Can I overclock my AMD Radeon HD 5450?

computerwiz2531 · Apr 15, 2014

Hi, I have a Gateway SX-2110G-UW23, and I have put in a new AMD Radeon HD 5450. I wanted to overclock it, although all the how-to guides tell me to find my card specs on the internet, although I can't find the info they are talking about, and I'm really confused. All I want to do is overclock my graphics card because I've heard it improves performance. I've never overclocked before, although I really want to learn, if anyone can help

Deemo13 · Apr 15, 2014

Are you trying to improve performance in games? I would ditch the HD5450 if you are attempting to game on it on anything better than the lowest settings.

To overclock, grab yourself a software like MSI Afterburner, which allows you to clock up the speed of the card as well as the fan speed.

That being said, overclocking a 5450 wouldnt really give you that good of performance. What sort of things are you looking to do with the 5450?

computerwiz2531 · Apr 15, 2014

Deemo13 :

Well, I do game on the lowest setting on all my games

I am looking to play my Grand Theft Auto 4 with at least 20 FPS... I don't need much FPS at all to play games, I think 20 FPS is great. I normally get 15 FPS in-game. I want to get as much frames as possible on this computer. I also want to learn to overclock, because I like trying new things :\ . I downloaded MSI Afterburner although I have no idea what so ever how to work it.

Deemo13 · Apr 15, 2014

This is what your MSI Afterburner should look like.

The first slider, the grey one, is the core voltage. If you increase the clock rate (the one below it) enough, you might need to adjust this to compensate. Just like if you tune your car for more horsepower, you generally tune your car to use more gas as well.

The second slider is what would directly affect the performance of your games. The core clock increases the speed at which your GPU runs at. Since the GPU is essentially a processor, this is like overclocking the processor.

The third slider is the shader clock and is usually linked with the core clock. Leave it that way.

The fourth slider is the memory clock. This allows the memory on board the GPU to run at a higher speed. It is good practice to increase the memory clock with the core clock as well.

The fifth one is the fan. You probably shouldnt be overclocking if you dont know what this slider does

To overclock, increase the core clock in increments and see if the computer is stable while running a stress test or a game. When it stops being stable (crashes BSOD etc) then clock it back to what it was before and leave it there. You might try to adjust the memory clock as well to get it stable.

Under the settings for MSI Afterburner, I would recommend checking "launch at startup". I personally would manually apply the overvclock, but you can set it to automatically apply the overclock as well in this menu if you get a very stable overclock.

All in all, I would still recommend a new card. Even a used card if your friends have any. A mid-range GPU from 8 years ago (8800GT) can out-perform that.

computerwiz2531 · Apr 16, 2014

Deemo13 :

This is what your MSI Afterburner should look like.

The first slider, the grey one, is the core voltage. If you increase the clock rate (the one below it) enough, you might need to adjust this to compensate. Just like if you tune your car for more horsepower, you generally tune your car to use more gas as well.

The second slider is what would directly affect the performance of your games. The core clock increases the speed at which your GPU runs at. Since the GPU is essentially a processor, this is like overclocking the processor.

The third slider is the shader clock and is usually linked with the core clock. Leave it that way.

The fourth slider is the memory clock. This allows the memory on board the GPU to run at a higher speed. It is good practice to increase the memory clock with the core clock as well.

The fifth one is the fan. You probably shouldnt be overclocking if you dont know what this slider does

To overclock, increase the core clock in increments and see if the computer is stable while running a stress test or a game. When it stops being stable (crashes BSOD etc) then clock it back to what it was before and leave it there. You might try to adjust the memory clock as well to get it stable.

Under the settings for MSI Afterburner, I would recommend checking "launch at startup". I personally would manually apply the overvclock, but you can set it to automatically apply the overclock as well in this menu if you get a very stable overclock.

All in all, I would still recommend a new card. Even a used card if your friends have any. A mid-range GPU from 8 years ago (8800GT) can out-perform that.

Ok, thanks. So, what should I set the bars to if I want good FPS without frying my card...

computerwiz2531 · Apr 16, 2014

Deemo13 :

This is what your MSI Afterburner should look like.

The first slider, the grey one, is the core voltage. If you increase the clock rate (the one below it) enough, you might need to adjust this to compensate. Just like if you tune your car for more horsepower, you generally tune your car to use more gas as well.

The second slider is what would directly affect the performance of your games. The core clock increases the speed at which your GPU runs at. Since the GPU is essentially a processor, this is like overclocking the processor.

The third slider is the shader clock and is usually linked with the core clock. Leave it that way.

The fourth slider is the memory clock. This allows the memory on board the GPU to run at a higher speed. It is good practice to increase the memory clock with the core clock as well.

The fifth one is the fan. You probably shouldnt be overclocking if you dont know what this slider does

To overclock, increase the core clock in increments and see if the computer is stable while running a stress test or a game. When it stops being stable (crashes BSOD etc) then clock it back to what it was before and leave it there. You might try to adjust the memory clock as well to get it stable.

Under the settings for MSI Afterburner, I would recommend checking "launch at startup". I personally would manually apply the overvclock, but you can set it to automatically apply the overclock as well in this menu if you get a very stable overclock.

All in all, I would still recommend a new card. Even a used card if your friends have any. A mid-range GPU from 8 years ago (8800GT) can out-perform that.

Ok, thanks. So, what should I set the bars to if I want better FPS without frying my card, also I noticed that the temperature is slowly rising, what should an average cards temperature be at??? This card has a heatsink but I'm planning to put a fan on the outside cover of the computer 1 cm above the heatsink. The average card temp is running at about 140 Fahrenheit.

Deemo13 · Apr 16, 2014

Celsius is a better way to read GPU temps.

Also, honestly the HD5450 is a very slow card. I'd only be expecting an increase of like 1-2fps on any given game with overclocking. I've seen several people play games on a 5450 though, so it can be done.

Still, its considered a low end card for use in HTPC computers (computers that are used as media centers)

Theblackdahliarules · Jul 25, 2015

I have the ATI Radeon HD 5450 1gb DDR3 and I over clocked it to 800 MHz core and 630 memory and the temp hasnt gone higher than 45C so im gonna keep testing the limits. Ive been messing with skyrims setting and with 1360x768 resolution i can rock highest setting with high resolution texture packs, real time reflections and about 17 other graphics mods BEFORE I OVERCLOCKED (before the OC was at about 20-30 fps, after overclock 26-37 fps). I have an HP prebuilt and this was the only available PCIEx1 graphics card at the time. I was told it wouldnt help much but its quite capable. I can play MW2 highest settings, crysis 2 on low settings. My other specs are 4gb DDR3 ramm, dual core 2.8 ghz processor havent got to overclocking those

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