Overclocking a gtx 1060 for AH3?

[atlau]

I was looking at my GPUs software and was wondering whether  overclocking the core speed or the memory speed would be more beneficial of the two (if i had to choose between the 2). Anyone have any experience in this?

It also appears that Ah3 doesn't even use more than 1gb of my cards VRAM. Does that sound right to y'all?

[Skuzzy]

The amount of video RAM used is going to change based on different circumstances.  The terrain, the number of players around you, the number of different skins, and so on all impact the amount of video RAM used.

I doubt you will ever see AH3 use more than 2GB of video RAM, but certainly more than 1GB can be used.

I would think memory speed would be the gating factor.

[atlau]

Skuzzy, how much of a role does the texture size play? I have 4096 selected but wondering if i should try 2048 or 1024

[Skuzzy]

Texture size impacts how much the card has to work to present it on the monitor.  The larger the texture size, the more work the video card has to do to get that pixel colored.

Just know I am simplifying this description.

[atlau]

Ha yes i aporeciate the simpler explanation. Trying to get the best image/fps tradeoff is frustrating when one has OCD

[Drano]

Overclocking is a bit of an art. It takes time and patience. There is no magic wand or set of settings that will work as every card is different from every other card even if they're the same exact model. Gotta find it yourself. I use msi afterburner to overclock my 1060. Makes it easy to do and there are 5 pre sets you can set up so you can track your progress. I use 5 as my absolute high-end overclock attained that I never actually use other than for testing. Tweak a setting. Run a benchmark. I've used the Unigine benchmarks on max settings. Record results. Repeat. Repeat. Baby steps. Eventually you'll see one of two things, either crazy lines or glitchy stuff or your temps start going nuts--which will cause that too! Once you get to there, back off a few steps to where things are stable in the benchmark. Now run the thing for an hour or so keeping a sharp eye on the temps. If things still look good after that you're probably good to go. The short of it is every little bit helps. A good overclock will get you better performance over a straight stock card.


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[popeye]

A good overclock will get you better performance over a straight stock card.

About what percent fps improvement did you get from your 1060?

[Drano]

In AH I get a stable 60 fps with all but environmental maxed while overclocked. I'll get little dips under 50 without depending on the ammount of mayhem going on around me. Overclocking is just SOP with me. I'm just a tweaker.

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[BowHTR]

In AH I get a stable 60 fps with all but environmental maxed while overclocked. I'll get little dips under 50 without depending on the ammount of mayhem going on around me. Overclocking is just SOP with me. I'm just a tweaker.

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What resolution is that at?

[Drano]

1080

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[100Coogn]

I notice some enthusiasts like to engage in overclocking their GPU/CPU. 
To me it's not worth the small performance gain vs the degradation of the chip.
This is why I buy FTW only.  Let them find the best stable clock at the shop (ya know, where they make them)

Coogan

[atlau]

Im getting about a 10% bump on the benchmarks. Not sure how well that will translate to AH3.

Of note the Dx11 benchmarks performs better than Dx9. Wondering i should be playing the Dx11 version of ah

[Bizman]

--- Wondering i should be playing the Dx11 version of ah

Yes and no... If your system is Dx11 compatible, some graphic elements would work better. Then again, the Dx11 version still suffers from occasional one second freezes.

[atlau]

I was wondering if the micro freezing issue had been resolved. Ive been using the dx9 version for the last year and havent tried 11 since.

[100Coogn]

I was wondering if the micro freezing issue had been resolved. Ive been using the dx9 version for the last year and havent tried 11 since.

DX11 is much worse than micro-stutter.  Almost near game breaking. (depends on what you're doing I guess)

Coogan