Hey guys,
I recently built myself a new semi-budget gaming PC, full specs below (feel free to skip):
CPU: Intel i5 750
GPU: MSI GTX460 Hawk
RAM: 4GB 1600 G.Skill
PSU: 600W OCZ StealthXstream 2
HDD: 500GB WD Caviar Black
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-H55-USB3
Case: Antec Three Hundred
Here's the summary of my Overclocking efforts.
- After reading a bunch of guides online, I made my first effort by sliding the Core Clock slider (Afterburner) to the right in the increments of 20MHz until I hit 900MHz and Furmark crashed.
- Lowered it to 880MHz, ran Furmark again - stable. Ran 3DMark - weird artifacts on the screen.
- Lowered it to 860MHz, stable all around and a nice little boost in performance, great success!
Now what? That's nowhere near what other people have been reaching with this card! One guy even managed to get 1000MHz out of it.
I really want to get more performance out of my card. Help?
I recently built myself a new semi-budget gaming PC, full specs below (feel free to skip):
CPU: Intel i5 750
GPU: MSI GTX460 Hawk
RAM: 4GB 1600 G.Skill
PSU: 600W OCZ StealthXstream 2
HDD: 500GB WD Caviar Black
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-H55-USB3
Case: Antec Three Hundred
Here's the summary of my Overclocking efforts.
- After reading a bunch of guides online, I made my first effort by sliding the Core Clock slider (Afterburner) to the right in the increments of 20MHz until I hit 900MHz and Furmark crashed.
- Lowered it to 880MHz, ran Furmark again - stable. Ran 3DMark - weird artifacts on the screen.
- Lowered it to 860MHz, stable all around and a nice little boost in performance, great success!
Now what? That's nowhere near what other people have been reaching with this card! One guy even managed to get 1000MHz out of it.
I really want to get more performance out of my card. Help?