Posted on 23 June 2017 - 02:37 PM

Hello everyone, Intimidated here. In the following guide, I will teach you how to maximize your computer's potential and most importantly, get god FPS.

Disclaimers: I will be talking from a nVidia standpoint (not AMD), I strongly do not recommend overclocking a laptop or any device that is does not have sufficient cooling.

Before I get to how to actually do it, I'm going to provide a little background information about how GPU (graphics card/graphics processing unit) work. First of all, Nvidia manufactures these little processors into their cards called CUDA cores. AMD's equivalent of Nvidia CUDA cores are called steam processors. The amount of CUDA cores will greatly determine your computer's performance. CUDA cores cannot be added to your current card. Another statistic you may see show up is MHz. This stands for megahertz. The amount of MHz your card is running at will determine how fast it is going. A higher MHz results in a faster GPU which results in better frames.

Overclocking
First I will be talking about overclocking. Most people who have dipped into the tech world have heard of this. To put it in simple terms, overclocking forces a piece of hardware to run faster than it's factory set. DO NOT WORRY, THIS IS NOT DANGEROUS. For example, a factory set monitor runs at 60hz but when you overclock it can reach 75hz. The most popular overclocking software is called MSI afterburner. I strongly recommend that you download the latest version from the OFFICIAL MSI site. Another less efficient overclocking software is called "EVGA Precision". NOTE: MSI AFTERBURNER IS FOR OVERCLOCKING GPUS, NOT CPUS. If you are scared of breaking your hardware by overclocking, I GUARENTEE IT WILL NOT HAPPEN. Take a look at the following video (https://youtu.be/-qn6sf-U2rQ) where a very reputable YouTuber purposely overclocks his card too far. In the video he proves that his card is not broken even after overclocking 1000 MHz. NOTE: Overclocking WILL increase the temperature of the hardware you are overclocking. For GPUs you want to keep the temp under 80 Celsius. Here is a guide on how to overclock: http://youtu.be/xqN8qr2bxT0

Load
After reading about overclocking, I will teach you about LOAD. Load is the amount of work being done by a piece of hardware. The easiest way to see load is through task manager, usually for it will say CPU: __%. Load is basically utilization. This is when my theory will go into play. The more CUDA cores being utilized, the faster your card goes. For example, a good computer will have no problem whatsoever playing on all low settings. But this means that the CPU and GPU are not fully being utilized because they have more potential then all low settings. What I mean is, it has no trouble putting out all low setting gameplay so it says, "all right, we can relax." This is why if you tweak up the settings higher, you will see increased frames because more of it is being utilized. Resolution has a big play too. I used to play on 720p getting 300-400 frames, but when I tested this theory, my frames jumped from 300-400 to 500-600 when I upscaled to 1080p. (NO JOKE, 100% TRUE). So will this method work for you? I like to separate computers into three categories. The low end PCs, the budget setup, and finally the beast PCs. You can tell which computer you have just by taking a look at your frames. A low end is 1-80 fps average. A budget pc usually gets 100-400 FPS. A beast can get way more. Right now I have a budget pc, (FX-4300 quad core processor which is equivalent to an i3 3200K, my gpu is a GTX 1050 Ti SC, and I have 8gb DDR3 RAM.) So I somehow get 1600 FPS on mineplex using this technique but I average around 500 FPS after initializing everything said above.

Tips: if you do not know your specs, go into run (Wins key + R) and type "msinfo32" and it is all there.

Posted on 23 June 2017 - 10:52 PM

play in 1*1 mode

Last edited on 24 June 2017 - 11:17 AM by noamiko273

I can't overclock because my GPU fan is broken and my dad insists that a leaf blower will fix it and he can't figure out how to take it out and clean it with compressed air so I have to use my CPU fan on max until I get a new motherboard or something cause only 4/8 of my USB ports work anyways

and my CPU is 10 yrs old so i don't think it supports overclocking cause Intel's website says it doesn't

and I get 200-300 fps in 1080p but like 400-500 in 720p with my nVidia card so idk about that cuda core shit