We used this application to do our custom overclocking. The gm204200 chip is smacked onto a custom pcb surrounded with military class. Zotacs overclocked amp edition delivered the top outofthebox performance among three gtx 960 cards we tested, while its 8inch length means it will fit in more compact cases. We used evgas precision x to overclock each card to avoid any. Ive watched numerous videos and read numerous guides and my card just doesnt seem to want to do anything.
While this article focuses on the geforce gtx 960, the guide can be used for virtually any modern graphics card out there, whether its an nvidia or even an amd card. Win10 x64 pro, acer xb240h, corsair obsidian 750d black,demcifilter corsair obsidian 750d dust filter kit,delidded i73770k ocemail protected, f312800cl8d8gbxm, msi geforce gtx 960 2gd5, asrock z75 pro3, evga supernova 750 g2 psu, ekkit l240, 2 x nfa14flx fans, 2 x nff12 ippc 2000, 2 x samsung 840 pro 128gb raid 0 32kb strip, wd re wd1003fbyz 1tb,2tb hgsthitachi hua723020ala641. This overclocking utility from gigabyte supports gtx 950, gtx 960, gtx 970, gtx 980, gtx 980 ti, gtx titan, radeon rx 460, rx 470, rx 480, gtx 1050, gtx 1060, gtx 1070, gtx 1080 graphics cards. Evga offers its own tuning utility called precisionx, which is an.
It provides detailed overview of your hardware and comes with. Jan 24, 2020 this overclocking utility from gigabyte supports gtx 950, gtx 960, gtx 970, gtx 980, gtx 980 ti, gtx titan, radeon rx 460, rx 470, rx 480, gtx 1050, gtx 1060, gtx 1070, gtx 1080 graphics cards. Msi afterburner is the worlds most recognized and widely used graphics card overclocking utility. It also provides an incredibly detailed overview of your hardware and comes with some additional features such as customizing fan profiles, benchmarking and video recording. We all should know what msi afterburner looks like at this point in the game. I have an msi gl62 6qf apache pro 1089uk gaming laptop, skylake i76700hq, 32 gb hyperx impact ram, 128gb ssd, 1tb hdd, 15. Mar 19, 2015 it takes a lot of moxie to name a graphics card supersuperclocked, but thats exactly what evga did for its new geforce gtx 960. Im pretty new to overclocking ive got msi afterburner and a geforce gtx 960 gigabyte g1. If you run software that requires a heavy graphics card which you dont have, there is one possible solution to your problem. Of course, the top card is always a little warmer when running sli. Always wanted to get more performance out of your graphics card, but dont know how overclocking works or simply dont want to risk it. Feb 20, 2018 first of all, is this the right to ask for guidance regarding overclocking with afterburner.
Overclocking geforce gtx 960 or any gpu with msis afterburner. Msi afterburner is the worlds most recognized and widely used graphics card. Msi ab monitors a slew of things on the gpu from temperatures to fan speeds, to memory usage. Overclocking support for geforce 600 series and newer products is provided by several third party applications. Msi impress with its geforce gtx 960 gaming 2g oc edition video card, with its great cooling setup in the twin frozr v down to the overclocking headroom. Each of these cards are delivered with higher than reference clock speeds to start with and nvidia was keen on showing that they could be easily overclocked to 1450mhz with little to no overvoltage required for the task. Msi s venerable afterburner is the best place to start when it comes to overclocking your graphics card.
Today i will show you how to overclock your gtx 960 safely. Msi afterburner is the worlds most recognized and widely used graphics card overclocking utility which gives you full control of your graphics cards. The worlds most recognized and widely used graphics card overclocking utility which gives you full control of your graphics. Monitoringoverclocking software msi afterburner, msi gaming app. Award for geforce gtx 960 gaming 2g msi deutschland. I know its my preferred weapon of choice for video card overclocking in most cases. Gpu clocks are handled by the autonomous gpu boost feature in nvidia. Geforce gtx 960 oc windforce 2x 4gb and i want to overclock it. Using the msi afterburner application we were able to push the core base clock speed to 1288mhz while the gddr5 memory was happy at 1. Davidblaine i want to overclock my gpu using the msi afterburner program but i just need a few tips and pointers basically i want to know what is the most i can push the core clock and memory clock, well basically i want to know how i can push it to the limit without making my pc crash i just want to know what you guys did with yours because i dont know how much to overclock my gpu sorry im.
