How much difference will overclocking make?

Erich Kriegler · 9 Jul 2012 at 17:48

At the moment I have an I5 3570k and a GTX 570.

So how much difference will it make in game performance if I overclock it?

andybird123 · 10 Jul 2012 at 09:21

anywhere from 0 to 100%, depends what game and what settings you run it at
though with your setup I'd say closer to 0 in most cases

OLDPHART · 10 Jul 2012 at 10:19

Hi, OCUK overclock the i3570k to 4.4GHz which will improve performence, check out Jay85's thread use it as a rough guide >

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18421556

Jay85 · 10 Jul 2012 at 10:34

OLDPHART said:
Hi, OCUK overclock the i3570k to 4.4GHz which will improve performence, check out Jay85's thread use it as a rough guide >

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18421556

Thanks for the bump! Primed for 6 hours and it's rock solid. PCI-E Gen 3.0 has seen an increase of around 1000 points in my gpu score in 3Dmark11 aswel, bonus (Y)

Tea_Bag · 10 Jul 2012 at 11:03

Jay85 said:
Thanks for the bump! Primed for 6 hours and it's rock solid. PCI-E Gen 3.0 has seen an increase of around 1000 points in my gpu score in 3Dmark11 aswel, bonus (Y)

a gtx570 doesn't saturate PCIe2.0, so that 1000 is unrelated/coincidental.

even a 6990 wouldn't saturate PCIe2.0, and that's double the horsepower.

Jay85 · 10 Jul 2012 at 11:06

Tea_Bag said:
a gtx570 doesn't saturate PCIe2.0, so that 1000 is unrelated/coincidental.

even a 6990 wouldn't saturate PCIe2.0, and that's double the horsepower.

Re-read my sig! I don't run a gtx 570 no more

Tea_Bag · 10 Jul 2012 at 11:13

Jay85 said:
Re-read my sig! I don't run a gtx 570 no more

that's a nice OC

Jay85 · 10 Jul 2012 at 11:19

Tea_Bag said:
that's a nice OC

Haha thanks, still tweaking so may get a little more just yet.

Would be nice to break that 1300mhz barrier