in mind I make sure I am way before any temp or power threshold.

    That said I can see were SLI might be more apt to do this, with more variables of 2 cards and the demand it places on thermals.
     
  7. tsunami231

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    Boost and clock speeds are not guarantee across drivers version, along with OC speeds Nvidia has said this many times
     
  8. dr_rus

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    Boost clocks depend on the current workload and since no game on this planet ever have a totally similar workload during the whole hours of gameplay the clocks will fluctuate a bit up and down. Boost 2.0 was significantly more conservative in this and usually kept the clocks at some number all the time. 3.0 doesn't, the clocks fluctuate all the time.
     
  9. aufkrawall2

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    The clock of a single GPU doesn't fluctuate at all when the GPU load is close to 100% and there is no PT/TT/increasing temps, you seem to have some kind of misunderstanding of how the boost clock works.
     
  10. wsarahan

    wsarahan Master Guru

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    Same here

    But i wanna my 13 mhz back :nerd:
     

  11. robertmor52

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    Mine is the same...BUT...anything newer than 368.81 is pure garbage for me!!!!...witcher 3 and DCS among others are running like ****!!! some times reducing my fps to half!!, yes, half!!
     
  12. Keesberenburg

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    Maybe better usage of the gpu, higher load and better performance?
     
  13. CK the Greek

    CK the Greek Maha Guru

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    Same boost clocks like before with few previous drivers for me.
     
  14. dr_rus

    dr_rus Ancient Guru

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    Run any game which gives you a constant 100% load and post your clocks graph from AB for some ten minutes or so.
     
  15. aufkrawall2

    aufkrawall2 Ancient Guru

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    No need, the clock is 100% stable after reaching maximum temperature.
     

  16. cryohellinc

    cryohellinc Ancient Guru

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    My OC is at 2075mhz, however from driver to driver it does vary, but fluctuations are very minor, such as 5-10mhz. I wouldn't be concerned unless its something such as 100mhz difference.
     
  17. dr_rus

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    Post the graph of said stable clock and we'll decide if there's a need or no need. Preferably set the minimum level to something along the line of 1800MHz to make the small oscillations visible.

    Right, that's what I'm talking about. 100MHz is fine as well btw as this is completely load dependent.
     
  18. aufkrawall2

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    0 fluctuations visible after reaching max temp (yes, no matter where I point the cursor, polling rate was 100ms):
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    I suppose you are mislead by boost variations caused by temperature or by PT or TT.
     
  19. dr_rus

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    What was the game you used to get that graph?
     
  20. aufkrawall2

    aufkrawall2 Ancient Guru

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    It doesn't matter, get the meaning of my posts...
     

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