Overclocking and Overclocked Performance
Since the graphics card already sports a pretty impressive factory overclock, it’s difficult to push performance levels further even when applying more voltage. Before we get into the overclocking, here is the maximum boost clock and other vital statistics when the GPU is running at its stock configuration:
Unfortunately, I could only increase the core clock by a paltry 13MHz using a power limit % of 114. Not only that, the memory was improved by 467MHz which is certainly a better result. Throughout the testing, I tried reducing the memory just to enhance the core clock, upping the voltage to really high amounts and analysing background applications. Sadly, none of these worked despite putting in hours of time and effort. This is one of the most frustrating experiences I’ve had overclocking graphics cards and it’s clear that the factory overclock is operating at the absolute limit.
The GPU-Z screenshot displays the improvements I attained from manual overclocking:
3DMark
Even though the Palit GameRock Premium GTX 1080 doesn’t overclock very well, it’s enough to experience a noticeable performance gain. As you can see, the graphics card once overclocked almost reaches a score of 16,000.
During the 1440p benchmark, the graphics card exhibits a good boost in performance after being overclocked.
On a similar note, the GPU fares better when overclocked and achieves scores beyond the 4700 mark.
