So whats the best overclocking tool for GPU’s hands down…
Also I have a 980 Ti what is the best software for overclocking it on windows. I really want to get a solid suite and stop hunting
I figure someone on this forum has experience… I want to consolidate all the advice of the forum to find out whats best or at least bestly most popular haha
inb4 800 posts that say MSI afterburner.
Ive used it… I like it but I wonder what are my alternatives and whats good in each…t hats what I am after
They are all pretty much the same.
I like MSI Afterburner. Easy and straight forward to use, good custom fan curves and the included OSD is very nice.
TBH though I don’t usually OC GPUs. Usually isn’t worth it and I prefer quiet but I have used it for OCing but especially undervolting and fan control.
Im just trying to get all the good stuff before I liquid cool her and stuff so I can really push the system I have. LOL a continuation on last night after my heart attack at the voltage i saw on that CPU in the lounge…
Ahh okay lol
Well yeah MSI Afterburner is fine. As I said they are all basically the same. Hell, Asus’s tool is pretty much just Afterburner reskinned…
I’ve always used AB myself on an 980 Ti and I actually undervolt at stock clocks to reduce temps. The RivaTuner Statistics Server addon has always been a bit clunky to access but is good for the onscreen FPS etc.
MSI afterburner, but get this, without the dumbass gamer aesthetic skin it has by defualt
if you got a EVGA card get the percision, though I don’t think you can get rid of its dumbass skin
I’ve done it so many times now it’s become an almost subconscious step to switch skins at the first load.
I came here to snarkily post RivaTuner, but I guess that’s still a thing.
RivaTuner is the base application that Afterburner is built on. All the sensors and monitoring are from RivaTuner.
Is BIOS modding still a thing on NVidia cards?
For crazy people a hex editor should always be an option.
I have recently modified a GTX 560Ti BIOS to get the fan speed lower, but this required an ancient tool which ran on XP and a flash tool for DOS.
I also had success flashing the 580 mod on my RX 480, so there is at least BIOS level overclocking on the red side as an alternative to Afterburner.
Yes there are totally hacked software to increase NVIDIA power limits still, although complexity of implementation has increased with time. In pascal there tends to be a lower limit in the official drivers than bios (if applicable), and bios than hardware (the driver based temp it starts to reduce from peak power\clockspeed\voltage limits is actually 50°c, but its very slow at first). For a typical middle of the road example driver voltage limit may be 1.08v, the bios then may cap that at just under 1.1v regardless of the drivers settings, and there will be a hardware limit of typically 1.25v, so if you need more than this (eg liquid nitrogen OC) you’ll need to physically mod your board (or as I have seen recently, use the existing voltage check pads to inject more voltage from a different supply).
Non-founders PCB’s (as some aftermarket coolers are the same board with a different cooler, like the basic EVGA) may have different bios and hardware limits, so make sure you read up on your exact card before doing anything. You don’t want to hack voltage to reduce throttling only to discover that limit was set due to overheating VRMs! Also be very careful as some of the settings don’t only effect what you think, things like GPU and memory share many factors like power limit, and depending on card design, voltage.
My advise it to avoid the matter entirely on founders edition cards, and regular sized air coolers. However some oversized air coolers, most AIO and all fullcover waterblocked cards have the thermal capacity to play around if you want, so there is little drawback to trying a hacked software driver… you increase is likely minimal but its not like there is any risk of bricking a card. Beyond that and into bios and hardware mods, its your card and your money, but from the increases I’ve seen on water cooled daily running\gaming system I personally wouldn’t bother, its more about pushing further for benchmark scores ect.