What is overlooking actually do on GPU?
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In addition to the above, Wikipedia also sums it up nicely:
The sole goal of overclocking is to arrive at higher performance. In the case of games, overclocking may benefit others, and some not so much (i.e. I gained ~10FPS in Mass Effect overclocking, compared to only gaining ~1 FPS in Sleeping Dogs). It will also increase the minimum frame rate, so if you "lag", you will not arrive at as low a frames per second level as if you didn't overclock, hence reducing stutter of dipping.
The effect it will have on your PSU is simply more power draw and create some more heat. In order to accommodate the extra wattage the GPU will need to run at a higher frequency, the PSU will draw more from the wall, which adds more wattage to the overall system need. This can range anywhere from 10 W to 100 W. Checking out benchmarks of overclocking results of your GPU can give you a better estimate of the difference in wattage that will occur.
The sole goal of overclocking is to arrive at higher performance. In the case of games, overclocking may benefit others, and some not so much (i.e. I gained ~10FPS in Mass Effect overclocking, compared to only gaining ~1 FPS in Sleeping Dogs). It will also increase the minimum frame rate, so if you "lag", you will not arrive at as low a frames per second level as if you didn't overclock, hence reducing stutter of dipping.
The effect it will have on your PSU is simply more power draw and create some more heat. In order to accommodate the extra wattage the GPU will need to run at a higher frequency, the PSU will draw more from the wall, which adds more wattage to the overall system need. This can range anywhere from 10 W to 100 W. Checking out benchmarks of overclocking results of your GPU can give you a better estimate of the difference in wattage that will occur.
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