Learning how to overclock...

[cristoe]

Hey guys, I am new to the pc gaming world and just finished my build. I was looking to get some gaming in at 4k or slightly lower, frame rate isn't a deal breaker for me as long as it's bearable. How would go about achieving those benchmarks? how should set up my fan curves? I downloaded "the surge" last night and attempted some tweaking but didn't quite understand how it worked. Build below...
Asus Z170-A
I7-6700k
EVGA 1000G2 PS
MSI GTX 1060 6gb
Corsair H100i v2
16gb Corsair Vengeance RAM 3000Mhz
Intel 256gb SSD
Seagate 1tb Firecuda SSHD
Windows 10 Pro

Using...
Nvidia g-force experience
MSI afterburner
Corsair Link

Any help from anyone would be much appreciated!
Thanks,

 

[FauxisFox]

There's really no point in attempting to OC the 1060. The GPU is already running at it's maximum TDP that Nvidia has set (120 Watts) even though the thermals are still pretty low. You can't realistically eak much more performance out of it than GPU Boost 3.0 can, and you're more likely to shorten its lifespan in the process.

The 1060 isn't really designed for 4k gaming: its meant for 1080p@60+fps@High/Ultra and 1440p@60-fps@Medium/High.
If you're ok with around 30 fps and lesser visuals, you can still play most games at 4k as long as you use a mix of low and medium settings (though some can stay high like shadows and physics as long as you set them to CPU only in the Nvidia Control Panel and textures can stay high or ultra because of your vram size). You should ise Geforce Experience's recommended settings as a guideline, but you can usually go higher than recommended by a little bit.

 

[cristoe]

There's really no point in attempting to OC the 1060. The GPU is already running at it's maximum TDP that Nvidia has set (120 Watts) even though the thermals are still pretty low. You can't realistically eak much more performance out of it than GPU Boost 3.0 can, and you're more likely to shorten its lifespan in the process.

The 1060 isn't really designed for 4k gaming: its meant for 1080p@60+fps@High/Ultra and 1440p@60-fps@Medium/High.
If you're ok with around 30 fps and lesser visuals, you can still play most games at 4k as long as you use a mix of low and medium settings (though some can stay high like shadows and physics as long as you set them to CPU only in the Nvidia Control Panel and textures can stay high or ultra because of your vram size). You should ise Geforce Experience's recommended settings as a guideline, but you can usually go higher than recommended by a little bit.

Thanks but one thing I am not clear on, is when people refer to low/medium/high settings are they referring to the different settings in the geforce app? how do i know it's set to 4K at medium to low settings?

 

[FauxisFox]

If you go into a game, most games will have an option tab in the start or pause menu that will let you change video settings. You can play with the settings there. They'll tell you what is ultra, high, medium, or low.