How to overclock??

[steVENOM]

I know its such a newbie thing to ask, but as far as I am aware I do not need to OC my cpu, nor could I if I wanted to. But how do I OC my gtx 1070 to run the Division at 60fps at 4k? Do I need to SLI, or could I at least see some improvement from an OC, and if so, should I use firestorm since I have a zotac card and that is what came with my card, or use afterburner, or something else?

[Drak3]

You'll see improvement, but you probably won't hit 4K60 without turning down some settings.

 

You can use any program that supports multiple card vendors (Afterburner, EVGA Precision X), just start by upping the power limit to the cap, and bumping up the clock speed by small increments (13 for Precision X).

[steVENOM]

4 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

You'll see improvement, but you probably won't hit 4K60 without turning down some settings.

 

You can use any program that supports multiple card vendors (Afterburner, EVGA Precision X), just start by upping the power limit to the cap, and bumping up the clock speed by small increments (13 for Precision X).

 

ok, so max the power limit? Here's a screenshot of the program I plan on using. So if i unlock the power limit, the temp max goes up too, is there any danger of too much heat on the card?

[Drak3]

Just now, steVENOM said:

ok, so max the power limit? Here's a screenshot of the program I plan on using. So if i unlock the power limit, the temp max goes up too, is there any danger of too much heat on the card?

Either max it, or set it to 111% (the cap on most GTX 10 cards). The temperatures won't change from this alone, you're just telling the card that it can use more power if it needs to.

Unless you have an EVGA FTW card without thermal pads, heat shouldn't be an issue. There are safeguards that will prevent the card from nuking itself.

[doomsriker]

To run a game like that at 4k 60 fps with a 1070, you will need to bump the settings down to around medium. As far as overclocking goes, you can find lots of overclocking guides on youtube. Just search up "gtx 1070 overclocking guide" and find one you like. Also remember that your cpu might bottleneck your gpu if it is too weak. What kind of cpu do you have?

[steVENOM]

1 minute ago, doomsriker said:

To run a game like that at 4k 60 fps with a 1070, you will need to bump the settings down to around medium. As far as overclocking goes, you can find lots of overclocking guides on youtube. Just search up "gtx 1070 overclocking guide" and find one you like. Also remember that your cpu might bottleneck your gpu if it is too weak. What kind of cpu do you have?

 

My whole rig is in my signature

[steVENOM]

2 minutes ago, doomsriker said:

To run a game like that at 4k 60 fps with a 1070, you will need to bump the settings down to around medium. As far as overclocking goes, you can find lots of overclocking guides on youtube. Just search up "gtx 1070 overclocking guide" and find one you like. Also remember that your cpu might bottleneck your gpu if it is too weak. What kind of cpu do you have?

 

How can I tell if it is bottlenecking, and keep it from doing so?

[doomsriker]

Just now, steVENOM said:

My whole rig is in my signature

Oh ok lol. Oh ya your good to go with a 4790. 

[steVENOM]

Just now, doomsriker said:

Oh ok lol. Oh ya your good to go with a 4790. 

Sweet. People had me thinking my whole rig is crap because I didnt buy a K version for OC, and also people give me crap for having a stock heat sync, is that going to actually be a problem here if im not even OCing the CPU?

[doomsriker]

1 minute ago, steVENOM said:

Sweet. People had me thinking my whole rig is crap because I didnt buy a K version for OC, and also people give me crap for having a stock heat sync, is that going to actually be a problem here if im not even OCing the CPU?

Nope. Stock heat sink is fine. Linus actually did a video on the topic a while back. As long as the chip is not overheating, than performance will not be efeected by cooling. 

[steVENOM]

Just now, doomsriker said:

Nope. Stock heat sink is fine. Linus actually did a video on the topic a while back. As long as the chip is not overheating, than performance will not be efeected by cooling. 

Ok, I'll get started on upping the clock speed until it becomes unstable, then move it back a tiny bit.

[doomsriker]

3 minutes ago, steVENOM said:

Sweet. People had me thinking my whole rig is crap because I didnt buy a K version for OC, and also people give me crap for having a stock heat sync, is that going to actually be a problem here if im not even OCing the CPU?

Honestly, there is only a small benefit from overclocking. I have a 4770 (non k) and i'm super happy as I paid next to nothing for it.

[iBabySlapper]

5 minutes ago, steVENOM said:

How can I tell if it is bottlenecking, and keep it from doing so?

Run Riva tuner or something (which comes with MSI afterburner) or if you have two monitors or more run HWmonitor on one of the monitors, and see if your CPU is running at 100% while the GPU is running much lower. If they're both running at about the same below 100%, you're good.

[steVENOM]

1 minute ago, doomsriker said:

Honestly, there is only a small benefit from overclocking. I have a 4770 (non k) and i'm super happy as I paid next to nothing for it.

OK

[steVENOM]

1 minute ago, ibabyslapper said:

Run Riva tuner or something (which comes with MSI afterburner) or if you have two monitors or more run HWmonitor on one of the monitors, and see if your CPU is running at 100% while the GPU is running much lower. If they're both running at about the same below 100%, you're good.

 

OK, I'll try that!