MSI Afterburner core clock seems to be wrong?

[LaP]

Hi!

 

I just built myself a new computer and i bought an Asus Strix GTX 1070 O8G. I installed MSI Afterburner to overclock it. The default core boost clock is supposed to be 1860 and the default memory clock 4004. Before overclocking it i wanted to see how hot it did run with the default boost clock so i ran a stress test. Strangely Afterburner reports that my core clock is 2030 when the GPU is fully loaded. The memory clock reported by Afterburner is good. So anyone knows why Afterbuner reports that my core clock is 2030 instead of 1860? I don't feel comfortable overclocking it if the reported clock by Afterburned is wrong.

[LaP]

ok after some research i answered my own question. The new GPU pretty much overclock itself to the maximum nVidia feels comfortable overclocking it without having to replace a bunch of cards. So basically any overclock applied in Afterburner just overclock beyond that limit nVidia is comfortable with. I added 100MHz to the core and memory (i'm at 2130Mhz for core and 4104Mhz for Memory) and i'm having a 50 Celsius temp with the fans at 50% in Heaven 4. I'm comfortable with that and it doesn't make too much noise.