Solved Low Graphics Score with higher clocks.

[VXER]

Hey, need some help to find out what's causing this, now this is what i did,used a modded BIOS of the same version as my card with volts 1.3 and power limit set to 125% and running it on 1549Mhz this is what i get :

Graphics Score from 3DMark :

This is what i got before using the modded BIOS,with only Afterburner on 1516Mhz : 13336

then when using the Modded BIOS alone on 1519Mhz : 12967

then using AB on 1549Mhz power limit 125% core volt 100% and got the same score when using the BIOS alone : 12967

GPU's temp never gets over 69c and the clocks never dropped

and here's the modded BIOS if anyone needs to take a look at it LINK

 

[RoasterMen]

Id there any reason to use Modded Bios? I haven't tried that before.

 

[Dude]

Simple, flash the bios back, and OC it yourself. Or you could use kepler bios tweaker, and see what changed in the mod and tweak it to your liking.

 

[kbrady1979]

Sometimes, a higher clock is stable enough to run without crashing/artifacts, etc.....but will drop frames and result in a lower score. I think MSI Kombuster has some benchmarks designed to test and see if you are dropping frames.

 

[Boozad]

As I found out a couple of weeks ago, my 780 (and all 780s) throttle at 80°C and I actually lost performance for every 10MHz increment I put onto my clock. It may be that you have to increase the Power Limit and Temperature Limit to stop it throttling, but I'd only advise that as a temporary solution for benching.

 

[VXER]

I did,had the power limit at 150% but still had the same issue where i get a lower score than a stock,never mind i went back on stock BIOS as for Firestrike i cant go more than 1540mhz,tho ran Crysis 3 at 1550Mhz for 2 hours without any problems.
thanks all.

Edit : other G1 owners are having the same issue but no one seems to have any clue on what is causing this.