Will Overclocking a CPU/GPU greatly increase the performance?

[Kris_90]

Hi

My question is in the title Will overclocking a CPU/GPU greatly increase the performance of a pc, particularly in games?

My CPU - AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ 2.80 GHz
My GPU - Gainward GeForce GTX 560Ti "Phantom" (don't know what it's clocked at, I don't think it was overclocked by the manufacturer)

I've only recently started playing games on PC but I haven't had any issues with my CPU/GPU. They seem to run every game on high @ 1920x1080. Will overclocking them give me a big performance boost?

Cheers

 

[Kris_90]

No it will slow your games down. That's why we do it. Games are to fast and run to smooth

lol obviously it helps, I'm asking will it massive improvement?

For example does overclocking your CPU from 2.80 GHz to 3.80GHz make it a lot better?

 

[Kris_90]

It will be better at benchmarks, and there have been cases where overclocking a graphics card has actually made unplayable games playable. So yes, the difference can be quite startling.

It can also be completely invisible if you don't actually stress what you already have. If you make your car capable of 100MPH rather than 70MPH, but you never drive over 50MPH, you'll never notice the difference, will you?

I have also seen massively overclocked PCs that felt slower than stock in use because memory timings had been badly done and although the PC benchmarked like a dream it actually felt sluggish to use it.

Thanks, that's what I thought, I don't max out my pc in anyway so it looks like it will be pointless in me trying to overclock it.

Cheers