Overclocking

[MegaATVLover]

Hello all,

I was just wondering what the best way of OCing a graphics card is. I've seen a lot of people use MSI Afterburner, but was curious if there was a "better" way and everybody was just being lazy or what the deal was...

[NeatSquidYT]

MSI Afterburner IS the best

[Oshino Shinobu]

There's a lot of different applications for it (MSI Afterburner, EVGA Precision X etc etc.) but they all perform the same function. 

 

It's not a matter of being lazy, but GPUs are overclocked through software in the OS, rather than using the BIOS like you would with the CPU. 

[Wander Away]

overclocking to a nice and stable speed can be time consuming. there is no "one click tuning" option for graphics cards. 

 

Don't mind me im just being lazy and didnt read.

The only way to change the clock speed of a graphics cards is through a software utility, as the gpu has its own bios, and is not accessible in the motherboard bios like the cpu. 

[TymmVonD]

Afterburner doesn't like Asus cards and vice versa. Precision X is my preferred utility. I use openhardwaremonitor to watch the temps after testing. Use GPU-Z to view your ASIC % so you can get an idea what to expect.

[VortexS]

Afterburner doesn't like Asus cards and vice versa. Precision X is my preferred utility. I use openhardwaremonitor to watch the temps after testing. Use GPU-Z to view your ASIC % so you can get an idea what to expect.

Asus cards don't like Asus GPU tweak either. I had an Asus 290x and it kept crashing when I opened GPU tweak. Same with afterburner.

[MegaATVLover]

Afterburner doesn't like Asus cards and vice versa. Precision X is my preferred utility. I use openhardwaremonitor to watch the temps after testing. Use GPU-Z to view your ASIC % so you can get an idea what to expect.

Speaking of, what is the ASIC %?

[MegaATVLover]

Asus cards don't like Asus GPU tweak either. I had an Asus 290x and it kept crashing when I opened GPU tweak. Same with afterburner.

Sounds like an AMD problem to me... [emoji1][emoji38][emoji106]

[MegaATVLover]

There's a lot of different applications for it (MSI Afterburner, EVGA Precision X etc etc.) but they all perform the same function.

It's not a matter of being lazy, but GPUs are overclocked through software in the OS, rather than using the BIOS like you would with the CPU.

I see... Thanks!

[TymmVonD]

Speaking of, what is the ASIC %?

Right click the the tiny GPU icon at the top left of GPU-Z and click show Asic%. The ASIC% is an efficiency rating of how well voltage is applied. The higher %, the less voltage required to be requested. Adding voltage on higher % cards makes a greater effect on temps with less added. It'll give you an idea of whether or not to add voltage.

 

60% to me is considered low. Generally you''ll need to raise voltage to reach the clocks you see other guys getting. 80% would be considered high. It's best to stay around stock voltage on higher % cards.

[MegaATVLover]

Right click the the tiny GPU icon at the top left of GPU-Z and click show Asic%. The ASIC% is an efficiency rating of how well voltage is applied. The higher %, the less voltage required to be requested. Adding voltage on higher % cards makes a greater effect on temps with less added. It'll give you an idea of whether or not to add voltage.

60% to me is considered low. Generally you''ll need to raise voltage to reach the clocks you see other guys getting. 80% would be considered high. It's best to stay around stock voltage on higher % cards.

Sounds good... Thanks!

[MegaATVLover]

So, I've used my new PC left at stock speeds for about a week now. I got the i7-5820K OC'ed to 4.6GHz (silicon lottery I guess) and want to overclock the GTX 960 G1 Gaming, but kinda afraid to. Would anyone be interested in helping me? I looked on YouTube, but couldn't find an overclocking guide for my card (that was worth watching)...