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 most 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 are the highest observed boost clock after overclocking. The same clock increase was applied to all clock levels.
Maximum overclock of our sample is 1470 MHz on the memory (15% overclock) and +88 MHz to the GPU's base clock, which increases maximum Boost from 2038 MHz to 2126 MHz (4% overclock).
Maximum Overclock Comparison |
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| Max. GPU Clock | Max. Memory Clock |
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AORUS GTX 1080 Xtreme | 2126 MHz | 1470 MHz |
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ZOTAC GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme | 2132 MHz | 1375 MHz |
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ZOTAC GTX 1080 AMP! | 2088 MHz | 1400 MHz |
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Palit GTX 1080 GameRock | 2114 MHz | 1400 MHz |
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ASUS GTX 1080 STRIX | 2114 MHz | 1400 MHz |
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Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming | 2050 MHz | 1405 MHz |
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MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X | 2050 MHz | 1400 MHz |
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NVIDIA GTX 1080 FE | 2114 MHz | 1450 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 8.6%.