Video cards are shipped to work at about 75 percent or more of their true power, depending on the quality of the materials making up the card. Overclocking a card, or pushing its performance beyond its factory settings, produces excess heat and can potentially be damaging to your computer. The risk is enough to keep most content with their preset settings, but others who take care with their equipment can be well rewarded.
Instructions
1. Open your Command Prompt from the "Accessories" folder of the Start Menu.
2. Type the command "Regedit" into the Command Prompt and press "Enter."
3. Navigate through the browser on the side of the Registry Editor that appears. Open the folder labeled HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then expand its subfolders in the following order: SOFTWARE, NVIDIA Corporation, Global, NVTweak.
4. Right-click in the right-side window, hover over "New," and click "DWORD (32-bit) Value." Name it whatever you want to call it that is easily recognizable. Right-click it and set its value to "3."
5. Navigate through the desktop context menu (that appears after right-clicking or pressing the "Context Menu" button that may be on your keyboard) and click "Personalize." Click the "Display Settings" link and click "Advanced Settings..." from the dialogue box that appears.
6. Select your graphics card from the tabs available in the window that appears. From the options available, click "Auto-overclock" to let your computer determine what your realistic maximum output is based on your hardware and cooling apparatus. If your computer seems to be running too hot, lower the settings slightly until your find a comfortable level.
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