Hi all, I'm just wondering how much of an effect overclocking your system has on tf2. I'm currently running an i7 4770k and a gtx760 running stock speeds, though they're both overclockable. I notice when playing my cpu only uses about 40% according to the task manager, and the gpu around the same or less (Depending on movie config vs playing config). I can record a benchmark or something if that helps. I've been trying to render a lot of long demos with srcdemo2 and lawena and it's been going pretty slow, but it doesnt look like anything is bottlenecking it. Then is it right to say that OC'ing would make no difference?
I'd prefer to just keep at stock speeds and not put too much excessive wear and tear on my computer, but I realize a small overclock probably wouldnt hurt much. Thanks.
edit: Thanks dash, turns out it was on balanced settings. I'll probably try OCing tomorrow in scrims and see if there's any improvement
Hi all, I'm just wondering how much of an effect overclocking your system has on tf2. I'm currently running an i7 4770k and a gtx760 running stock speeds, though they're both overclockable. I notice when playing my cpu only uses about 40% according to the task manager, and the gpu around the same or less (Depending on movie config vs playing config). I can record a benchmark or something if that helps. I've been trying to render a lot of long demos with srcdemo2 and lawena and it's been going pretty slow, but it doesnt look like anything is bottlenecking it. Then is it right to say that OC'ing would make no difference?
I'd prefer to just keep at stock speeds and not put too much excessive wear and tear on my computer, but I realize a small overclock probably wouldnt hurt much. Thanks.
edit: Thanks dash, turns out it was on balanced settings. I'll probably try OCing tomorrow in scrims and see if there's any improvement
firstly, before you overclock, check out your power settings under control panel and make sure it's set to max performance and not balanced.
overclocking your cpu can provide an improvement to framerate in source games, but not your gpu. just keep that at standard speeds.
firstly, before you overclock, check out your power settings under control panel and make sure it's set to max performance and not balanced.
overclocking your cpu can provide an improvement to framerate in source games, but not your gpu. just keep that at standard speeds.
what cpu cooler do you have?
what cpu cooler do you have?
How much of a difference in fps do you guys get from changing balanced to max performance in power settings? (almost negligible for me)
How much of a difference in fps do you guys get from changing balanced to max performance in power settings? (almost negligible for me)
BooopHow much of a difference in fps do you guys get from changing balanced to max performance in power settings? (almost negligible for me)
Pretty sure that just makes the cpu not able to slow down its clock speeds and throttle you (ie going from 4ghz down to 2.8 if there's not as much % usage)
[quote=Booop]How much of a difference in fps do you guys get from changing balanced to max performance in power settings? (almost negligible for me)[/quote]
Pretty sure that just makes the cpu not able to slow down its clock speeds and throttle you (ie going from 4ghz down to 2.8 if there's not as much % usage)