

We've used it before and it's pretty decent for a one-click affair, though if you’re willing to put in a bit more time, a manual overclock will net you bigger gains in speed.įor this guide, I overclocked an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and an AMD Radeon RX 580. If you have one of Nvidia's latest RTX cards, the software we recommend in this guide may have the new "Nvidia Scanner" auto-overclocking feature that can bypass a lot of this process.

Overclocking your video card is similar to overclocking your CPU, albeit a bit more straightforward: you'll slowly bump up your graphics card's core frequency, testing it for stability with a benchmarking tool each time you push it a little farther (all while keeping it from getting too hot). If you're willing to tinker a bit, you can push your graphics card even further than its out-of-the-box specs by overclocking it. Your graphics card is the heart and soul of your gaming PC-the biggest determinant of the graphical fidelity and performance you see on screen.

