If not, reduce in 10MHz increments and do the stress test until the GPU passes the test for two hours without crashing. If your system doesn’t get locked up, you are lucky. Once you have found the max overclock, reduce 10MHz and run the stress test for two hours. If your system runs fine, you may proceed increasing the Core by 10MHz.ĭo the same procedure (increase 10 MHz at a time and stress test) until your system gets unstable, that is, your system crashes, becomes unresponsive or produce graphic artifacts when you run Kombustor. If your graphic card isn’t stable, you may get BSOD, system lockup or graphic artifacts. You can do that by checking your GPU’s specifications. Before overclocking, you have to know the max safe temperature of your graphic card. Press T on keyboard to toggle temperature graph and closely monitor the temperature.
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By default, it won’t show the GPU temperature. Now you have to stress test the GPU for stability. Open GPU-Z and keep it side-by-side to see if your overclock takes effect (Don’t consider the values shown by Afterburner’s hardware monitor as it shows only the 2D clocks now). Use it to increase the core clock by 10MHz and select Apply. Overclocking the Core yields the most performance boost in most of the cases and for this reason, you should always try to overclock the Core Clock to the maximum your card allows. To overclock your GPU, follow the steps below. If the slider is grayed out, select the button Auto.
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Just move the slider under Fan Speed to the right and make it 80% and press Apply. If you are using an AMD/ATI card, you will see that the slider Shader Clock is not available for adjustment.īefore overclocking, you need to increase the fan speed. The main window has 5 sliders – Core Voltage, Core Clock, Shader Clock, Memory Clock, and Fan Speed. It’s extremely easy to use that even a first timer will be able to use it right away. But I prefer Afterburner just for its intuitiveness. This tool is based on the venerable Rivatuner.
#OVERCLOCK CORE CLOCK OR MEMORY PC#
If you have a good power supply, you can safely overclock your PC components.
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A good power supply not only provides its rated power, but also “clean” power, with the least amount of ripple. If it can’t provide enough power, it may shut off or even explode taking out other components along with it. Since overclocking increases power consumption the PSU should be able to handle the increased load. This is because the PSU is the component that provides/distributes power to all components of a system. Note that you need a good power supply (PSU or SMPS) for overclocking. To overclock a graphic card, you need the following Overclocking your GPU will increase the number of frames rendered by it per second and that can have a positive impact on your gaming experience.
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For eg: if you get 35 FPS in a game, chances are there that it gets choppy during intense combats where the GPU has to render more number complex objects. A system’s gaming performance is determined by its graphic subsystem and overclocking it can make a lot of difference. Though a good CPU is important for gaming, GPU, aka graphic card determines how good your gaming experience is going to be. Overclocking your graphic card is the easiest way to increase your system’s gaming performance.