overclok GTX 960 Overclock

[ParsaMK]

Hello there.

Well I have bumped into a problem and wanted to ask here if anyone knows anything.

I have a Asus Turbo GTX 960 4GB OC GDDR5 and yeah I know it's a little bit old considering we are in 2020. So I decided to overclock it to get the maximum performance of it or so, and I clocked GPU Clock (Core Clock) +125 MHz and Memory Clock +500 MHz there was not significant boost in performance, actually I can say there was not any boost at all I guess. Well I used Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0 and Asus GPU Tweak II and I just found out that the overclock just helped around 85 freaking points not more. So then I decided some gaming benchmark and there was no boost at all. I tried on Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Ultra Spec and 1600*900 Resolution and got 27 fps. I tried it Non-OC and OCed but nothing. I always get 27fps. Actually one time it was 30. 

So am I doing something wrong or the clocks are nothing significant for boost?

Oh by the way, I tried MSI Afterburner with MSI Kombustor and they felt like they weren't compatible with my card.

And this  is my full spec in any case you need it:

Motherboard: ASUS Pro Gaming H170 (latest bios)

CPU: Intel Core I5-6600K

GPU: ASUS Turbo GTX 960 4GB GDDR5 OC

RAM: 8GB 2400Mhz CL15 DDR4 GSkill Aegis

PSU: 650W GREEN 80 Plus Gold

Monitor: 1600*900 60Hz (yeah old school!)

[Haro]

10 minutes ago, ParsaMK said:

Hello there.

Well hi

[Haro]

What model of 960?

[MartinKweh]

Just use something like MSI afterburner to overclock it. Download either Unigine Heaven , Unigine valley or even Unigine Superposition to test it . there are guides online as well. I think even furmark is useful.

[ParsaMK]

15 minutes ago, MartinKweh said:

Just use something like MSI afterburner to overclock it. Download either Unigine Heaven , Unigine valley or even Unigine Superposition to test it . there are guides online as well. I think even furmark is useful.

Well I went through different guides and I saw people have pretty fps boost but (there is always a but) it didn't work me. I'm feeling like , OK I'm definitely doing something wrong. 

[ParsaMK]

19 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

What model of 960?

ASUS TURBO GTX 960 4GB OC GDDR5

 

[Haro]

Just now, ParsaMK said:

Well I went through different guides and I saw people have pretty fps boost but (there is always a but) it didn't work me. I'm feeling like , OK I'm definitely doing something wrong. 

First of all 

The only way to get a noticable fps boost through ocing is under extreme conditions or if the card is binned 

If you have a reference design card 

Then it doesn't have as much power phases as a non reference board 

 

[Haro]

Just now, ParsaMK said:

ASUS TURBO GTX 960 4GB OC GDDR5

 

Yes this is a reference design board and won't oc as good as a board with more power phases and one more thing as I said in the other post ocing will get you a 2-3% more performance if you have the cooling to back it up 

Over all I don't recommend pushing this card a whole lot

And if you want a significant boost in fps you would have to upgrade it 

 

[ParsaMK]

1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

Yes this is a reference design board and won't oc as good as a board with more power phases and one more thing as I said in the other post ocing will get you a 2-3% more performance if you have the cooling to back it up 

Over all I don't recommend pushing this card a whole lot

And if you want a significant boost in fps you would have to upgrade it 

 

So that's it then. He has served his duty. No more. Damn it, need an upgrade here!

Thank you.

[Haro]

38 minutes ago, ParsaMK said:

So that's it then. He has served his duty. No more. Damn it, need an upgrade here!

Thank you.

Anytime