Overclocking
Overclocking results listed in this section are achieved with the default fan and voltage settings as defined in the VGA BIOS. We choose this approach as it is the most realistic scenario for the majority of users.
Every sample overclocks differently, which is why our results here can only serve as a guideline for what you can expect from your card.
On NVIDIA cards with Boost, the values discussed here are base clock. Boost will further increase clocks. Boost is already factored into our resulting clocks for AMD cards because of the way their technology works.
Maximum overclock of our sample is 1385 MHz GPU base clock (8% overclock) and 1985 MHz memory (13% overclock).
Overclocking potential is a bit lower than with other GTX 960s we reviewed, but the difference is really small. All cards in our test group essentially reach roughly the same clocks, making for yet another feature where no vendor can really differentiate itself.
Maximum Overclock Comparison |
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| Max. GPU Clock | Max. Memory Clock |
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EVGA GTX 960 SSC | 1385 MHz | 1985 MHz |
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MSI GTX 960 Gaming | 1410 MHz | 2065 MHz |
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ASUS GTX 960 STRIX | 1380 MHz | 2025 MHz |
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Palit GTX 960 Super Jetstream | 1400 MHz | 2075 MHz |
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Important: Each GPU (including each GPU of the same make and model) will overclock slightly
differently based on random production variances. This table just serves to provide a list of typical
overclocks for similar cards, determined during TPU review.
Using these clock frequencies, we ran a quick test of
Battlefield 3 to evaluate the gains from overclocking.
Actual 3D performance gained from overclocking is 11.3%.