GTX 560 overclock - recomended speeds?

[deh-cheesekake]

I have a GTX 560 2GB (non ti) from palit and I wish to try overclocking it. I just want to know if anyone of the forums is able to tell me what speeds they found to be stable on this or a similar card to give me an idea of what I should do with it. Please note that I am not over-volting

I am going to use MSI afterburner to overclock my card but if you know of a better one then please also tell me

 

[Wozza63]

Very few people on this forum overclock their CPUs or graphics cards, we don't recommend it really, their would be things you can do within the operating system to get equivalent performance difference in game, such as Windows Aero amongst other features

 

[Narcotics]

Evga precision x http://www.evga.com/precision/

Overclocking GUIDE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxMA9ewPgZs

 

[mishra]

If your PC case provide nice airflow and you check that your GFX is not overheating there is a lot of performance that can be gained from OC graphic cards.

As a comparison, by overclocking 560ti you can "almost" match not-overclocked gtx 570 performance (notice the almost bit , etc

 

[mishra]

Word of advice (the scary text)... I think if you bought your PC from PCspecialist then over clocking GPU will void the warranty if something goes wrong (not sure of that - so better check double check it for yourself).

Did a quick search and seems you "should be able" to take the core to 900MHz and even beyond that with increasing voltage to make it stable. But truth is that for 24/h over clock you do not want to push your card so far. It will produce more heat and noise. Just up the core and memory a bit, and leave voltages untouched - unless YOU REALLY KNOW what you are doing.

If you decide to go with OC just take it easy, increase by a bit, monitor temps make sure YOU WILL NOT overheat the card. There is a software you can stress your card with, it's called: OCCT. Again, check your temps at all time... make sure it all nice and not too hot! If all looks fine and no crashes you should be good to go. Usual few rounds of BF3 will tell you the "real truth" on how stable it is

Keep HWmonitor open at all times, so you will know what kind of temps you are running with.

ps. Over clock will not make your PC to perform twice as fast. It will make it "just a bit better", to see a proper and real improvements you need to upgrade the GFX ! Having said that, there is nothing wrong in making your card to perform "better" for free - but as long you don't damage it by silly over clock and not enough cooling!

 

[steaky360]

Word of advice (the scary text)... I think if you bought your PC from PCspecialist then over clocking GPU will void the warranty if something goes wrong (not sure of that - so better check double check it for yourself).

If you overclock anything yourself (CPU/GPU/etc.) in the PC from PCS and something goes wrong due to the overclock (or related to it) the warranty will be void

 

[Wozza63]

If you overclock anything yourself (CPU/GPU/etc.) in the PC from PCS and something goes wrong due to the overclock (or related to it) the warranty will be void

The GPU will be void instantly if overclocked, whether it is the cause or not, anything else will be dependent on whether it was the cause of the problem or not

 

[mishra]

I see. Never thought about it tbh, my gfx was purchased from a different source.

 

[Wozza63]

You would need to check with the manufacture or the retailer, although most are against overclocking and will void your warranty for it, although I think EVGA allow graphics overclocking

 

[sbreame]

You would need to check with the manufacture or the retailer, although most are against overclocking and will void your warranty for it, although I think EVGA allow graphics overclocking

As far as I know, Palit lets you OC your card too, considering they made Thundermaster.


Is OCing a card -really- worth it? Probably not. There's a ton of graphs and stuff on the net for OC'd cards, and it's basically... 10% OC = 6-7% performance increase = A few un-noticeable frames boost.


Always good to research the card too for those "weird stats" for instance,

GTX 680 2GB will out-perform a 4GB version on a single display, but the 4GB wins on 2/3 monitors. With my build I opted for the 4GB version as xmas is coming up and I'm sure I'll ask someone to get me another monitor haha. Then in a few years I'll add another card or two for that boost.

The most important question though has to always be asked - Do you NEED the overclock? 90% of users do not.

 

[mishra]

The most important question though has to always be asked - Do you NEED the overclock? 90% of users do not.

Leaving the warranty issues aside.
No you do not need to do it! Increase in speed, noise and temperature varies across different graphic cards. Some clock better some worse. Sometimes you will not be able to see any benefits some times you can get a visible improvement. Getting 2-3FPS makes no real difference but if you manage to get 5FPS well, you know it's not bad - considering it is 5FPS you got for free.

As was said before, there are results on the Internet of overclocked gtx 560ti matching performance of gtx570 - there is some hefty price difference between these two cards.

Overclocking GFX is a bit like overclocking your CPU - only benchmarks will really show you the difference. In normal-day-to-day stuff, I bet there is no noticeable difference at all. So the question is not "Do you need to do it?" but it should be "Should I upgrade my graphics to a new one or overclock it a bit meanwhile and start saving for the new one?"

I have overclocked every single card I used to own - it never failed or cause any problems to me. Did I see any real benefit? Well hard to say, maybe - maybe not. Make no difference to me really - I just like when it's overclocked even that tiny bit. I only extreme overclock CPU and GFX for tests and benchmarks - for 24/h daily-gaming PC it is overclocked just a little bit.

 

[sbreame]

Leaving the warranty issues aside.
No you do not need to do it! Increase in speed, noise and temperature varies across different graphic cards. Some clock better some worse. Sometimes you will not be able to see any benefits some times you can get a visible improvement. Getting 2-3FPS makes no real difference but if you manage to get 5FPS well, you know it's not bad - considering it is 5FPS you got for free.

As was said before, there are results on the Internet of overclocked gtx 560ti matching performance of gtx570 - there is some hefty price difference between these two cards.

Overclocking GFX is a bit like overclocking your CPU - only benchmarks will really show you the difference. In normal-day-to-day stuff, I bet there is no noticeable difference at all. So the question is not "Do you need to do it?" but it should be "Should I upgrade my graphics to a new one or overclock it a bit meanwhile and start saving for the new one?"

I have overclocked every single card I used to own - it never failed or cause any problems to me. Did I see any real benefit? Well hard to say, maybe - maybe not. Make no difference to me really - I just like when it's overclocked even that tiny bit. I only extreme overclock CPU and GFX for tests and benchmarks - for 24/h daily-gaming PC it is overclocked just a little bit.

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Yeah I can understand it, if you're a bencher or literally playing -the- latest games, but I find that a majority of users play games that are well within the comfort zone of a stock GPU. Video capturing is another story... specially if you're a fan of slow motion haha, higher the fps, the more smoother the slow motion is.