How much can i overclock my GTX 1050 OC?

[Feraafiir]

I want to overclock my graphics card but when i go to afterburner i can set it to 1000+ core and memory clock. I did once and my screen went grey so i restarted my pc and haven't done it since then. How much should i overclock it and whats the max? I got the MSI OC Dual Fan edition.

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

Don't ever do that again. You should increase it in small increments, +25 or +50MHz at a time until it becomes unstable, then back off and go up in even smaller increments until you find the furthest you can go without it being unstable. Then maybe even go just below that to be sure you are stable.

 

[Feraafiir]

Don't ever do that again. You should increase it in small increments, +25 or +50MHz at a time until it becomes unstable, then back off and go up in even smaller increments until you find the furthest you can go without it being unstable. Then maybe even go just below that to be sure you are stable.

I have reached 750+ without it being unstable? What are the signs of unstable gpu?

EDIT: PC went black after that so whats the absolute maximum mhz you recommend?

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

What are you using to check for stability? I would recommend Unigine Heaven Benchmark and 3DMark Firestrike.

It's highly unlikely you are able to run a GTX 1050 at +750MHz on the core, at least not for long. Signs of instability are black screens, artifacts, and over heating. Artifacts are various colored shapes that appear on the screen.

Every GPU is different and has it's own maximum frequency it will achieve while being stable. It depends a lot on what your factory clock is as to how much you can increase it.

 

[maxygoodman]

Don't ever do that again. You should increase it in small increments, +25 or +50MHz at a time until it becomes unstable, then back off and go up in even smaller increments until you find the furthest you can go without it being unstable. Then maybe even go just below that to be sure you are stable.

I have reached 750+ without it being unstable? What are the signs of unstable gpu?

EDIT: PC went black after that so whats the absolute maximum mhz you recommend?

Ok, so why are you actually trying to overclock that much? First thing you have to do is get Valley Benchmark and use it after each clock to see the stability. Try getting it to roughly 750 on the memory clock and 180-200 on the core clock and then start trying to bump the core voltage (mine got stuck at those without being able to change it with the voltage increase so yea)

 

[yrly59e]

2176mhz seems to be the upper stable limit with auto adjusted fan speeds (fully playable in game tested for long periods). I achieved this on a Colorful I-Game GTX 1050. This card has an aluminum backplate, dual cooling fans with copper heat pipes and uses an external power connector allowing you to ramp the power draw up quite a bit since it's not drawing from the PCIe slot.

If you bump up the minimum fan speed you can achieve 2189. Anything beyond that crashes. It's not a thermal issue at that point without being able to up the core voltage or power draw this is probably as far as you're going to get. You might possibly get a few more MHz with a new power supply, I'm using this in an old Dell XPS withnthe stock power supply.

If you check userbenchmark you'll see I have most if not all of the top slots for a GTX 1050. I only did this for fun, I got the card for free, this is my media PC so if the card died from the absue I'd just swap it out.

As far as the memory clock mine was stable to 600mhz, I'm going to bump it up in small amounts and see if I can find the top number for the card but this will likely vary depending on what brand ram they used,

At those speeds it performs roughly the same as a stock 1050ti. I suppose if you have one already it gives you something to shoot for. The card I did this on runs in the upper end of 1050s so I suppose you get someone for your money.