So, because this is the first big new PC build I've done in years (I've just been updating my old PC with new parts for like the last 4 years. The plus side of that is that I now have two fully working PCs, one top of the line and one pretty damn decent) I'm quite interested in overclocking it. I've been using MSI Afterburner to do so. The thing is, I put +50 mhz on the core clock pretty easily (from 1683 core clock to 1733), but anything over that causes the firestrike demo to crash. I'm thinking that's a little early for instability, but I'm also thinking that's probably because I have to raise the core voltage on the card...
Right?
Is it pretty normal to not be able to increase the core clock much before you have to bump the voltage a little? I've not yet raised the memory clock as well, but I obviously want and intend to do this. I'm very new to overclocking as I've never done it on any of my previous builds, so any help is appreciated.
That little annoying voice in the back of my head is worried that I got fucked in the silicon lottery, but I'm assuming that's just me being paranoid.
