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 because 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 is the highest observed boost clock after overclocking.
Maximum overclock of our sample is +97 MHz to the GPU's base clock (7% overclock), which results in a maximum boost clock of 1556 MHz on the GPU and 2040 MHz on the memory (16% overclock).
Maximum Overclock Comparison |
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| Max. GPU Clock | Max. Memory Clock |
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ZOTAC GTX 950 AMP! | 1556 MHz | 2040 MHz |
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ASUS GTX 950 STRIX | 1513 MHz | 1955 MHz |
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MSI GTX 950 Gaming | 1530 MHz | 2090 MHz |
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EVGA GTX 950 SSC | 1508 MHz | 1960 MHz |
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Gigabyte GTX 950 OC | 1543 MHz | 1860 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 11.5%.