I've read a lot about overclocking and the performance benefits that you can get from it in relation to the amount of heat that builds up. My PC performs great when doing whatever I want, though in some demanding games (like Battlefield 4 and Metro: Last Light) I've been noticing that my computer lagged once or twice (very rarely) when I set the in-game settings to the max. I've had my PC for around 3 months and thought that mildly overclocking my GPU would be a safe-ish way to make it run faster.
The above picture I saved from HWMonitor was after I played Battlefield 4 64-player multiplayer. I play at 1080p on a 60hz 32inch monitor.
My PC specs are:
Windows 8.1 Professional Update 1 (64-bit)
Intel Core i5 3570 @ 3.4Ghz (3.8Ghz Turbo)
ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Dual X OC 2GB
G Skill Ares (2x4) 8GB DDR3-1600mhz running dual-channel
Fractal Design Define R4 w/ stock fan (1 fan is connected, the other is inside but disabled)
Corsair HX650W PSU
I want to target a 10% or so overclock on my GPU but I'm not sure if I'll get anything out of it, or how to really overclock. I have MSI Afterburner which I can use to overclock but I'm not sure how to raise the 'clocks' of my GPU. I also have benchmark software like 3DMark as well as built-in benchmarks in Tomb Raider and Sleeping Dogs to test my PC, so I guess I could use that to check if my PC is stable.
Any help on how to go about overclocking would be nice.
The above picture I saved from HWMonitor was after I played Battlefield 4 64-player multiplayer. I play at 1080p on a 60hz 32inch monitor.
My PC specs are:
Windows 8.1 Professional Update 1 (64-bit)
Intel Core i5 3570 @ 3.4Ghz (3.8Ghz Turbo)
ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Dual X OC 2GB
G Skill Ares (2x4) 8GB DDR3-1600mhz running dual-channel
Fractal Design Define R4 w/ stock fan (1 fan is connected, the other is inside but disabled)
Corsair HX650W PSU
I want to target a 10% or so overclock on my GPU but I'm not sure if I'll get anything out of it, or how to really overclock. I have MSI Afterburner which I can use to overclock but I'm not sure how to raise the 'clocks' of my GPU. I also have benchmark software like 3DMark as well as built-in benchmarks in Tomb Raider and Sleeping Dogs to test my PC, so I guess I could use that to check if my PC is stable.
Any help on how to go about overclocking would be nice.