Overclocking GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
It's OK to OC
Traditional overclocking - As most of you know, with most video cards you can apply a simple series of tricks to boost the overall performance a little. Typically you can tweak on core clock frequencies and voltages. By increasing the frequency of the videocard's memory and GPU, we can make the videocard increase its clock cycles per second.
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| Original | This sample | Overclocked |
| Core Clock: 1290 MHz | Core Clock: 1290 MHz | Core Clock: 1490 MHz |
| Boost Clock: 1392 MHz | Boost Clock: 1392 MHz | Max Boost Clock: 1886~1949 MHz |
| Memory Clock: 7.0 GHz | Memory Clock: 7.0 GHz | Memory Clock: 8.0 GHz |
Our applied tweak:
- Core Voltage : 100%
- Power Limit : 100 %
- Temp. limit : 83 C
- Core Clock : + 200
- Memory Clock : +500 MHz
Just a hint of airflow is needed for the card to be able to get tweaked as well - the fan is running a silent 500 rpm.
Now the question was should we overclock a passively cool product or not? Well yes, if you have a tiny bit of airflow you can achieve good results at least for say half an hour as the temperature will go up very slowly. We emulated a bit of airflow with a Corsair ML fan @ 500 RPM (totally silent) 35cm away from the passive cooler. Hence we are emulating a bit of airflow. The end result are the overclocked registers as shown above. This overclock passes all tests including timespy with temps maxing out at roughly 55 Degrees C.
Once overclocked keep this in mind: Due to the dynamic nature of the boost clock, your frequency is not fixed. Limiters and monitors, temperature, load, power and voltages will continuously alter a maximum clock state. For most reference cards these will all be the same, likely for board partners as well.
