Overclocking
Using the OC GURU II software from GIGABYTE, we first incrementally adjusted the clock speeds for both the core and the memory (adjusting the GPU and memory voltages was not available). We then tested the overclock using Futuremark’s 3DMark software while checking for instability such as artifacts and crashes.
The final stable clocks that we were able to reach are 1103MHz for the core and 1500MHz for the memory. This translates into a 13% increase for the GPU core and a 9% increase for the memory. The CPU core overclock is not bad considering that this graphics card is already factory overclocked! The Elpida memory is pretty much maxxed out at this point. It feels to me that there is still some overclocking headroom left in the GPU, so it is a bit of a letdown that voltage adjustments were not available.
With the overclock applied, we decided to run the 3DMark Fire Strike test one more time to see what gains were to be had. The performance increase here was about 11%!
And with that, we must bring this review to a close. Read on to the conclusion and verdict section of this review!
