Overclocking the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060Ti AMP White Edition
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Prior to overclocking, we will determine the base GPU clock speed. Both NVIDIA and AMD have dynamic base speeds, both have a “Boost” speed. (GPU Boost or Boost Clock, depending on the brand.) Generally, either brand’s card will exceed the “Boost” dynamically. To determine the “baseline” we record the GPU frequency in our Cyberpunk 2077 manual run-through. This is a lengthy manual run at Ultra settings. Data is captured for frequency, temperature, voltage, and power using GPU-Z sensor to log the data.
The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060Ti AMP White Edition has a factory set overclock of 1755MHz, this is shown by the green line on the graph. The GPU Boost takes the frequency well above that as noted. In our run-through, the boost frequency settles in at 1935MHz. This is a 180MHz difference and represents about a 10% uplift over the factory.
Overclock
To overclock the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060Ti Amp White Edition the manufacturer-provided software is used, in this case, ZOTAC Firestorm. This software allows adjustment of power and temperature limits, core voltage, as well as Core and Memory frequency. Fan adjustment is also available. Below is a screen capture of the highest setting we achieved in the Firestorm Software. The Firestorm also allows control of video card RBG lighting if supported. Monitoring of various parameters is also available, as well as custom fan profiles and individual fan control. Screen capture shows the highest settings in Firestorm. In this testing, Power and Temperature limits were maximized, GPU Voltage was left to the BIOS to adjust.
We were able to increase the Core clock by +150 on the GPU. This enabled the GPU clock speed to reach a steady 2100MHz. The memory was adjusted to a +425 above baseline to 1856MHz.
This is a hefty overclock. It bests our results here by 50MHz and also tops overclocks of several of the most popular brands evaluated elsewhere by 20 to 50MHz.
The math shows a 345MHz increase above the factory or nearly 20%. Our overclocked boost exceeds the default peak by 165MHz or 8%.
