How to overclock the graphics card?

Many users of a computer or a laptop want to use all available capabilities of their technology. Therefore, the question arises: how to overclock the graphics card? To begin with, it is necessary to decide what is the meaning of such a desire. Some do this for a more comfortable and enjoyable pastime playing computer games, adventure games and strategies. But there are also those who are trying to overclock the video card for interest in order to see the full capabilities of their car. But here you need to make a little warning.

The capabilities of the video card are limited, so there is a small share of risk in its overclocking. It can overheat, which will lead to its breakdown. Therefore, you must strictly follow these recommendations and then everything will be in order and the process will be successful.

First you need to do a little cleaning and remove the dust that has accumulated in the computer or laptop. It is also advisable to change the thermal grease.

And now we will talk about how to overclock the video card. To do this, you need to install two programs ATITool and Riva Tuner. After installing them, you must run the Riva Tuner program. At the top of the screen, the model of the video card that is installed on the computer appears. Select the settings and then click the monitor icon. We will show the parameters of the video card, that is, its frequency and temperature. This data will be displayed in the form of an opened data window.

Now we have done all the work that needs to be done before we overclock the built-in graphics card.

We return to the main window of the program and select the item "global driver settings". Then click the "system settings" window. After that, an additional window with three columns appears: compatibility, overlay and overclocking. Now make the necessary changes. Put a tick in the box "enable driver overclocking". After that, select the button that appears in the center of the window, the "definition".

We start the process. The question of how to overclock the graphics card will now be decided by the program. On the right side there will be a selection button, "enable acceleration at the driver level". There are two options: 2D and 3D. You need to choose 3D. There is a choice of frequencies that will allow the video core to be dispersed to the maximum limit. After that, the frequencies are determined, which will allow the graphics card to be overclocked to the maximum possible. But in this case, one small piece of advice or recommendation. Increase the frequency by a maximum of 100 MHz. Now it remains to press the "apply" button.

After all the manipulations done, you need to check the operation of the video core and determine whether it is possible to add frequencies or to reduce them. Here, the utility ATITool is useful.

Open it and press the button "Scan for Artifacts". After that, a window opens with a very interesting cube, which resembles a piece of fur. If you did not see any deviations when viewing this image, you should return to the window with the addition of frequencies. Increase the frequency by a maximum of 10 units.

We return to the utility window and see if there are any changes or deviations. If not, you can add the frequency a little more.

Pay special attention to this recommendation. If you encounter problems or glitches when viewing the utility window, then you need to reduce the frequency by 5-10 units. Do not force the graphics card to work beyond its capabilities. This will lead to its breakdown.

In exactly the same way, you need to overclock the video card's memory. We add the frequency and see that there are no deviations. If everything is in order, then add the frequency. If there are deviations, then reduce it by 5-10 points.

After setting the maximum values, we press the button "download settings from Windows". I think, nothing is difficult in how to overclock the video card, no. Just follow these instructions.

Now you know how to properly overclock the video card. But before you do this, decide whether this is important for you and your computer.