R9 270X overclocking: pls ans me

[Abhise]

hello, I have one question for you. I have recently bought a new PC which contains Gigabyte H61M-S2P motherboard, i3-2120 3.3 GHz processor, XFX AMD Radeon r9 270x gpu, 6 GB 1333 MHz RAM.......My PSU is Corsair VS 650. my question is.....can I overclock my gpu to increase fps(10-15) for the games like Watch Dogs, Assasin's Creed Unity (upcoming bt need to think 'bout the future)......etc high end games???? thanks in advance.

 

[Sakkura]

Sure. Your power supply is more than plenty for that system, though the VS series is pretty low quality.

 

[IInuyasha74]

Yes you can overclock.

Your performance increase cannot be said for sure though. I'd say at best you are looking at 10fps if it does an amazing job, but most likely less, but still an improvement.

For Watch Dogs you shouldn't expect any real increase as its probably the most CPU intense game made. So your CPU is likely whats holding you back in that one.

 

[Abhise]

how much max. overclocking I can do Sakkura ????

 

[M4DCRUSH3R]

Are you running watercooling??

 

[Abhise]

no no....M4DCRUSH3R, I have only one external cooler master 120mm fan....as my psu offers 4 molex connectors...one for hard disk, one for dvd drive, one for fan and one kept extra

 

[Abhise]

Can overclocking be done good as I am using DVI to VGA converter....my monitor I AOC e2043 LED 1600x900

 

[M4DCRUSH3R]

I am not sure about that however you can still overclock however don't go crazy and fry your parts.

 

[Icaraeus]

Download MSI Afterburner and increase one value a little bit at a time. Let's say you start with the GPU clock, increase it 10mhz in MSI Afterburner (I personally use Sapphire Tri XX) and then apply it and check in GPU-Z that it has actually been applied. The best stress tester I have found is Unigine Valley coupled with 3D Mark and any intensive game you have. Just run the Unigine Valley benchmark (F9) and if it passes without anything bad happening to it then increase the GPU clock more. After you have found highest stable value, revert GPU clock back to default and increase the memory clock. After the highest value for that has been found, work on combining the two. Don't increase voltage if you don't know what you're doing.

Additionally to possibly overclock further, set the power limit to +20% in the Catalyst Control Centre.

 

[Abhise]

can i use msi afterburner on XFX card????? Icaraeus

 

[Icaraeus]

Yep, MSI Afterburner works on any graphics card. I just use 'Sapphire Tri XX' for my particular GPU because it's an aftermarket Sapphire GPU.

 

[Abhise]

thanks Icaraeus

 

[Abhise]

I am not sure about that however you can still overclock however don't go crazy and fry your parts.

ok haha 😀

 

[M4DCRUSH3R]

yeah lol