Is my GPU damaged?
Is my GPU damaged?
I recently just finished overclocking my GTX 960 specifically for Mirror's Edge Catalyst which is the first time overclocking ANYTHING but I had a video guide telling me how to overclock properly and not just settings for the 960 itself because I know the same GPU's aren't made exactly the same. So I was increasing the base clock by increments of 10 and when I hit 80, the Unigine Heaven Benchmark froze and my GPU stopped responding I guess cause the message went away too fast to read. When I saw it happen I lowered the base clock and Unigine unfroze and the fps was in the 20s. I restarted the benchmark and completed the overclock then went in to the Sniper Elite V2 benchmark and my fps went from 46.4 to 53.2 which is AMAZING or WAS amazing. After that I started up Mirror's Edge Catalyst and the frames were definitely better but still kinda wack for me so I didn't play it and went to Sleeping Dogs. Now this is where the problem is, Ioaded the game and the settings I had it on used to run at 60 or a little under 60 but after overclocking, the fps is now in the 30s unless I lower anti-aliasing to normal and get 60 again. I'll spare the details for the next two things I did so I ran Sniper Elite V2 Bench again then Mad Max which i get 60 FPS max settings but now both run at a locked frame rate of 25.
IS MY GPU DAMAGED???
PS. Im 17 so I WILL be lazy to do anything SUPER complicated but PLEASE throw ANY solution at me I will greatly appreciate it.
I strongly suspect you didn’t harm your GPU, they have strong protections against damage. I recommend resetting to the original clock settings and rechecking your performance. Also, note your temperatures during the stressful test—high 80s would likely indicate thermal throttling. Additionally, excessive memory overclocking might cause a drop in performance, so reset to stock clocks and retest. If this doesn’t resolve the issue, consider reinstalling GPU drivers.
I strongly suspect you didn’t harm your GPU, they have strong protections against damage. I recommend resetting to the original clock settings and rechecking your performance. Also, note your temperatures during the stressful test—if they were in the high 80s, it’s likely thermal throttling. Additionally, excessive memory overclocking might cause a drop in performance. So, reset to stock clocks and try again. If that fails, reinstalling GPU drivers could help.
Computers are acting strange. I’m not sure if you hurt your GPU, they have strong protections against damage. I recommend resetting to factory settings and rechecking performance. Also, note your temperatures during the test—high 80s usually mean thermal throttling. If memory overclocking was done, it might affect performance. Reset clocks again and see if it helps. If that fails, reinstalling GPU drivers could be a good next step. I already tried resetting clocks without success, but my drivers still show the driver as installed. Thanks for trying, you really are a superhero!