Just, please, don’t take our results and just assume it’ll work for your GTX 970. We started with a modest 200MHz offset to the VRAM, and were able to push it to 500MHz stable. The same rule of thumb applies to the memory clock as the core clock: start low, gradually build your way up. Now, the memory clock speedįinally, you’re going to want to increase your memory clock speed. On our GTX 970 (which is a bit old, mind you), we were able to reach a healthy 180MHz offset, for a total clock of 1,508MHz. But, we actually advise starting low and then gradually pushing your clock higher until you start seeing a crash. You could just research what other people are reaching and try to copy them. You should start by increasing your GPU clock speed. This should allow your card to use absolutely every inch of power we can get, beyond Nvidia's recommended stock settings, meaning the card can run all the way up to 91 degrees Celsius, as opposed to the stock 79☌. Move the slider to as high as it will go. The first thing we're going to increase is the power limit. Head back to desktop and open up MSI Afterburner again. We now need to get into the overclocking side of things. We achieved an average of 51 frames per second (fps), with a 1% low of 22 fps and 1% high of 146 fps.

We’re using Middle Earth: Shadow of War’s benchmarking tool at max settings and 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. Next, you’ll want to get a clear understanding of how your card performs at stock speeds. Once Afterburner is installed, the first thing we want to do is enable in-game overlay, and frame rate monitoring, followed by (for us, at least) changing the skin to something a little more workable. Afterburner's in-game overlay makes it easy to monitor how your GPU is doing.

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