mikethemadmonk Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 Could anyone give me a safe overclocking rule for my NVidia GE force 960 4meg. I am constantly getting black screens which last for 30 seconds or so, by which time I've probably crashed.:helpsmilie:
razo+r Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 Overclocking is more or less a guesswork, every card runs at different clocks if you crash, lower it a bit and try again
RyboPops Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 Which 960 do you have? I have the ASUS Strix GTX 960...I can't remember my OC off the top of my head but I'll try to post it when I get home.
RyboPops Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 More information about your PC build (mobo, chipset, PSU, etc) would also be helpful. With stock clock speeds what kind of under-load temps do you see on the GPU?
codenamepanzer Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 I'm not sure overclocking the GPU gives you more FPS. DCS is a strong CPU consumer, it's worth overclocking the CPU instead.
PicksKing Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 (edited) Its easier to help by giving us more system information. If the name of your graphic card has an "OC" in it, it is already overclocked. "Extreme" or "Boost" are also phrases for that. Raising the frequency further, you might enter the danger zone. But in many cases the cause for instability of overclocked CPU/GPU is the limited power supply. If your core runs with higher frequencies, it needs more power. If it doesn't get enough, it crashes. It's that simple. Get msi afterburner. This overclocking tool can raise the power limit and overvoltage for your GPU. Be careful with that but I think +50 to 100Mhz should be possible on a GTX960 assumed it is a non-OC version. Additionally, as codenamepanzer said, you should also overclock your CPU carefully and raise the overvoltage at same time. Both is pretty easy with modern motherboards and bios. But step by step. Take your time or blow up your hardware ;-) Search for overclocking guides for your GPU, CPU and board on youtube or somewhere else. There are many informations about that. Edited February 23, 2017 by PicksKing [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Gainward RTX 2080 OC | i7 8700K OC | 32GB G.Skill RipJaws V DDR4 3600 MHz | MSI Z370-A PRO | Samsung 970 EVO 500GB
JG14_Smil Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 O/C'ing my gfx card really helped on my system. Truly helped my four year old i7-3770K and Titan. 2.0 is wonderful. 1.5.6. is not.
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