How Are My Video Card Overclocking Values ?

[Rubix_chow]

Hi, the card is following a stable performance, but will it be a problem if I reduce the core clock and increase the memory clock?
Asus Tuf Gtx 1650 D6 OC

 

[Keullo-e]

OC it as much as it's stable. Run some benchmarks and when it's unstable, lower the clocks a bit.

Here's mine for reference.

 

[Rubix_chow]

OC it as much as it's stable. Run some benchmarks and when it's unstable, lower the clocks a bit.

Here's mine for reference.

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does the high memory clock cause hardware problems?

 

[Keullo-e]

does the high memory clock cause hardware problems?

Nope, the card is just unstable if you overclock it too much.

 

[cvaldes]

Nope, the card is just unstable if you overclock it too much.

This is correct.

I set up OC profiles for my 2070 Super Founders Edition based on this guide:

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER FE Overclocking

We take the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Founders Edition and overclock it to the max so that we can compare retail custom video cards overclocking.

www.thefpsreview.com

but the system was unstable with the values used by TheFPSReview while running Unigine Heaven 4.0; it would crash during a benchmark run.

So I backed off some of the OC values and finally arrived at a profile that worked with Heaven; if I recall correctly it was +6-7% OC.

When I ran the Shadow of the Tomb Raider built-in benchmark that OC profile caused graphics artifacts. So I painstakingly created two more profiles with lower OC values. In the end, the profile that worked with SoTR was only a ~4% overclock. Not worth the time/trouble.

If a game runs at 60 fps at the factory settings, a 4% OC is 62.4 fps. Can you tell a 2.4 fps difference? I can't. Admittedly my eyes are old and tired.

Today I don't bother setting up custom GPU OC profiles. I run the manufacturer's GPU tweaker app (when available) and/or use the factory overclock. Contemporary GPUs have most of their overclocking potential built into their boost envelope.

 

[Keullo-e]

This is correct.

I set up OC profiles for my 2070 Super Founders Edition based on this guide:

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER FE Overclocking

We take the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Founders Edition and overclock it to the max so that we can compare retail custom video cards overclocking.

www.thefpsreview.com

but the system was unstable with the values used by TheFPSReview while running Unigine Heaven 4.0.

So I backed off some of the OC values and finally arrived at a profile that worked with Heaven.

When I ran Shadow of the Tomb Raider, that OC profile caused graphics artifacts. So I painstakingly created two more profiles with lower OC values. In the end, the profile that worked with SoTR was only a 4% overclock. Not worth the time/trouble.

If a game runs at 60 fps at the factory settings, a 4% OC is 62.4 fps. Can you tell a 2.4 fps difference? I can't. Admittedly my eyes are old and tired.

Yeaaah... and like I do, I have still a 60Hz monitor and I play with vsync on, the extra performance is only to ensure the stable 60fps frame rate.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

OC it as much as it's stable. Run some benchmarks and when it's unstable, lower the clocks a bit.

Here's mine for reference.

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Is your card an Gaming OC card? we have similar clocks expect my memory clock is much much higher.

(and yes - old driver version i know but i dont play many new games and drivers for the games I play are already optimised to hell and back)

 

[Keullo-e]

Is your card an Gaming OC card? we have similar clocks expect my memory clock is much much higher.

Yep, the Black version.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Yep, the Black version.

I have the white version.... Or at least i did have till i put an Accelero Xtreme IV on it.

 

[cvaldes]

Yeaaah... and like I do, I have still a 60Hz monitor and I play with vsync on, the extra performance is only to ensure the stable 60fps frame rate.

I don't concern myself with this.

My primary gaming display is the LG C1 OLED television (4K, 120 Hz, Nvidia G-Sync certified). I have another rarely-used gaming computer which outputs to an okay Dell gaming (2K/1440p, 165 Hz, FreeSync Premium certified) display.

I picked 60 Hz as a random example but in most cases my gaming builds run beyond that.

Ultimately OP has to decide for himself/herself whether or not the time spent in creating OC profiles results in a recognizable real-world fps gain.

 

[Keullo-e]

I have the white version.... Or at least i did have till i put an Accelero Xtreme IV on it.

I'd love to get a block for this, even though I'll keep my CPU on air

I don't concern myself with this.

My primary gaming display is the LG C1 OLED television (4K, 120 Hz, Nvidia G-Sync certified). I have another rarely-used gaming computer which outputs to a 2K/1440p, 165 Hz, FreeSync Premium certified) display.

I picked 60 Hz as a random example but in most cases my gaming builds run beyond that.

Yup. Well, my next monitor will be a 4K60 one.

 

[cvaldes]

Yup. Well, my next monitor will be a 4K60 one.

I don't really see the appeal of gaming on a 4K/60 Hz PC monitor when there are vastly superior OLED televisions running at 4K/120 Hz.

However, 4K/60 Hz is great for productivity work. I have an LG 27UL850-W for my daily driver computers (one Mac and one Windows PC). Even the 1440p monitor is a terrible experience for something like web surfing.

For gaming, variable rate refresh (G-Sync, FreeSync, etc.) is a game changer. Today's televisions have better HDR functionality that the typical computer monitor as well.

 

[Keullo-e]

I don't really see the appeal of gaming on a 4K/60 Hz PC monitor when there are vastly superior OLED televisions running at 4K/120 Hz.

However, 4K/60 Hz is great for productivity work. I have an LG 27UL850-W for my daily driver computers (one Mac and one Windows PC). Even the 1440p monitor is a terrible experience for something like web surfing.

I'm too poor to get a high refresh monitor, and actually I don't game that much - I'd love just to get a higher resolution for basic usage.

 

[cvaldes]

I understand. I don't game that much either which is why I spend most of my computer time staring at the LG 27UL850-W. A total pleasure to use for basic usage.

My Windows PC connected to this monitor currently has an EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB card which replaced a Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 550 2GB. The latter card can't drive anything more than 4K/60 Hz but that's my productivity configuration.

My Mac mini 2018 is also very happy with this monitor. I also have a Sonnet eGPU with a Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8GB for the infrequent times I need more GPU horsepower than the lame Intel integrated graphics.

 

[AlwaysHope]

OC it as much as it's stable. Run some benchmarks and when it's unstable, lower the clocks a bit.

Here's mine for reference.

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Exactly! this is why OC is adding more value to the consumers purchasing power if there a gamer.
Overall, we pay a lot of money (relatively speaking) for shiny new hardware, so wring every bit of performance out of it!

 

[Keullo-e]

Exactly! this is why OC is adding more value to the consumers purchasing power.
Overall, we pay a lot of money (relatively speaking) for shiny new hardware, so wring every bit of performance out of it!

Yeah... and usually cards have a lot of headroom especially with VRAM overclocking

 

[AlwaysHope]

Yeah... and usually cards have a lot of headroom especially with VRAM overclocking

Yes, I suppose it varies from card to card but some factory OC cards can be OC even further & still be stable in AAA modern games.

 

[Keullo-e]

Yes, I suppose it varies from card to card but some factory OC cards can be OC even further & still be stable in AAA modern games.

Yeah... though I could try push this farther, I've just kept the GPU clocks that it boosts to around 2GHz when gaming.