Anyone got any experience of doing this? Given the game runs well and my fps is generally above 50 on max (or near max) settings and I have a habit of not being able to follow basic technical instructions [big grin] is it worth the effort/risk? [???]
Hardware & Technical Overclocking a GTX960 ?
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What sort of cooling system are you running? Stock air, this is going to generate a lot of heat. The GTX960 is a warm-running card out of the box, and overclocking it is going to warm it up even more.
Also, who is your card's manufacturer? There are a number of tools available to overclock these with, some easier to use than others, some with better options than others.
As a general rule, I don't normally overclock anything, but I've been building PC's for close to 30 years, so I've learned a few things.
Also, who is your card's manufacturer? There are a number of tools available to overclock these with, some easier to use than others, some with better options than others.
As a general rule, I don't normally overclock anything, but I've been building PC's for close to 30 years, so I've learned a few things.
Need to know which 960 you have as many are already overclocked by the manufacturer.
Then it's the silicon lottery (some chips will OC higher than the others) to see if you can push it any further while keeping heat within acceptable limits and the GPU stable.
If yours is already OCed you might not be able to push it much further without generating too much heat or instability.
If you want to give it a try then MSI Afterburner is a good bet along with Kombuster for checking heat/stability issues. Also look at Heaven Benchmark for testing.
Then it's the silicon lottery (some chips will OC higher than the others) to see if you can push it any further while keeping heat within acceptable limits and the GPU stable.
If yours is already OCed you might not be able to push it much further without generating too much heat or instability.
If you want to give it a try then MSI Afterburner is a good bet along with Kombuster for checking heat/stability issues. Also look at Heaven Benchmark for testing.
I got the Gigabyte 960 4GB OC Edition which comes with an OC Tool, quite easy. Can be downloaded in the Gigabyte website. Would not try it with a non OC editition or with standard cooling, though. For Elite it seems to me that the CPU is the better candidate to OC anyway.
What type of 960 is it? I skipped the 960, went 780TI/970/1070/1080. I used MSI afterburner on all those cards, no issues with overclocking. It's very simple to overclock, no reason why your 960 should be any different.
The main thing to check is if your card has already been factory overclocked, then use afterburner to tune the card in steps, don't just whack it straight up to a high overclock.
I was able to run ED in VR on ultra on planets once I overclocked the 1070, the 970 also ran very well. All cooled on air, the side of my case was removed, I stuck a huge room fan on the side and ran the cards fan at 80%
Never had any need to adjust the core voltage on any of the cards.
Was lucky in the Silicon Lottery with my Gigabyte G1 Gaming 970, was able to push it to 1550MHz and keeping it below 75 degrees in games when pushed (normally sits about 65 degrees). The Windforce cooler on that thing is amazing. Had to push the voltage up a bit, though.
The short version: don't overclock, it's not worth it. Chip manufacturers put numbers in their specifications for a reason, and OEMs will build all their products to a price and not to be stable at anything but stock clocks. All you get is higher power dissipation (and thus shorter life) and way lower reliability.
This is especially true for ED, where a number of 900-series "factory overclocked" Geforce cards ended up being horribly unstable.
You can generally assume that you will not really notice anything below a 10% speedup, and that would require driving components so far outside their specification that they just will not work for any significant duration.
This is especially true for ED, where a number of 900-series "factory overclocked" Geforce cards ended up being horribly unstable.
You can generally assume that you will not really notice anything below a 10% speedup, and that would require driving components so far outside their specification that they just will not work for any significant duration.
were you may gain in some parts of setup you will lose in others. in my opinion it is pointless going above standard settings. KBoost only makes your card/s work hard constantly even when not in use.
Well, my factory overclocked Asus Strix GTX 960 (2gb) is perfectly happy (and cool) running with its factory overclocked on EDH. There are (as far as I can tell) very few, if any reports of it being the causes of any crashes at either stock or overclocked speeds, unlike the 970 (at least when overclocked).
It has a bit more wiggle room too if I wanted to push it up a bit further, given my current system limitations (the CPU) there is little point in it however. That said, even overclocking is not going to push frame rates up by much, the 960 is made for efficiency rather than raw power.
It has a bit more wiggle room too if I wanted to push it up a bit further, given my current system limitations (the CPU) there is little point in it however. That said, even overclocking is not going to push frame rates up by much, the 960 is made for efficiency rather than raw power.
Thanks for the replies. It's a GeForce GTX960. Ill probably just leave it where it is and wait until i can afford something better. Which might be a while 
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yeesh.. I literally just gave away a 970 to someone on this forum for shipping...
*shakes fist* lol
I know this is a bit of an old thread by now, but I should say that GPU OCing on anything from the past 4-5 years is basically foolproof. The worst you can do typically is crash it if you're not adjusting voltages, and if you're patient (maybe 30-45 minutes) getting results is pretty easy but just adjusting memory and core clock with Afterburner.
This article takes you through it step by step. Just watch your temperatures as you do. http://www.pcgamer.com/how-overclock-your-graphics-card-2015/
This article takes you through it step by step. Just watch your temperatures as you do. http://www.pcgamer.com/how-overclock-your-graphics-card-2015/