My attempts to increase the GPU speed don't affect the game's frame rate.
My attempts to increase the GPU speed don't affect the game's frame rate.
I recently assembled a new PC and added a GTX 960 MSI gaming 2G. During benchmarking at normal speed it achieved about 52fps in Unigine, and after overclocking with MSI Afterburner I reached 60fps without any crashes (though higher speeds caused instability). That performance was impressive, but when I tried it in Fallout 4 and CS GO the average FPS remained similar or dropped. I didn’t adjust the core voltage during testing.
if your CPU is limiting your GPU's performance, overclocking the card won't improve things much. Consider overclocking your CPU first to see if it helps.
CDDogg:
if your CPU is limiting your GPU's performance, overclocking the card won't improve things much. Consider overclocking your CPU first and see if it helps.
Yeah, I thought the same. I have an i3 3220 and am thinking about upgrading to an i5 4690k. I guess that should work fine.
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CDDogg:
if your CPU is limiting your GPU, even a small overclock won't improve performance much. Consider overclocking your CPU first, then check again.
I own an r9 380 and an i7 4790. I've set the GPU to 1150mhz but still face the same issue—no FPS gain, it's stuck between 293-295 on cs go. Is this because the game is CPU-heavy?
Cinderblox :
CDDogg :
if your CPU is limiting your GPU's performance, even slight overclocking won't improve things much. Consider boosting your CPU first, to check if that helps.
I own an r9 380 with an i7 4790. I've set the GPU to 1150mhz but still face the same issue—fps remains stuck between 293-295 in cs go. Is this because the game is CPU-heavy?
Yes and no. Safely lowering your GPU will only add up to a maximum of 10 FPS improvement. Pushing it further risks overheating. 290 FPS is quite high; you likely don't need more. Overclocking is generally useful only on budget systems where a 10 FPS difference matters. The key factor here is whether the CPU is the bottleneck or if the GPU is the issue. CPU-intensive games can cause occasional FPS drops, so even with a small boost, the overall performance may stay similar.
CDDogg shared their experience about CPU and GPU performance. They mention having an R9 380 and an i7 4790, with the GPU capped at 1150mhz but still facing similar issues. They note no improvement in FPS despite overclocking and suggest that CPU bottlenecks might be the main cause. They also discuss the risks of overheating and the impact of watercooling on performance. The conversation continues about whether to give up on overclocking based on results across different games.
Cinderblox :
CDDogg :
Cinderblox :
CDDogg :
if your CPU is bottlenecking your GPU, even a little bit, overclocking the card won't yield you any boost in performance. Try overclocking your CPU instead, see if that helps.
I have an r9 380 and a i7 4790
Oc'd gpu to 1150mhz but i have the same problem. No boost in fps , its stuck on 293-295 on cs go
Is it because its an cpu intensive game or something?
Well yes and no. safely oc'ing your GPU will only give you a boost of 10 FPS max. if you boost it anymore you risk overheating. 290 FPS is alot I don't think you need anymore. OC'ing is usually useful only on low spec PC's when 10 FPS is the difference between playable and not. Here is the part where the CPU is important. If your CPU doesnt bottleneck your card but ocing the GPU doesn't show any results its still probably a CPU issue. Game processing that uses CPU can cause FPS drops every now and then, combine that with a 10 FPS boost and you will see basically no change, because your FPS is higher but still drops just the same.
Card is watercooled so can handle both gpu an vram overclocking so no worrys for the overheating part(45-50 celcius stock and 45-55 OC depending on heat from CPU).
Tested it on bf4, csgo, ghosts, advanced warfare even red alert 2 => the 1150mhz stable clock is not giving me any positive sings of being usefull.
on CsGo and RA2 i can see the CPU going up to 90% peak so in that game it could be the bottelneck. But for the other games wich are less cpu intensive i don't see any improvements but the heat of the card is obviously higher than with the stock settings.
It just seems weird that an OC of 170mhz doesn't seem to do much in game whilst it gave a 20% on heaven benchmark.
give up on OC?
I'd give up on OCing GPUs. I use to OC my graphics card but like i said it never showed anything more significant. The best i was able to get out of it was a 15 FPS boost in minecraft. The only thing I think is good to OC is the CPU, CPU ocing is easy and shows definite results. For example, I have an old AMD Athlon II X2 220 2.8GHz Dual-core, which is fine for games like bo2 and mw3 but it doesnt play next gen games without stutters. I got a new cooler and was able to oc it to 3.5GHz and it works for next gen gaming perfectly.