What GPU overclocking software do you use and why?

AnandTech did a nice job covering some common GPU overclocking software with its typical in-depth analysis. Which got me thinking, which one(s) do you use and why?

I use Nvidia Inspector because it's the only program that has software voltage control for my cards.

 

NVIDIAInspector for my Laptop since for some reason, it's the only program that can OC and overvolt mobile GPUs reliably.

I use Sapphire TriXX for my desktop AMD cards since it's also the only program that's able to apply OCs across Crossfired cards reliably and also it can apply custom fan profiles to both cards. I've yet to find a program that can set custom fan profiles for cards individually within a Crossfire/SLI array.

 

I use nVidiaInspector primarily. It's simple and effective and allows for voltage control.

 

I mainly use Precision X since it has 8 OC profiles and overclocks both cards simultaneously. I also like the Aethetics.
Still I have NI for editing profiles or if I'm getting nitty gritty with overclocks.

 

I'm using Saphire Trixx..Works well with my mobile AMD GPU...

 

I use this. Nvidia System Tool:
NVIDIA DRIVERS 6.08

It adds a new "performance" section to the left hand side of nvidia's control panel. Allows you to overclock your gpu and stress test it.
nTune is a part of it. It also allows you to create overclocking profiles that you can enable and disable by a simple double click on it.

I even went further. My laptop (alienware m14x r1) it's i7 CPU get's too hot when overclocking the GPU and play a demanding game. So I need to disable Turbo boost when overclocking it.
What I did is, created another power plan that has as Maximum Processor State 99%. Causing it to have my CPU a max Clock of 1993Mhz instead of 2.0GHz keeping it from entering Turbo boost at all time.

So I wrote a small bat file. Toggles the GPU overclock while chancing to the power plan without turbo boost. So a double click to overclock GPU, and another one do Enable back turbo boost and put the GPU back to factory clock. Handy when you do CPU intensive tasks.

 

Aterburner mainly for the OSD. Also simple and clean GUI that isn't in your face like Precision X.

 

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of Precision's cluttered UI either. I prefer Afterburner's no-frills look.

Even though I don't use it for overclocking on my laptop, I still keep Afterburner around because its video recording is top-notch.

 

LOL blast from the past. I remember using this back in the day. Don't know why Nvidia removed built-in overclocking and hardware monitoring from its drivers. Overdrive is a nice value-add for AMD despite being pretty basic.

 

Yup I used to use TriXX for my old M17x R2.

 

I use Nvidia Inspector but vBIOS overclock is the best)

About Nvidia System Tools, it didn't work well with my Kepler card so bye-bye.

 

That's because it's a deprecated tool for Fermi and earlier.

 

That's because it was written and last updated way before Kepler launch.

Cap contest is going on.

 

I use RivaTuner because it was one of the most-recommended ones in 2007 - 2008, it works well with my GeForce 8M, and I hadn't looked into GPU overclocking much for the past 5 years until a couple weeks ago. Still works well enough on this laptop, although I'm curious if there's a good way (in RivaTuner or with another program) to auto-apply clock settings on boot, without modifying the vBIOS. Back in the day I was overclocking it mostly for fun, now it's as much for the performance boost so having it auto-applied would be nice.

I've never bothered overclocking my desktop GPU, since it's more than powerful enough for my needs already.

 

Any modern OC software can auto-apply clocks. The top 4 options in the poll all support Nvidia GPU's, so take your pick. Inspector is the most no-frills. RivaTuner is long dead and was replaced by Afterburner. Dunno if it even works anymore with newer cards and drivers.

 

Yeah RivaTuner works fine with newer drivers. AB does almost make RT redundant. Can you send HWinfo64 stats to AB OSD without Riva?

 

RivaTuner not RTSS. Yes as long as you have RTSS installed you can send sensor info to the OSD from HWiNFO and other supported monitoring software. You don't even need AB installed as RTSS can be run standalone.

 

Ok yep. Nah was trying to work out why you thought RTSS was long dead..?

 

RivaTuner is long dead, not RTSS. RivaTuner and RTSS (RivaTuner Statistics Server) are not the same thing. Development on RivaTuner has ceased since 2009, RTSS and MSI Afterburner continue to be developed by Unwinder.

Kapeesh? Or have I confused you even more? LOL

RivaTuner (1997-2009 R.I.P.):

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RTSS (2005-present):

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MSI Afterburner (2009-present):

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3 different programs, made by the same guy. You can add EVGA Precision X prior to v5.0.0 to that list too.

 

Trixx, rock solid OC for my AMD card.

 

What's interesting is that there's not a single vote so far for "I don't overclock". I guess those who don't overclock probably don't bother with this thread.

 

I thought RivaTuner and RTSS were the same thing. At least if someone mentions RivaTuner I assume they are talking about RTSS being 2014 and all..

Anyway, yes.. my folly smart a$s

 

And there one is. (it's not me though, I go 950/6000 for non-super-hot games)

 

Exactly, which is why I was surprised when Apollo13 mentioned that he still uses RivaTuner.