How much difference does overclocking make?

[woox]

I have been planning on building my first 100% gaming oriented pc, and for the first time started considering the possibility of overclocking. However, after looking up a few overclocking guides, it seems as if it is just too much trouble going through the entire proccess (safely at least). Add to that the extra money to be spent on sufficient cooling, and I am starting to wonder whether overclocking is worth it. So my question is this: from your experience, how much performance (in FPS)  did you gain by overclocking your system? If it matters at all, I am planning on getting an i5 4690k and an nvidia gtx 970.

 

Thank your for your input!

[ELSknutson]

depending on the OC but usually between 10 to 20 FPS

[Oshino Shinobu]

Overclocking the CPU won't give you much of an increase in performance for most things. With the 970, overclocking gives a pretty big boost most of the time. 10-20FPS or so. It will depend on the chip though. Some will overclock like crazy, some won't at all. 

[Sintezza]

GPU overclocking could give you some nice gaming performance boost.

Cpu overclocking not realy, because the 4690k at stock should not have any problems maxing out a GTX970 in AAA titles.

[Luckylock]

not very many games are CPU bound, but those that are will benefit from an overclock (planetside, dayz, star citizen, mmos.. basically anything that will have a large amount of moving objects like players will be most likely held back by the cpu and will benefit from it.

[Sintezza]

not very many games are CPU bound, but those that are will benefit from an overclock (planetside, dayz, star citizen, mmos.. basically anything that will have a large amount of moving objects like players will be most likely held back by the cpu and will benefit from it.

 

Basicly yes

Only in heavy cpu bound gaming scenario´s, you will see a slight a benefit.

Especialy older mmo´s that only run on 1/2 cores.

But other then that, not realy.

[vorticalbox]

Basicly yes

Only in heavy cpu bound gaming scenario´s, you will see a slight a benefit.

Especialy older mmo´s that only run on 1/2 cores.

But other then that, not realy.

also rendering i saw a big boost on my 8350 in blender OC from 4 to 4.8 GHz

[runit3]

If your minimum frames aren't dipping below the refresh rate of your monitor it's meaningless, unless you're trying to shoot the gap of running MSAA in some games and keeping it over whatever that refresh rate is.

 

Adding an additional GPU for SLI will give you more benefit than anything else, assuming the games you play support it. Although, it certainly isn't free, while overclocking is -besides the need for a better cooling solution...but really ~$30 for a 212EVO isn't big money in comparison.

 

This is coming from someone who enjoys overclocking the piss out of everything, so take it for what it's worth

[typographie]

Overclocking will only matter at all if your game is CPU-limited. If the game is GPU-limited on your system, which should usually be the case, overclocking your CPU won't make a meaningful difference. Your CPU was already fast enough in that case.

 

In a CPU-bound game, probably 10 FPS or less depending on the game.

[Sintezza]

also rendering i saw a big boost on my 8350 in blender OC from 4 to 4.8 GHz

 

Yes with AMD FX its a diffrent story

[vembutech]

You can refer the document below

 

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2046303/overclocking-why-you-should-and-should-not-do-it.html

[Blackie Sheen]

I have been planning on building my first 100% gaming oriented pc, and for the first time started considering the possibility of overclocking. However, after looking up a few overclocking guides, it seems as if it is just too much trouble going through the entire proccess (safely at least). Add to that the extra money to be spent on sufficient cooling, and I am starting to wonder whether overclocking is worth it. So my question is this: from your experience, how much performance (in FPS)  did you gain by overclocking your system? If it matters at all, I am planning on getting an i5 4690k and an nvidia gtx 970.

 

Thank your for your input!

In most games, cpu overclocking does not really matter. But in certain games that are very cpu dependant it does. For example, games based on the source engine (CS:GO, TF2, Dota2,etc), mobas in general, etc.

 

Most AAA games dont really take advantage from cpu overclocking except for AMD cpu's but thats not what you were going for anyways but gpu overclocking will give a clear advantage over the same card at stock clock.

 

Overclocking should not be a chore. If you dont feel like it then dont do it. But the process is really simple. It is the time that you need to wait when stress testing that might feel long

[sgloux3470]

10-15% 

 

Usually this works out to 5-10 FPS.