Can I overclock my APU?

[marquisheard87]

Specs are
CPU Ryzen 5 2400g- Stock wraith stealth cooler 3.60GHz

Ballistix Sport LT 8GB Single DDR4 2400


Thermaltake Smart 500W 80+ White Continuous Power

B350 Tomahawk motherboard

1 TB HDD

I don't know much about OC, but Was wondering if I could. I've been trying to play GTA , Fortnite, etc.. But It plays terribly. Well, not terribly, but I think it could do a lot better. Has anyone here overclocked the 2400g apu? Any suggestions of what I should set the settings to?

 

[CountMike]

Your most likely problem is slow and not enough RAM as it's used for graphics too. GPU built in that processor is just a bit better than let's say GTX 1030 or Rx 550 but with slow RAM it's difficult to reach even those performances. You can OC processor only, from what I have seen, OCing GPU doesn't bring much if any performance.

 

[BFG-9000]

You sure can. AMD's own Ryzen Master overclock tool has settings for the "APU GFX Speeds"

 

[madmatt30]

You're losing 40-50% performance straight away by using a single ram stick , that's totally disregarding the fact that theres another 10% to be gained from faster ram aswell.

The minimum you should use with a ryzen 2200/2400g is a 2 x 4 kit of 2666mhz.

You can overclock that cpu by around 10%, its not going to make up those kind of deficits though.

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3244-amd-r5-2400g-memory-kit-benchmarks-and-single-vs-dual-channel

 

[marquisheard87]

You're losing 40-50% performance straight away by using a single ram stick , that's totally disregarding the fact that theres another 10% to be gained from faster ram aswell.

The minimum you should use with a ryzen 2200/2400g is a 2 x 4 kit of 2666mhz.

You can overclock that cpu by around 10%, its not going to make up those kind of deficits though.

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3244-amd-r5-2400g-memory-kit-benchmarks-and-single-vs-dual-channel

I'm using dual ram 2x4 gb sticks , probably doesn't matter tho

 

[madmatt30]

You'll get more benefit over clocking that ram than the apu.

Ive had ballistix 2400 running at 2933mhz on an asrock b350 board , it was fine for gaming but failed rendering application use.

It has however been sat at 2666mhz rock solid for the past 8 months.

 

[madmatt30]

Is CPU actually showing dual channel & 2400mhz speed??

Does the tomahawk have a 'memory try it' option in bios ?? The mortar & pc mate do & it works pretty flawlessly for doing a single tier hike up on speed from default ram speeds.

 

[marquisheard87]

Is CPU actually showing dual channel & 2400mhz speed??

Does the tomahawk have a 'memory try it' option in bios ?? The mortar & pc mate do & it works pretty flawlessly for doing a single tier hike up on speed from default ram speeds.

Yes, it says "channel# dual" "DRAM frequency 1199.3-1201.0 MHz" Okay, with my current hardware, can you give me suggestions as to what to put the settings on, to run at least gta 5 at 40+ fps(if thats possible) I'm new to all of this stuff lol

 

[madmatt30]

Your easy way is to set in game resolution to 720p with fxaa enabled.
Set the detail sliders to about a third of the way up , & every thing else on high.

That 'should' net you around 50fps constant.

Or 1080p, disable fxaa & msaa , sliders to around 20% ,& all options below to medium.

Should net you 40fps minimum.


To me with 8gb 2400mhz ram total the first 720p option will work better - a lot less reliance on ram throughout at 720p.