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Overclocking my GTX960?

gamerremag

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Hey I need some advice with my first overclock. Reason I'm doing it is my Dying Light gets 100+ fps but with vsync turned off (do you need a really powerful gfx card do use this), when I put it to ultra I am at about 50fps and the rising and falling makes it lag.

...Didn't think I'd have this issue with a £200+ card.

Can someone give me some tips please? Don't want to fry the thing.

Setup - [GTX960 4GB - Intel i5 processor - 8GB of RAM - Windows 8.1]

This card is meant to be able to give me 4k resolution, and it says super overclocked on the box. Hardline and games like that work seamlessly but for some reason not Dying Light.

Thanks
 
Unfortunately I think you've bought the wrong card, the 4GB 960 is a waste of time and money really.

The standard 2GB 960 is a decent 1080p card when it comes with a game, it makes it about £120 card, but the expensive ones are pointless. Ultra settings aren't really it's thing.
 
yeh for 200 you would have been better with a r9 290 / 290X the 960 will only have the power to use the 2GB Vram anyway really hence why they only origonally came out with 2GB Vram.

4GB is probably better suited to 960 sli's.

960 probs medium / high no chance at ultra.
 
4GB is great for running the likes of GTAV which are memory intensive. I wouldn't say a 4GB 960 is a bad thing. Though for the money, a 290/290x comes close. Anyhow, here's some actual answers for the overclocking question.

You really need to know what you're doing. The best overclocks require an increased voltage and power. The worst can go up to 1.18V. I know the memory clock can safely do 1900Mhz on even the worst 960. The equivalent effective rate is 7600Mhz. As for the GPU clock, the worst cards can just about get to 1500Mhz at boost. The base clock would have course be less than this maybe say 1300Mhz. These numbers I got by reading around for different comparisons of 960 overclocks, from what I saw it varied quite a bit between the same model. I generally don't mess with voltage and power as these are the dangerous factors when overclocking, especially as it can make it pretty hot.

Despite what I've said, each individual card is different. I recommend you watch a youtube tutorial for it and to get someone who knows what they are doing to help with it.
 
Well this sucks, at the time of searching I was told an 290 and GTX960 are similar.

Hardline has to come under the intensive category and it runs flawlessly. I do have Hardline, Witcher 3, Dying Light and Far Cry 4 on the HD, so I'm hoping you say that'll be the cause.

A friend tried to show me how to make the VRAM usage from your HD higher so it uses more memory for gaming but it didn't seem to improve anything.

I'll probably just delete games I'm not playing and wait til I can get a graphics card which CAN do 4k resolution... like the GTX960 I bought on Overclockers was advertised. :/

Thanks for the info guys.
 
p.s. The Gforce Gaming Experience app that lets you optimize games clearly sucks as it isn't doing the job with one certain game which I've dled before I get the game for online.
 
gamerremag said:
Well this sucks, at the time of searching I was told an 290 and GTX960 are similar.

Hardline has to come under the intensive category and it runs flawlessly. I do have Hardline, Witcher 3, Dying Light and Far Cry 4 on the HD, so I'm hoping you say that'll be the cause.

A friend tried to show me how to make the VRAM usage from your HD higher so it uses more memory for gaming but it didn't seem to improve anything.

I'll probably just delete games I'm not playing and wait til I can get a graphics card which CAN do 4k resolution... like the GTX960 I bought on Overclockers was advertised. :/

Thanks for the info guys.
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GTX 960 is not a serious 2160p card even Gibbo who sells the cards @OcUK will tell you that.

For a single card a 290X is probably the best bang for buck card @2160p.
 
gamerremag said:
A friend tried to show me how to make the VRAM usage from your HD higher so it uses more memory for gaming but it didn't seem to improve anything.
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I'm not sure what you mean by this, can't help but think someone has misinformed you about things.

GTX 960 is a great budget card for medium /high settings. Games like Dying Light require a lot of GPU performance, something like a GTX 980 to properly max it out.

Dying light runs nicely on the medium or high preset with a GTX 960, and it still looks great. Why not just run with that setting. It's a great game and worth playing.
 
Boomstick777 said:
Dying light runs nicely on the medium or high preset with a GTX 960, and it still looks great. Why not just run with that setting. It's a great game and worth playing.
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True man, I just only just discovered that it's not Ultra capable as advertised... a few kudos points deducted from my previously flawless opinion of OC's sales section.

It might be an obvious yes, but does the risk of poor performance increase greatly with pirated games? Even if from trusted, non virus guaranteed sources?

Thanks again
 
Where has OCUK said you can play certain games at xxx settings with graphics card?
Apart from the manufacturer blurb about amazing graphics etc... I've never seen them ever state x card can play y game at z settings (unless it genuinely can)

No, no performance problem with pirate copies of games unless they're missing a patch that improves it.
 
gamerremag said:
True man, I just only just discovered that it's not Ultra capable as advertised... a few kudos points deducted from my previously flawless opinion of OC's sales section.

It might be an obvious yes, but does the risk of poor performance increase greatly with pirated games? Even if from trusted, non virus guaranteed sources?

Thanks again
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Barking up the wrong tree here asking about pirated software . Did you not look into benchmarks befor buying a card ?
 
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GTX 960 = R9 285 and not the R9 290X.

It is a mid mid range card. 4k resolution isn't quite midrange yet.

You can try overclocking it.

1350mhz should be easy. May be able to push 1400mhz for the core. Boost will take it even higher.
For the memory anything up to 8000mhz possible.

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Reading the blurb here

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-278-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2379

I think you misunderstand what Dynamic Super Resolution is as it isn't a guarantee 4k resolution gaming will work at high settings.

http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/technology/dsr

You can see in the supported GPUs even low end cards support it.
 
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