I need help picking the right overclocking settings for my computer using Afterburner.
I need help picking the right overclocking settings for my computer using Afterburner.
Here are my specs: CPU is Intel Pentium G4560 running at 3.50 GHz, and it has an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 graphics card with 2GB of dedicated video memory. My computer uses an H110M PRO VD PLUS motherboard, 8GB of RAM, Windows 10 Home Edition as the operating system, a power supply unit I don't know exactly what model it is (it's probably around 500W), and if you need more details just let me know in a comment.
I agree with Karadjgne on this point. I've done some GPU overclocks before using nvidia cards, and usually you can just bump up the clock speed a tiny bit. But in real life, that gain isn't enough to fix instability issues. The only safe way is to start at the base clock and then increase it slowly step by step. On this 950 card, I think one of those right cards could give you an extra 150mhz. Overclocking sounds cool on paper: more performance without paying extra. But there are dangers involved. If you crank up the speed too much, things can break. I haven't had anything explode in a long time, but the bigger risk is instability even when you be careful. You could get a blue screen of death right in the middle of playing your favorite game!