Is your video card not satisfying you? Is she already having difficulty "pulling" new toys? This means that it is starting to become obsolete. Still, the computer industry is developing rapidly: new equipment appears, and after six months or a year it is already outdated. Why buy a new one, wait a little. In the meantime, try to overclock the existing one.
Instructions
Step 1
We need to increase the memory frequency of the video card and its chipset. And for this, the card chip must have decent cooling. Since on many video cards only a video chip is supplied with cooling, we will increase its frequency.
Step 2
We download a program that will help us overclock the video card. Let it be RivaTuner. A very simple and straightforward program. We select the model of our video card, in the triangle below we see the text "Customize". We overclock the card using the driver, select the bottom triangle.
Step 3
We will have a second window. The sliders shown in it are not available to us at first. To open access to their change, put a tick on the checkbox "Enable driver-level hardware overclocking". Now you can move the sliders, which we do. Just don't turn up the frequency too much and too fast. Have you set the sliders as you like? Now click on "Test" and check if your favorite games are slowing down. If they slow down, return the old values better. You can do these operations as much as you like, just do not forget to make sure that the PC temperature does not jump too much.
Step 4
It remains to test the video card using a program designed specifically for this. The program is called 3DMark and it is also quite easy to use. We select tests one by one and watch how the program conducts them. First, the next test is carried out with the minimum settings, and then with the maximum settings. After passing the tests, you will see the "verdict". Just make sure that the program fits the video card itself. Otherwise, if you choose a program with old tests, the result will not be objective and reflect the real state of affairs.
