Overclock reducing FPS?!

[Daanish375]

Hey guys, so today I overclocked my GPU just a small bit from 660Mhz to 760MHz and 900MHz Memory to 955MHz memory.

 

It's a small overclock, but every bit mattered.

 

Anyhow, in Mirror's Edge I usually played at all max with 8x MSAA and got a smooth 60.

 

After the overclock I got 40 and frequent drops to even 15!

 

My specs are:

 

6GB RAM

 

Intel Core i5 3210M 2.5GHZ with TurboBoost to 3.1GHz

Nvidia GeForce GT630M

[Godlygamer23]

The overclock likely isn't stable. And how is your 3570K at 2.5GHz and boosting up to 3.4GHz?

[M-ursu]

When i OC:d my gtx 650 it reduced my FPS because it bottlenecked so hardly. (i had higher max FPS and much lower Min FPS)

[Daanish375]

The overclock likely isn't stable. And how is your 3570K at 2.5GHz and boosting up to 3.4GHz?

 

My brain farted. I meant a 3210M with TurboBoost to 3.1GHz

[Coombzy]

hold on an M series in a desktop are you sure this is not a laptop and you have got the name of the cpu wrong aswell otherwise I am confused also did you run something like furmark to see if its stable each step of the overclock or just adjust the core clock straight away.

[Laksen]

that small overclock that you've made, is an overclock of over 15%, and take in to consideration that the GPU itself may not be suited for overclocking at all. and like M-rusu says it could be bottlenecking your system even more :-)

[Daanish375]

hold on an M series in a desktop are you sure this is not a laptop and you have got the name of the cpu wrong aswell otherwise I am confused also did you run something like furmark to see if its stable each step of the overclock or just adjust the core clock straight away.

Yeah like I said I brain farted. It is a laptop.

[Godlygamer23]

Check your temperatures then. Make sure it's not overheating. Overclocking laptops is not a recommendation.

[Daanish375]

Check your temperatures then. Maybe sure it's not overheating. Overclocking laptops is not a recommendation.

 

Ah forget it I just undid it its all good now.

[SkilledRebuilds]

Laptops = Heat

OC Laptop = Heat = Automatic Declocking or Death

At your own risk