Overclocking
Wow, that's some pretty impressive overclocking potential. It looks like NVIDIA was very careful with their clocks. Due to the way the NVIDIA board power limit works, there is no risk of exceeding the power limit with OC because it'll automatically clock down the card. Still, we gained quite substantial performance. Just to clarify, we didn't increase the power limit, which is not possible since the maximum power limit for default and manual adjustments is set to 70 W.
Testing notes & interpretation- Overclocking results listed in this section are achieved with the default fan, power, and voltage settings as defined in the VGA BIOS. We choose this approach as it is the most realistic scenario for most users.
- Each GPU, including each GPU of the same make and model, will overclock slightly differently based on random production variances.
- The data in this table shows comparable overclocks, using identical conditions from previous TechPowerUp reviews.
Using these clock frequencies, we ran a quick test of Unigine Heaven to evaluate the gains from overclocking.
Actual 3D performance gained from overclocking is 15.8%.
Power Limits
The board power limit is set to 70 W, the manual adjustment range is set to the same 70 W.