Well, If you have a Nvidia graphics card that's low end like mine, You probably want to get that extra FPS and play Gta IV smoothly.

 

Well, Your in luck. Because im going to teach you how to overclock your card, Safely.

 

The first thing you do, is download the latest drivers for your Nvidia. Use http://nvidia.com and navigate to the drivers section.

 

Step two, the overclocking tool i recommend is the MSI Afterburner. It is a free software and you can download it here: http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

 

Step three, After you have downloaded the driver updates and MSI Afterburner, Its time for you too start Overclocking!

 

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How to overclock with MSI Afterburner:

 

Note: This added 12 more FPS to my Gta IV, I use a Nvidia Geforce Gt610.

 

Firstly, I recommend only changing the Core Clock, And the Memory Clock. If you don't know what your doing don't touch the rest.

 

Move the Core Clock to the right, Dragging it around 5-15 Mhz a time. Don't just go to the max and apply it, That can cause over heating problems and causing your Graphics card to fry. 

 

The Memory Clock however, Cannot go to the same frequency as the Core Clock. The memory core will stay at 596 Mhz in my case, And the Core Clock will go up to around 950-1000 Mhz frequency. 

 

Choose the setting where you think it will be just right for you. As i said, I gained 12-13 Average FPS in the Gta IV benchmark.

 

if anything happens to your PC or Laptop, Its not my fault. But, It should all be fine if you follow the steps above.

 

If you need any help at all, Comment.  Hope i helped!

 

 

Great guide! MSI Afterburner is great, especially since the manufacturers tune their cards so that the fans stay quite until a very high temperature to reduce noise. One thing you didn't mention is what a safe temperature is. This will vary for each card, but generally you don't want it going above 70-75C. If your card is kept at temperatures at or above that (or even lower than that for some cards), you risk damaging your card and reducing its lifespan. Also, overclocking may void your warranty, so make sure you know the implications before overclocking. I have a higher-end AMD card (6870), and you can actually overclock the card with the drivers it comes with, but it limits how far you can increase it and it doesn't change the fans not really kicking in until a pretty high temperature. For my card, I have it idle in the high 30s low 40s © and it reaches about 60-65C when under load (I have my card mildly overclocked at 900MHz core clock and 1050MHz memory clock). I know your guide is for low end cards, but my card came with a higher memory clock speed than core speed. You can always google what temperatures are good for your card and what setups work better.

I use EVGA Precision to overclock.

Nice!!! Thanks so much!

Great guide! MSI Afterburner is great, especially since the manufacturers tune their cards so that the fans stay quite until a very high temperature to reduce noise. One thing you didn't mention is what a safe temperature is. This will vary for each card, but generally you don't want it going above 70-75C. If your card is kept at temperatures at or above that (or even lower than that for some cards), you risk damaging your card and reducing its lifespan. Also, overclocking may void your warranty, so make sure you know the implications before overclocking. I have a higher-end AMD card (6870), and you can actually overclock the card with the drivers it comes with, but it limits how far you can increase it and it doesn't change the fans not really kicking in until a pretty high temperature. For my card, I have it idle in the high 30s low 40s © and it reaches about 60-65C when under load (I have my card mildly overclocked at 900MHz core clock and 1050MHz memory clock). I know your guide is for low end cards, but my card came with a higher memory clock speed than core speed. You can always google what temperatures are good for your card and what setups work better.

 

Thanks a lot! And you are 101% Right. Thanks for the good feedback!

Nice!!! Thanks so much!

 

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Thank you soooooo much :D you are the best

Thank you soooooo much :D you are the best

 

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