AMD RX 580 overclocks to 1480MHz before launch

Say what? :huh:...

The final overclock that was achieved on this GPU was 1480MHz (+120MHz) on the core and a memory clock speed of 8500MHz (+500). The overclockers was able to achieve a stable overclock of 1500MHz, though this high overclock resulted in decreased GPU performance, making 1480MHz a higher .
 
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It happens dude. You get to the point where the core starts to malfunction and your scores decrease.

Seen it loads myself tbh. If I start edging my Titan X toward 1500mhz firstly I see diminishing returns and then I get lower scores.
 
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It happens dude. You get to the point where the core starts to mafunction and your scores decrease.

Seen it loads myself tbh. If I start edging my Titan X toward 1500mhz firstly I see diminishing returns and then I get lower scores.

Really?... I didn't know this at all dude :mellow:. Interesting though...
 
Really?... I didn't know this at all dude :mellow:. Interesting though...

That is why you always run benchmarks when overclocking. First of all they can fail even if torture passes, second to see if you went too far and actually lost performance. This often happens when you push X99 CPUs past 3200MHz on memory for example. If it is stable it doesn't mean it is faster.
 
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That is why you always run benchmarks when overclocking. First of all they can fail even if torture passes, second to see if you went too far and actually lost performance. This often happens when you push X99 CPUs past 3200MHz on memory for example. If it is stable it doesn't mean it is faster.

Yup that :)

I hate using this phone so much. Really can't wait for my lappy to arrive.
 
Isn't your XFX 480 the black edition? Mine isn't so probably won't OC as high, but hell I'll give it a try

Oh yea you are right however I do believe the XFX 480 (normal) edition will push past 1400MHz quite easily on a stable basis at a good overvoltage. My everyday OC is 1450MHz core, 2150MHz memory @ 24mV and 50% power limit
 
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That is why you always run benchmarks when overclocking. First of all they can fail even if torture passes, second to see if you went too far and actually lost performance. This often happens when you push X99 CPUs past 3200MHz on memory for example. If it is stable it doesn't mean it is faster.

Yup that :)

I hate using this phone so much. Really can't wait for my lappy to arrive.

Well this thread has certainly got me interested and been an eye opener. Call it paranoya or whatever, but since I've never overclocked in my life, despite always have K seriers CPUs (2600K, 4790K, 5820K and now 7700K), I never really thought of this.

Maybe it has just been me and me being so uneducated on this subject, but whenever I've looked at OC guides on Youtube etc, I've never heard them mentioning this to be honest? :huh::mellow:
 
Maybe it has just been me and me being so uneducated on this subject, but whenever I've looked at OC guides on Youtube etc, I've never heard them mentioning this to be honest? :huh::mellow:

TBH many of them are just repeating what they saw or heard without knowing the deeper stuff. Many on the other side overclock just for numbers, and post stuff just so they can have one more video. You would be surprised how many of the reviewers on YT haven't got a clue about advanced stuff, and just repeat what product marketing team tells them. Internet is overflowed with them. When you overclock because you need every single drop of performance (mainly production work), and you actually understand how overclock works, you run benchmarks.
 
TBH many of them are just repeating what they saw or heard without knowing the deeper stuff. Many on the other side overclock just for numbers, and post stuff just so they can have one more video. You would be surprised how many of the reviewers on YT haven't got a clue about advanced stuff, and just repeat what product marketing team tells them. Internet is overflowed with them. When you overclock because you need every single drop of performance (mainly production work), and you actually understand how overclock works, you run benchmarks.

Right... Hence when someone asks for OC help, tips etc, everyone just seems to be answering with this "Look at tutorials on Youtube". Yeah, well your post just explained why I came here (to a specific place) and asked for help, rather than watching the videos.
And rather ask you, the ones that know this stuff from the inside and out, like a walk in the park, and could maybe point me in the right direction of an Youtuber that knows this stuff, explains it better than most and actually can tell me what not to do etc.

This is why I've never really felt comfortable taking that next step, since I have no idea what I'm doing. I watched Linus AMD build from what was it? 2009, 2010? Like 50 times over and over again, and that is what taught me how to build my first computer in high school, which was back in 2012, which my then school paid for. And it wasn't something cheap, it was then basically the highest end on the market at the time (i7 2600K, 16GB Corsair Vengeance, ASUS Sabertooth P67 motherboard, Sapphire Radeon HD69560 GPU etc).

But building a computer isn't as technical as overclocking. As building your first PC is mostly the very first step you take into the world of PCs. The step into overclocking for most people, comes after that. And I still today, 5 years later, still not comfortable overclocking. Yet, I would really like to try and get my 7700K to 5GHz. Not any higher, just 5GHz would be just fine of a milestone for me (IF my CPU has able to do that).
Just having to taken that next step and achieved my first overclock, which may not have been a big one. But still, a next step for me.

As the saying goes "A small step for manking, but a big step for a man" :)
 
Chrazey - like the actual electronics and exactly how computers actually work overclocking is sort of the same. Any one can shove up a multi and volts. And usually that's all you need to do because Intel made it that way. However true knowledge of overclocking is incredibly deep and really should not be attempted unless you know what you are doing, and what everything you are touching does.

Otherwise you pull a Jayz and blow up your AMD CPU /actual roll eyes.

It's not something easy to explain because most of it whooshes over people's heads. It's like trying to explain rocket science to somebody who has no interest in science.

Hence it's easier to go to YouTube and up your multi and volts lol.
 
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