Why overclocking?

[darthartur]

In all benchmarks i saw, overclocked cards beat stock by one , sometimes two miserable fps!

 

So why bother? Let alone strain your hardware? What do i miss?

[ThatSweetGamer]

In all benchmarks i saw, overclocked cards beat stock by one , sometimes two miserable fps!

 

So why bother? Let alone strain your hardware? What do i miss?

What benchmarks where you watching? Usually you'll get a 5-20FPS boost. Key word is usually.

[SeanBond]

I don't know what benchmarks you are looking at but you are looking at the wrong ones, Typically most cards can gain about 15-25% fps from overclocks. And that even before you start adding voltages to get higher overclocks.

[SeanAngelo]

i oced my cpu and i saw like a 20 fps improvement in BF3 lmao. but then, it is a quad q8300 paired with a GTX 670.

[theKumba]

First of all, if you're a gamer and you've got a high end GPU, then you really don't need to overclock. Those people do it because they can.

On the other side 3d animators and editors need to squeeze every little peace of power out of the cards so the live rendering works faster and the whole process of rendering a video or a movie happens faster. Even those 2 fps you mentioned matter for them.

[ThatSweetGamer]

I don't know what benchmarks you are looking at but you are looking at the wrong ones, Typically most cards can gain about 15-25% fps from overclocks. And that even before you start adding voltages to get higher overclocks.

Happy 1000th post!

[SeanBond]

Happy 1000th post!

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[Bhav]

Free performance boost.

[Vypa]

Most of the time it's more but even if it's 2 - some people just like to push their hardware as hard as they can. 2 more fps then you had before

[typographie]

In all benchmarks i saw, overclocked cards beat stock by one , sometimes two miserable fps!

 

So why bother? Let alone strain your hardware? What do i miss?

 

It depends on what is limiting performance more. If its a CPU-limited scenario, overclocking the GPU core won't make a difference, and vice-versa. In some games (or situations in games) the difference can be bigger. Furthermore, the most important gains are often at the minimum framerates, rather than the averages.

 

That said, you're right, overclocking usually isn't worth it from a practical standpoint. The process of overclocking is often enjoyable to some people on its own, though.

[ExcitezR]

i overclocked my GPUs and got about 5-10 more FPS but the real gain was from overclocking my CPU 

[DirtySHISNO]

In all benchmarks i saw, overclocked cards beat stock by one , sometimes two miserable fps!

 

So why bother? Let alone strain your hardware? What do i miss?

just in case, by slim chance, you are not joking;- Its a free performance increase.

[Bhav]

So when I overclock my 970s from 1316 / 7012 stock speeds to 1500 / 8208 overclocked speed,I only get 1 FPS difference? Ok.

[warmmilk]

it depends on the game... some games have solid gains with OC'ing (keep an eye on min fps too, not just average) while others non or next to none...  gpu overclocking needs to be done on a per game basis anyway cause different games load up the gpu in different ways... at least to get the most out of your OC.  you can go with a one size fits all OC but then you'd be leaving MHz on the table for some games

 

point is, if the game you're playing see's an improvement, go ahead and OC, if not, leave it stock

[kdodger]

how much strain are we talking about? i'm curious cause i have a msi gtx 970 and it has an "OC mode" on the msi gaming app which barely increases from stock. Not sure if i wanna push it anymore. Does the warranty void if i do OC?

[Jey R.]

Free performance boost.

^ awesome. Best quote of the day. Nothing beats a free performance update.

[MEC-777]

It depends on the game. With my old 7950 the overclocks gave me anywhere from 5 to 15fps increase. Biggest boost I saw was in BF4. 

 

If it means the difference between going from under 60fps to over 60fps, it's certainly worth it.