Hello to other fellow AMD users, I have a HIS R9 270 iPower IceQ X² Model#H270QM2G2M, And I am needing to know from other R9 270 or 7870 users if running my GPU would be safe to run constantly overclocked from it's stock 925mhz to 1050mhz for gaming. I leave the fan alone on auto and it still does not get past 58c under load at that clock speed, It may sometimes get up to 60c for brief periods, But would running it overclocked like that cause harm overtime? I do not want to harm it and have to dish out more money, But running it overclocked at 1050mhz gives it a very good performance boost, It is almost like a different card overclocked.
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Overclocking HIS R9 270 safe?
- Thread starter i5750
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Welcome to the forums. That should be fine. You can download the Heaven benchmark from here, https://unigine.com/products/heaven/download/
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As long as temps are in check you are fine running at what ever speeds you can. heat and voltage are the two things that can damage a card over time. It can run forever with the temps you are reporting. 
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Ok I used Heaven bench and it ran 58c , I have not tried overclocking my V-Ram yet because of the card's cooler. Some idiot thought it would be a good idea to design a GPU cooler with no V-Ram heatsinks. LOL It is a shame too because it has Hynix chips. My first one had Elpida, which is weird, Anyway after my RMA with Newegg my new one was exactly the same but had the Hynix chips. I had no idea AMD used both until that day.
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probably can push ther memory a bit sinks or no sinks, nothing rediculouse but ample