While in a game can you check with msi afterburner if theres gpu usage and if the. First of all, is this the right to ask for guidance regarding overclocking with afterburner. Five geforce gtx 960 cards overclocked the tech report. Other items not gpu related, such as cpu activity and system memory usage can also be monitored. Geforce gtx 1080 ti lightning z graphics card msi usa. I have a gtx 960 2gb asus strix directcu2 graphics card. One of the best tools for overclocking nvidia and amd videocards is our own afterburner which will work with 90% of the graphics cards out there. The 2way sli bridge l is the perfect link for your ultimate msi gaming sli setup. Mar 10, 2019 msi s venerable afterburner is the best place to start when it comes to overclocking your graphics card. There are two clock speeds associated with a graphics card, a gpu clock speed and a memory clock speed. Overclocking gpu s has become more sophisticated since those early days but the basic principals remain the same as ever. Back on the launch day of the geforce gtx 960, we hosted nvidias tom petersen. While increasing your gpus clock frequency and voltage, the fan speed control will enable you to find the perfect balance between performance and temperature. Gtx 950 overclocking hi, im recently getting a gigabyte gtx 950 2gb oc gddr5, and i would like to know how muchos can i overclock it while being totally safe.
Lets see if this board is impressive enough to earn such a lofty. Each of these cards are delivered with higher than reference clock speeds to start with and nvidia was keen on showing that they could be easily overclocked to 1450mhz with little to. While this article focuses on the geforce gtx 960, the guide can be used for virtually any modern graphics. Overclocking performance msi geforce gtx 960 gaming 2g.
Msis gtx 960 gaming 2g is tweaked with msis familiar afterburner utility version 4. Safe temperature for geforce gtx 960 4gb ftw acx 2. Hey so i have the g751jlds71 and am overclocking the gfx card gtx 965m using nvidia inspector to overclock, afterburner to monitor temps, valley and firestrike basic for testing. Aug 14, 2019 core voltage on msi gtx 960 4gb discussion in msi afterburner overclock application discussion started by bjartskular, aug 14, 2019. Jan 22, 2015 msis gtx 960 gaming 2g is tweaked with msis familiar afterburner utility version 4. To overclock an nvidia gpu, there are a number of approaches you can take. This affordable model comes with the new twinfrozr v cooler.
Asus gpu tweak, evga precision, msi afterburner, and zotac firestorm. For experienced gamers not about overclocking, the msi gaming software installation app allows them can overclock easily and safely with just a mouse click. The only thing better than gaming with one msi gtx 900 series gaming graphics card is to have two or more running in sli. This nvidia system tools installation package adds support for geforce 500 series, gtx 480 and gtx 470 and it includes the following components. In addition to a long history of stable releases, afterburner is simple to use and provides. All of these applications are actually derivatives of msis own software, afterburner. Gigabyte also comes with aorus graphics engine software for its highend aorus graphics cards. Sample gtx 960 graphics card from msi gaming excels due to the expansion of the user experience through software package its really helpful as msi afterburner msi gaming and app.
This is an overclocking application that will use your gpu and your rams latent strength to make your system cope with software like 3d games so that they can run without any. Msi afterburner overclocking tools provide easy and precise access to your graphics card settings. The new oc scanner feature in msi afterburner will do the overclocking for you at the click of a button. Easy guide to overclocking geforce gtx 960 with msi afterburner. Question cpu spikes to 100% after setting mem clock too high gpu overclock. Overclocking evgaas geforce gtx 960 ssc toms hardware. Get a free performance boost with afterburner oc scanner. Equipped with a premium led illuminated gaming logo, that can be synchronized to show the same effects as your msi gaming gtx 900 graphics cards. For the overclocking tests, i used the asus gpu tweak 2. It provides detailed overview of your hardware and comes with some additional features like customizing fan profiles, benchmarking and video recording. Secondly, if so, i must be doing something wrong, because i cannot seem to get any decent performance out of my nvidia geforce gtx 960 with 2 gb ram.
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