It worked

both clocks where the same after setting n.i. to defaults.
Thank you antantti and djm sooooooo much I really appreciate what you have done.
Do you want me to delete my posts to keep your thread clean djm?
ps I still don't understand why the clocks don't go to 7 ghz but at least the 980ti's are in the p0 state

EDIT: djm how much oc on memory on your 980 gtx do you do for lyra2r2 ?
you welcome, you don't need to delete the posts (that put some animation on the thread

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once you have put the cards to p0 state, you can overclock them using msi afterburner or the evga counterpart.
with it, you'll be able to set both core/mem clocks to the value you want.
For my 980, I use by default a +150MHz on the mem clock (I think I have only +65MHz on the core clock, but it is already
superclocked cards... but it can support more, the 980ti can probably be clocked higher... in any case too high will cause a crash
within 5~10 minutes of running... anyhow keep an eye on the temps...
Yes thank you.
And it looks like the 980ti and 980 are about the same for oc ing. +41 on the core clock will give me 1345 on the readout of course nvidia oc sweet spot. The temperatures are running at 77c and 72c for the 2 cards. I'm setting mem to +150... it looks good on nividia inspector.