Overclocking isn't recommended as it can cause games to crash.
Overclocking isn't recommended as it can cause games to crash.
I recently attempted to boost my GPU speed. While playing Modern warfare, I experienced a drop to 50-60 frames, which was unusual. My graphics card is a 2080 Super, and I wasn't sure what was happening. I used MSI Afterburner to try increasing performance, but after running stress tests everything appeared normal yet my games still crashed. I'm puzzled about how to get more frames. The image attached shows nothing running. Could you assist? Happy Thanksgiving!
Use core at 50% plus 200, test in increments of 5 or 10. Avoid raising it further if it still fails. If it works, lower by 5 each time until it crashes again, then raise back up. Merry Thanksgiving!
Benches tend to support higher overclock levels. My FTW3 Ultra 2080 could reach +175 in Fire Strike, +150 in Time Spy, and +117 in games. For RT titles it was +110. Memory boosts helped—my 2080 achieved +800 for games and +1100 for benches. I began at +200 and increased gradually. +1100 would cause overheating without cooling fans, while +800 performed well even with the standard fan curve. To track VRAM temperatures, I used GPUZ/sensors.
It's really a lottery situation. My 1050ti, 1060 and 1070 didn't hit over +50 or +75 on core—probably around 100 for the 1050ti. I suspect the same with the 3070... but I don’t adjust those sliders; I just undervolt them with a custom curve. Running at 2010MHz all day is about 195MHz above the default boost clock. I can push it to 2030 for benchmarks or light usage, but it’s not stable. I’m pretty sure 2010MHz gives better performance.
The 10 series had some differences for me. My EVGA 1080 ti SCs only reached +50 on a bench and were available only in a single game. I owned three of them, all identical. The 20 series brought excitement with +117 on the FTW3 Ultra 2080 ti, achieving 2040mhz at 2115mhz, and +150 at 3080mhz. A 3080 felt like a step up since stock was just 10 frames away. I haven’t overclocked in games with the 30 series, but memory performance can climb high, so my FTW3 does +150 on cores and +1400 on memory. For RT titles like Control, I only needed an overclock on the 2080 ti, and I haven’t played RT in a game since.