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Do you overclock your GPU......(with POLL)

Do you o/c your GPU ?

  • YES

    Votes: 97 65.5%

  • NO

    Votes: 25 16.9%

  • The factory did it for me

    Votes: 23 15.5%

  • I underclock/ undervolt

    Votes: 3 2.0%
  • Total voters
    148
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i also should say i OC a new kind of GPU (at last for me) for now ... a Broadcom Videocore IV @350/450 (3d/video) instead of 300/400 ... :laugh: (while the CPU core stay at 1200 ... unlike my RPi 2 the 3rd iteration does not need CPU OC to be awesome :D )

oh well ... i also OC'ed the GK20A in my Tegra K1 SOC back then ... but realized it did not do much over standard clocks (CPU still at stock 2128mhz clock )
 
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yup, I have overclocked every single one of them I had and the only time it wasn't worth it was when I was overclocking my old HD 4250M(actually an IGP) laptop because it was too slow to matter, still did it though..
 
dorsetknob said:
How the fuck do you overclock a PSU ???????? :)
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Ferrum Master said:
Running 120V unit on 220V :nutkick:.
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dorsetknob said:
Thats overvolting and thats going to result in
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i think that person meant that the quality of the PSU won't alter the OC potential of your CPU/GPU? i think. which is bulls**t actually. OCing drastically increases power draw and you need a power supply that can handle huge surges in power draw (without dropping voltage too much) when system goes from idle to load very fast. i learned that when i upgraded from a POS thermaltake PSU to a Seasonic unit in a build from many years ago. my computer stopped crashing at high overclocks.

in any case, i am actually running the 2 computers in my home on 240V outlets. i live in an NYC condo that was built very recently and they actually ran a 240V line for the wall mounted AC units. i have my computers running on the 240V outlets for higher efficiency.
 
I overclock everything that let's me and fight damn hard for the the things that don't. My current 7950's are flashed to 280's with a reasonably high overclock so no need to touch software. My 290 is clicked some damn thing runs too hot imo.
 
cdawall said:
I overclock everything that let's me and fight damn hard for the the things that don't. My current 7950's are flashed to 280's with a reasonably high overclock so no need to touch software.
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What did flashing the 7950 to a 280 do? Was the 7950 a pre-boost version or something?

I run a R9 280 + 7950 boost crossfire and they are basically the same far as I can tell. Only the 280 is voltage locked where the 7950 isn't :(
So I just have the 7950 OCed by 15mhz to match to the 280.
 
I have been blessed with a good job. I buy what I need as far as graphics. No OC unless its factory. But I OC the CPU
 
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If needed yeah. The 7970 is a still a beast card. I just wish I had a 6gb version.
 
Technically, Sapphire did it for me and all other R9 390 users by raising core frequency for 40 MHz.
However, I did overclock my Sapphire Nitro R9 390 with back plate to a limited edition R9 390"XT". :D
Results are in my signature. It didn't crash during gaming and I kept it at that frequency for two days. If someone is interested, I increased the voltage for about 35% (I don't remember the exact numbers) and modified GPU fan speed well above factory maximum of 47%.
 
dorsetknob said:
How the fuck do you overclock a PSU ???????? :)
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You dont. And anyone that forums should have seen I was talking about a gpu considering what I quoted...lol!

terroralpha said:
i think that person meant that the quality of the PSU won't alter the OC potential of your CPU/GPU? i think. which is bulls**t actually. OCing drastically increases power draw and you need a power supply that can handle huge surges in power draw (without dropping voltage too much) when system goes from idle to load very fast. i learned that when i upgraded from a POS thermaltake PSU to a Seasonic unit in a build from many years ago. my computer stopped crashing at high overclocks.
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let's use our heads here a minute and look at what I posted again.. :)

If your psu doesn't have ENOUGH POWER to support the overclock, of course it won't work or be stable.

We are also talking QUALITY power supplies here, not some hantol/diablotek bullshit.

So let me clarify since many managed to walk away from my post with different ideas...

If I have a quality 1000W psu and a quality 500W psu, so long as I am not going past its rated power, the 1000W unit will NOT overclock a gpu farther.
 
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SniperHF said:
What did flashing the 7950 to a 280 do? Was the 7950 a pre-boost version or something?

I run a R9 280 + 7950 boost crossfire and they are basically the same far as I can tell. Only the 280 is voltage locked where the 7950 isn't :(
So I just have the 7950 OCed by 15mhz to match to the 280.
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Nope they were boost cards. They were flashed because there was a glitch in one game whose name I now can't remember. Having a 7950 wouldn't let it run some stupid setting and having a 280 would. So they got flashed.
 
Once you overclock you never run stock. Even my HD 4600 is overclocked. Too bad GPU-Z don't read the overclocked GPU clock but the sensor did :D My crappy DDR3-1600 CL11 is also overclocked to 2133MHz for MOAR bandwidth

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GreiverBlade said:
seconded ... actually for day to day task the factory OC is enough (even if it's only 50mhz on the core ) but for benchies i OC manually to test the card.
and actually as : "if i need more GPU power" question arise, the answer will always be, "i will OC it" as i don't have the budget to get a faster one, why get a 600-700chf GPU when a 450chf one can reach them in some situation with a little OC added, ok they only reach stock performances of the faster one but for now even the mid-highend cards are overkill, at last for me on 1080p .... i might OC a bit when i will switch to a useful resolution like 1440-1600 (but not 4k ... not useful ... 27" i prefer 1440 )

on previous owned cards i would OC most of the time (probably because i always took the top dog of the previous gen when a new one was out and the older one was cheaper, or second hand :laugh: )


obviousness :laugh: ... (except for model of the GPU and ASIC ... who give a damn for the ASIC, specially now that the 10XX series ASIC is not supported if you don't try you don't know i had some shitty ASIC cards that OC'ed like champs on air or water, brand that use ASIC to get a premium on their card are laughable... altho only EVGA or is there another clown in the mix? ) although PSU quality ... no one should have a no name or shady brand PSU ever or a Corsair CX ... cheap in every aspect .... not bad but too cheap, my retailer recommended me that one ... i changed my retailer and got a Seasonic M12II 750 EVO for 15$ more :roll:
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Aha Boss,as u say..
 
My first serious attempt at GPU overclocking was with my current GTX 980 Gigabyte G1 edition.

I played around with a custom BIOS that a guy made over at overclock.net and now I am rock solid for gaming at 1541 MHz core and 1903 MHz memory. I do have to have my fans up to 80% in order to keep the card around 60 C though.
 
I have voted: the factory did it for me.

I overclocked just my 2 x 770 when I had it running in SLI, now i have a 750Ti SC edition running at stock, days ago i have ordered a 1080 which i won't overclock because it's powerful enough at stock.
 
I'm more of a silent fan. That's why I usually try to undervolt my components while keeping them at stock. Although I have done my fair share of overclocking too.
 
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