First Time Overclocking GPU

[koji]

I am trying to overclock Asus 560 Ti.

 

Using MSI Afterburner I added 60MHz to it making it run 960Mhz.

It increased the Unigine Heaven Score from 800 to 835 with temps less than 67°C.

 

I am just curious, is it okay for this old card for me to just try and try higher?

 

And when should I add core voltage? I hope someone can guide me of steps without frying my GPU. Thanks!

[TacoSenpai]

Theoretically, you can overclock any card so I have a hard time answering if "its ok to OC your card"  in short it is but take into account how long you've used it up to this point (wear and tear over time etc)

 

Start adding core voltage when either you start seeing artifacts in Unigine Heaven (little white specs, blanks, flickers, anything on the screen that looks off) or when the benchmark crashes or refuses to start.  Hope that helps!

[koji]

4 hours ago, LordTaco42 said:

Theoretically, you can overclock any card so I have a hard time answering if "its ok to OC your card"  in short it is but take into account how long you've used it up to this point (wear and tear over time etc)

 

Start adding core voltage when either you start seeing artifacts in Unigine Heaven (little white specs, blanks, flickers, anything on the screen that looks off) or when the benchmark crashes or refuses to start.  Hope that helps!

Thank you! The card was pretty new. I dont know if it's used or not but it was bought from the Mall as open box. It looks new to me shining shimmering splendid. Lol. Btw it's already OCed by the manufacturer to 900MHz. I'll try to make it 1GHz now since I have already tried 960MHz and there's no artifacts.