factory clock vs base clock GPU nvidia performance settings

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Core Clock is 1072MHz but factory shipped frequencies is 549 MHz so i am a bit confused. so i put it at custom and put them all the way up in the nvida device settings .i have been running my card at 1098 MHz for over year with no problems
but is this considered overclocking ??

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I've never used Nvidia's Device Settings to OC but yeah that appears to be what you're doing. I would leave it as factory shipped settings then download other programs to OC.
MSI Afterburner: https://gaming.msi.com/features/afterburner
GPUz: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
Valley Benchmark: https://unigine.com/products/benchmarks/valley/

It's super super easy. Open Afterburner and set the power limit to the max. You can either start bumping up the clock speed or immediately crank the mV to the max. Either way you'll keep bumping up the core clock until it's unstable and you can't add more mV or you're getting too hot; I stay around 70 under load. When you can't add more voltage or it's getting too hot, lower the clock and the voltage...
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There are stock clocks, manufacturer clocks (usually higher) and boost clocks (turbo, gaming, OC "modes"). For example, lets say a card comes default from Nvidia/AMD at 1000Mhz clock speed. Asus makes their version of the card and decides to give it a base clock of 1040Mhz with a boost to 1100Mhz while under load.

From your example, I don't see a clock speed of 1072Mhz. The 650ti's base clock from Nvidia is 928Mhz so the BOOST version you have may have a manufacturer base clock of 1072Mhz and a boost to 1098mhz.

I hope this answers your questions.
 
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lol that boost tho 22MHZ boost, so having everything set in that picture is not overclocking? its just using the boost clock speeds?
 
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I've never used Nvidia's Device Settings to OC but yeah that appears to be what you're doing. I would leave it as factory shipped settings then download other programs to OC.
MSI Afterburner: https://gaming.msi.com/features/afterburner
GPUz: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
Valley Benchmark: https://unigine.com/products/benchmarks/valley/

It's super super easy. Open Afterburner and set the power limit to the max. You can either start bumping up the clock speed or immediately crank the mV to the max. Either way you'll keep bumping up the core clock until it's unstable and you can't add more mV or you're getting too hot; I stay around 70 under load. When you can't add more voltage or it's getting too hot, lower the clock and the voltage a little and let it run the benchmark for a while to confirm you're stable.

GPUz is to doublecheck your OC is working.
Valley is to stress the GPU and see how your temperature goes and your stability/performance increase.
 
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