how do i overclock 940m in windows 10

I have a 940m, and windows 10 and not sure what drivers to use to get an overclock going, does anyone know how or if its possible. thanks

 

you flash a modded vbios. but then i don't think a 940m is even worth overclocking!

 

?any how. I was wondering on now how to install the drivers that support overclocking.. i keep getting incompatible errors

 

Kinda pointless of overclocking that GPU even with a modded VBIOS because its bottlenecked by DDR3 and a 64 bit bus so you wont get much of a FPS gain.

If you still want to then download MSI afterburner

 

if you wanted to overclock you should have gotten a 970M or a 980M.

 

Sure it is. It helps especially on those low end GPU's.

Here is GTA V and Witcher 3 with 940m and OC.

Witcher 3 stock Min FPS 23 / Avg FPS 29.5
Witcher 3 OC Min FPS 27 / Avg FPS 34.7

So that's pretty significant if you ask me.





Just uninstall Nvidia drivers, use DDU to blow away all remnants of drivers, then install latest from Nvidia's website, should install just fine then.

 

Thats a pretty good increase tbh. It gives my 750m some hope too since the 940m is about the same performance as my 750m

You shouldnt get any incompatible driver errors unless you're using a stock driver from the manufacturer i think. Just update your GPU drivers and then you should be able to OC

 

I actually think it makes more sense to overclock slower card than a fastest cards, 970/980 gtx are fast enough to run any game at standard screen refresh rate with proper settings without overclock and above 60Hz or super ultra settings, sometimes is even hard to tell the difference, where with slow card any type of overclock could make large difference. I think OP should start with MSI afterburner to see if it's even worth it to play with BIOS. For example memory could be limiting factor and pushing GPU past Afterburner limit with BIOS may not do anything, but that would have to be tested with particular games and set up.

 

I agree. OC'ing is more about raising the lower FPS so it's tolerable than having super fast top end FPS. I always limit my FPS anyhow with games to the refresh of my LCD plus this will reduce heat output and power consumption. But in a low performance GPU like the 940m, FPS will rarely reach your LCD refresh, so your ultimate goal is to bring up the minimum FPS.

 

While I definitely agree with you, we must also consider the fact that higher end cards are designed to overclock better than lower end cards.

 

I don't think any GPU is "designed to be overclocked" - if they were, then Nvidia or third-party manufacturers would honour the warranty on GPUs that die through overclocking.

I will concede, though, that the cooling assembly for lower-end cards may not be designed to handle the extra load. But then again, low-end cards barely generate any sort of heat. My old GT 525M barely ever got hotter than 55°C, even after an overclock that brought it to the very edge of stability.

 

What? I've seen warranties honored from overclocked GPUs... What do you think superclocked GPUs are? lol

I also overclocked the hell out of my 525m when I had one... I overclocked it to like 555m clock speed LOL

 

Actually one could argue that as well: the silicon inside GPU is similar inside top of the line, as in lower class cards so theoretically they all should achieve similar max frequencies: of course there is binning which at least in theory should leave the best silicon in top line cards only, but sometimes high demand and good yields force things differently. So outside of artificial crippling (lower number of available shaders, less memory lines, slower memory or even poor cooling design etc.), if you start overclocking at lower frequencies (cheaper GPU), you could possibly get higher frequency increase, than on already stretched high class GPU. But there are so many variables, there is no way around but testing and I think Afterburner would be good start to see how things progress. Of course this is PC enthusiast forum and best hardware is always the best, but sometimes lower hardware could be good enough for certain applications.

 

Not only that, laptops with higher end cards are usually built better and have 2 or more fans to handle the heat compared to lower end systems that only has 1 fan and not built to handle that amount of heat.

 

Oh absolutely lower hardware can be good enough. It's just that in theory and in practice, higher-end GPUs can be overclocked better than lower end cards. Hell, I mean, that's part of the reason why superclocked cards exist - they are designed to be overclocked.