Head's up, this is not click bait and actually works. I use it all the time

How do we even do this?

By overclocking. Overclocking is the practice of pushing a piece of hardware's internal clock speed faster than intended. This can be done to almost any piece of hardware, RAM, CPU, GPU, etc. However, I will be overclocking a GPU (graphics card) using MSI Afterburner.

Prep

Make sure your drivers are up to date and you have the latest windows update.
Also, make sure you have adequate power supply. Not enough power will cause the system to crash. If you have barely enough power as it is, Do not overclock

Actually Overclocking

Step 1: Download MSI Afterburner
Step 2: After installation, make sure these settings are enabled:

Step 3: Set the power limit and core voltage to the max. This will not damage your card, as the slider max value is set to the highest safe voltage. If this is grayed out, relax. The overclocking will still work.
Step 4: See that "Core Clock Speed" slider? Slide that to 50, then click the check button. Open up Simplerockets2 or another graphics heavy game. In Simplerockets2, set the quality to high. Launch a craft and note the smoothness. If it is still at a low frame rate, increase the clock speed by another 50MHZ. Keep doing this until the framerate has improved or the card reaches temperatures in excess of 80 Celsius.

Endnotes

I am not legally responsible for GPU damage if you decide to set the clock speed above your system's capability.


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    1,092 PointBreak

    Undervolting kinda replaced overclocking, because the turbo boosts in CPUs/GPUs already push the silicon to the max.

    Undervolting Ryzen chips voids warranty for instance, but I don't know about GPUs.

    It takes voltage/current/temps and whatnot and figures out the best clocks. When you lower voltage, that lowers temps which gives even more headroom to turbo boosts.

    Undervolting is specially more important in laptops, since they're usually hotter than desktops.

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    3,539 vghfr

    This method works with all graphics cards

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    3,539 vghfr

    Sorry about the click baity title lmao I had nothing else

    3.3 years ago
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    3,539 vghfr

    @Archanis2ElectricBoogaloo I strongly suggest not to, IGPUs were designed for light use and not meant for overclocking. If you do, you are at the risk of killing your CPU

    3.5 years ago
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    Does this work with igpu's, or only dedicated?

    3.5 years ago
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    3,664 JSO18

    the biggest problem for me is that it creates a lot of heat, and the cooling on my laptop is not great.

    3.5 years ago
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    3,539 vghfr

    @sentinelaerospace
    lol

    3.5 years ago
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    @Staticalliam7 fix the endnote/ disclaimer, because i don't think you want to be legally responsible for damage from setting the clock slider to 999

    3.5 years ago
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    3,539 vghfr

    @sentinelaerospace eh screw warranties

    3.5 years ago
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    how to boost graphics card

    strap C4 on it

    3.5 years ago
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    this method voids any warranties you still have
    also do not use on XFX Rx580 gts black edition cards, they are overclocked to the limits of the card already

    +1 3.5 years ago

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