

Voltage was choking our OC at earlier stages in the process, so we eventually increased voltage to its maximum limit on the card – 1.075V. We used EVGA's newest Precision X iteration for overclocking. The below table shows our stepped overclock progression attempts when using the EVGA GTX 1070 SC: Core Clock (MHz) At that point, we tweak various other settings (power allowance, vCore, memory clock). We increment the clock-rate and other settings as the card continues to exhibit stability, stopping only once artifacting or driver crashes appear.


The core functions of overclocking remain the same we're still using manual stepping and sliders to achieve high, sustained overclocks, but a new auto OC tool (currently only with EVGA Precision) makes limit finding easier. It's gotten more advanced – but not more complex.
