Do you overclock your GPU......(with POLL)

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I currently use Sapphire HD 7970 OC boost which I am very happy with. It plays the games i like admirably.

With my previous cards i have always at least tried to o/c and being honest i found the gains to be negligible so invariably i reverted the o/c.


So its quite a simple question.....do you or dont you? adding your o/c tool of choice might prove useful.

 

[hat]

I flashed a higher BIOS to my card. Now it's overclocked no matter where it goes or what happens... no tools or settings required after the flash.

With GPU Boost it seems rather pointless now, as the cooler your card runs the higher it clocks, which is the first basic 'law' of overclocking anyway. At some point power limiters get in the way and you can either muck around with somehow breaking that limit or just leave it be...

 

[ASOT]

Depends on more..ASIC score, model of GPU,quality of PSU.

On some GPU overclocking to much can damage it or seen artefacts.

OC little is safe if u know how to do it.

 

[INSTG8R]

Nope. Fury....

 

[Ferrum Master]

Nope. Fury....

Did you try to unlock the clusters?

 

[P4-630]

There should be another option "Only when benchmarking"

For gaming I don't OC and my card is already factory OC'd.

 

[Ferrum Master]

I always buy the cheapest and do OC to the max myself... well 980Ti differs a lot at my stock and OC values... I need that difference at my resolution.

 

[INSTG8R]

Did you try to unlock the clusters?

Been thinking about that lately actually

 

[cadaveca]

I only OC GPU if benchmarking. For 24/7 use, if I needed more GPU power, I'd get it by getting a more power GPU solution, not by OC.

 

[droopyRO]

Yes, but i never touch voltages. I currently have a EVGA 980Ti overclocked( which boosts to 1400 in game) with a Xtreme III cooler keeping it at about 65ºC load temp.

 

[mstenholm]

+140-160 MHz on my four GTX 970s. Never tested them other then folding but if they last more then 20.000 hours I'm good,

 

[Kursah]

Honestly I haven't felt the need to OC a GPU since before my XFX HD5870 over 6 years ago... My GTX770 and current GTX980Ti both had turbo clocks and performance that was excellent for my needs...and when it came time for more performance earlier this year I was offered a deal on a barely used 980Ti that still is better than what most folks are selling used 980Ti's for. Right place, right time.

But on other builds, when requested I will gladly OC the GPU to eek out extra performance for their budget.

 

[Kanan]

I overclock my 780 ti (Asus DCU II) with AB and it gets as high as +170 on the gpu clocks and +350 on the vram with +10% power. That's a clock of over 1235 on gpu, peak, and 1925 on vram. Normal overclocks I use everyday are between 140+ or 150+ on the gpu and +300 on the ram (1220mhz gpu peak, 1900 mhz vram) with -10% power usage in older dx9 games like payday2 or standard power (100%) in new(er) games.

Ps. Gpu energy consumption is about 175-250 W depending on game and usage. The overclocks are absolutely worth it, performance is 10-20% higher compared to stock.

 

[Ferrum Master]

Honestly I haven't felt the need to OC a GPU since before my XFX HD5870 over 6 years ago... My GTX770 and current GTX980Ti both had turbo clocks and performance that was excellent for my needs...and when it came time for more performance earlier this year I was offered a deal on a barely used 980Ti that still is better than what most folks are selling used 980Ti's for. Right place, right time.

But on other builds, when requested I will gladly OC the GPU to eek out extra performance for their budget.

The problem is... everything is fine for 1080p@60FPS, if you need more than that, then it becomes funny.

 

[Kursah]

Yep..I have no plans to go beyond 1080 at this point so no worries on my end. My next big build I might go higher res. Frankly 1080 + some AA and I'm happily and very smoothly gaming.

 

[verycharbroiled]

Underclock and undervolt when mining but overclock at stock volts for games.

 

[biffzinker]

Overclocking the GPU to 1155 MHz (1.281v), and GDDR5 1575 MHz. Also undervolting the GPU to 1000 MHz (1.168v) for my R9 280 depends on if the game requires either 1000 MHz or the hefty 1155 MHz.

 

[dorsetknob]

Play very few Games due to circumstances ( i wont bore you )
so card only has factory overclock

 

[RealNeil]

No OC on any of them. I just buy a faster GPU if I need more GPU Power.

I do OC CPUs, but not a lot.

 

[Tomgang]

I have overclokket GPU since i got my first nvidia gpu. A geforce 4 MX440 128 MB vram if i remember and up to today with my latest GTX 970 in sli. I overclock everything i can on a pc: CPU, GPU, ram, Vram. Its free ekstra performence and i have never got a peace of hardware ever that have failed cause of overclock.

 

[RealNeil]

Good score for older silicon Tomgang.

 

[Tomgang]

Good score for older silicon Tomgang.

Thanks. I dont complaining about my systems performance. "Old but not obsolete" as a robot from the future once said...

 

[hertz9753]

I OC my GPU's.

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-4991-KR

I had that one folding stable at 1491 but when summer hit the Kraken G10 didn't have enough to cool it. It did pretty good with the stock bios.

 

[Recon-UK]

Every GPU i have ever owned except the ATi X1550 i have overclocked.

ATi 4670
ATi 4870
ATi 5850
AMD 7770
9800GT
9800GTX+ x2
GTX 480 x2
GTX 580
GTX 670

ATi mobility Radeon 4570m... i got a pretty massive 120mhz out of it using EVGA Precision LMAO!

And boy was it fun to try and run games on it LOL. Video's for that thing.

Spoiler

 

[GreiverBlade]

There should be another option "Only when benchmarking"

For gaming I don't OC and my card is already factory OC'd.

seconded ... actually for day to day task the factory OC is enough (even if it's only 50mhz on the core ) but for benchies i OC manually to test the card.
and actually as : "if i need more GPU power" question arise, the answer will always be, "i will OC it" as i don't have the budget to get a faster one, why get a 600-700chf GPU when a 450chf one can reach them in some situation with a little OC added, ok they only reach stock performances of the faster one but for now even the mid-highend cards are overkill, at last for me on 1080p .... i might OC a bit when i will switch to a useful resolution like 1440-1600 (but not 4k ... not useful ... 27" i prefer 1440 )

on previous owned cards i would OC most of the time (probably because i always took the top dog of the previous gen when a new one was out and the older one was cheaper, or second hand )

Depends on more..ASIC score, model of GPU,quality of PSU.

obviousness ... (except for model of the GPU and ASIC ... who give a damn for the ASIC, specially now that the 10XX series ASIC is not supported if you don't try you don't know i had some shitty ASIC cards that OC'ed like champs on air or water, brand that use ASIC to get a premium on their card are laughable... altho only EVGA or is there another clown in the mix? ) although PSU quality ... no one should have a no name or shady brand PSU ever or a Corsair CX ... cheap in every aspect .... not bad but too cheap, my retailer recommended me that one ... i changed my retailer and got a Seasonic M12II 750 EVO for 15$ more