Can I overclock my GPU?

[dann20201]

Hey Guys!
I am going to get the XFX Radeon RX 480 RS 8GB and apparently some people say that you can't overclock it? On the website it only states the Core clock and not the boost, which I am suspecting there is no boost? Is the card still overclockable? Such as from Asus GPUTweak or MSI's Afterburner? Or will it cause issues like crashing and death? Also how horribly will a Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 Ghz bottleneck this?
Thanks for any help!

 

[chemmajorp53]

Can you overclock it?

Yes, afterburner is the easiest to use IMO. It will cause crashes if you raise the core or memory clock too high, but you can just scale them back and it will be fine

How bad will a core 2 quad bottleneck it?

Very bad. I would upgrade ASAP to a ryzen system or i5/i7. You're not going to be able to play most modern games at 60fps with that processor regardless of settings.

 

[dann20201]

Can you overclock it? Yes, afterburner is the easiest to use IMO. It will cause crashes if you raise the core or memory clock too high, but you can just scale them back and it will be fine. How bad will a core 2 quad bottleneck it? Very bad. I would upgrade ASAP to a ryzen system or i5/i7. You're not going to be able to play most modern games at 60fps with that processor regardless of settings.

Yeah I was a little worried about bottlenecking because they're too old & young for eachother. Thanks a lot