Overclocking a GTX 560
Overclocking a GTX 560
Hey everyone, I own an EVGA GeForce GTX 560 that I want to overclock. The issue is that MSI Afterburner has locked the Power Limit and Temperature Limit sliders (they’re grayed out). Can I find a way around this? If not, what should I do?
I just assembled the PC with the GPU:
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/maseratirex/saved/WxQRTW
I haven’t updated the motherboard drivers yet, as some people advised against it because my system is working. Or maybe it’s okay? I also installed the GPU driver myself.
Note: I’m new to PC building and overclocking. Please let me know if there’s anything else I should know.
Be completely truthful, since this card is really old I’d skip it. Trying to improve it would only make it worse. It’s likely that the current tools will be more effective than what’s available now.
It's actually not that bad. It runs at comparable speeds to a Ryzen 5 2400G. You might be correct.
Due to the ancient arch there probably isn't a power limit like modern times. I would NEVER adjust a temp slider to allow it to get hotter than the it should. If the clocks, core and memory as there is no boost clock with that card, allows changes then OC with that. If you dare. Again, I wouldn't.
Sure, just wanted to experiment with it for some benchmarking purposes.
For fun you can push the fan out and try some overclocking; you won’t have to worry about heat since the fan is running at full power. You can also adjust the BIOS for better overclocks—I changed a BIOS on a GTX 960, achieved 1604 stable clocks with the stock cooler, pushed the fan to 7000rpm and kept temperatures under 56°C.