Need some PC expert help... Gtx 1080???

[JEMC]

ps3-sales! said:

JEMC said:

Ok. When did you update? AMD launched a new 16.12.2 drivers on Jan 9, with some fixes.

Also, did the games run fine before the update? Sometimes, and I know this from personal experience, the drivers installation doesn't work as it should, and then you're better completely unninstalling them (with a tool like DDU) and reinstall them again.

so there are different 16.12.2 updates?

I believe my gpu crashed yesterday actually because I (please don't judge me i'm an idiot) tried to tinker around with the AMD wattman to slightly overclock stuff for a fix... Damn you youtube guy. we had all the same pc specs so i figured it'd be cool. 

anyway. so i uninstalled all my amd drivers and just reinstalled early this morning. so now it showed 16.12.2 and all my games stopped crashing. but no even before that since i bought this pc (august 2016) games have not run 1080p even close to 60fps. it's been disappointing. 

No one is going to judge you for trying to improve your gaming experience, althought there are some professional reviews have a section detailing how they have overclocked the card, which can be used as another source of info.

Now, I have another question: does that pre build have enough ventilation? How many fans does it have? It's possible that the build has a reference/blower style card and, if the case doesn't have enough ventilation, it can get too hot and throttle, limiting its performance.