The Gaming PC Building/Upgrade Thread

[WraithPriest]

ameratsu said:

I might as well contribute something here:

Nvidia overclocking.

 

Alternatively if you're using an 8 Series or higher card you can just use the nVidia control panel, which is accessed by right-clicking on the desktop and clicking "nVidia Control Panel".

 

Once it comes up, click the toolbar button "View" then select advanced, then select "Performance - Device Settings". If you have a motherboard with an nVidia chipset in it you can also OC your CPU, RAM and PCI-e slot.

 

 

Soleron said:
@ameratsu

I'll just add that manual overclocking voids the warranty and increases the power consumption of the GPU. So if people want to do that they should bear that in mind.

 

 

 

As far as I have experienced, soft-modding done with software tools like these tend to be ok, however hard-modding, over-voltaging and board firmware flashes do invalidate warranties. Ive pushed my card well above stable several times while testing it and it's still working fine, it's very hard to kill a board nowadays.