Baer Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Can anyone suggest a noob friendly overclocking program to download? I would like to bump up my video cards performance.
Dutchvdm Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 What kind of gpu do you have? Grt M Ps: i use msi afterburner.
Baer Posted January 17, 2017 Author Posted January 17, 2017 Intel i7 @3.50 GHz I believe. I think I've heard of the msi afterburner. I'll install it when I get home. Do you mind of I PM you if I have any questions about it?
Dutchvdm Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Hi Baer, That is your CPU. I meant your GPU (Which is another term for videocard). MSI Afterburner works as far as i know for all Nvidia and AMD based cards (Not only MSI cards i believe). I would first start with googling for overclock guides for you GPU and check there result, and use those as a baseline. And, at first i would suggest that you overclock without altering corevoltage. Grt M
Baer Posted January 17, 2017 Author Posted January 17, 2017 Geforce 960. Is overclocking a CPU difficult?
Dutchvdm Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Hi Baer, I had a GTX 980 last year and it was quiet easy to overclock with MSI Afterburner. Check this guide http://www.hardocp.com/article/2015/02/02/msi_geforce_gtx_960_gaming_overclocking_review/2#.WH3tLPnhBhE I would start with some lower numbers and test in game. As long as you don't get artifacts, crashes or flickering you're fine. If the card remains stable you can increase the numbers a bit. Results will be different for each card and build. CPU overclocking is a bit harder. For Intel CPU's it depends on a couple of factors. - Model of CPU. AFAIK only the K models from Intel are unlocked. - Motherboard. With a high end motherboard you will get better results. - Cooling. With a aftermarked none OEM cooler results will also be better. Grt M
dburne Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Agree with Afterburner, great for overclocking the GPU. Also for setting custom fan curves, I always use this for my gaming.
Baer Posted January 17, 2017 Author Posted January 17, 2017 I./ZG1_Martijnvdm that is exactly what I am looking for. Thanks.
Baer Posted January 17, 2017 Author Posted January 17, 2017 I./ZG1_Martijnvdm: Is there much of an improvement from the 960 to 980?
Dakpilot Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 A good way to start is to look at what figures some of the factory higher overclocked versions of the same GPU card use, as a reference As said, MSI Afterburner is the general 'default' resource', but I also remember using EVGA Precision as well, for some feature or monitoring doo-dad Depending on your CPU and MB, if it is fairly modern (have it with my far from recent i5 3570K) there should be some sort of built in auto overclock program from Motherboard manufacturer, most of the time this will provide stable and decent overclock with a couple of clicks My 3570K has been running stable at 4.46ghz for years 24/7 from ASUS AI suite auto overclock. I could probably manually get it over 4.5 but it is not really worth the hassle, there are some benefits of buying mid/upper range Mboards/chipset than going for the cheaper option On my previous Lga1366 i7 I spent weeks researching and achieving a good manual O/C, not hard, but a fair amount of research and procedure Cheers Dakpilot
Dutchvdm Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 I./ZG1_Martijnvdm: Is there much of an improvement from the 960 to 980? They are from the same generation. The 980 was the first Nvidia flagship when the 900 series was introduced. The 80 always is. After that the Titan and Ti will take over that place. The 60 series are always introduced a little later as mid-range cards. Differences between the 980 and 960 are between 60 and 80 % depending on the game. I would not buy a brand new 980 any more now. The current 1060 6GB version has almost the same performance and will probably cost a lot less. Grt M
Dakpilot Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Martinvdm is correct, but it may be worth it (decent improvement, still decent specs/features) if you see a good 980Ti secondhand at a decent price, there may be a few coming on the market when new 1080Ti is released, but it is always a better option to go with the newest tech available Cheers Dakpilot
Dutchvdm Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) Martinvdm is correct, but it may be worth it (decent improvement, still decent specs/features) if you see a good 980Ti secondhand at a decent price, there may be a few coming on the market when new 1080Ti is released, but it is always a better option to go with the newest tech available Cheers Dakpilot Yes secondhand is a good option, but even then you should be careful. There are a lot of people who want top money for there older GPU. I already given mine away. Saves me the hassle and makes someone else happy. Grt M Edited January 17, 2017 by I./ZG1_Martijnvdm 1
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