PC Gamer: AMD cards struggle in our Assassin's Creed: Origins performance test

Assassin's Creed: Origins just released, but what does it take to actually run the game well?

[Jaypi03]

an Nvidia card.

[AspiringProGenji]

Questions:

How do you overclock a CPU and/or GPU? Is it worth it? I'm guessing it put some strain on both components... does it hurt their lifespan?

[mkis007]

Yes more heat always does hurt the lifespan. Look up a guide on toms hardware. Only at your own risk.

[jonivtec]

I run overclock component since my very first pc......never have failure exept 1 psu and 1 hdd .You will upgrade your parts a lot before the end of their life...just my two cents

[kevnb]

If you can keep your parts cool it shouldn’t be a problem, do some research first.

[Destiny1080]

the new gpus pretty much turbo very close to max so there's very little need

with the cpu your probably looking at about 20% boost maybe more maybe less

a game running at 30 fps with a 20% boost you would get 36fps

if your system is a bit old, look into the second hand market

personally I wouldn't bother overclocking

[mochachino]

It may decrease lifespan but as long as voltage and heat are in saferanges the lifespan will still far outlast the card/cpu's usefulness. Maybe instead of 10 years you get 8. In any event, by the time an normal OC breaks something the price to replace will be negligible.

People have been running OC'd 2500k and 680s for years

[Father__Merrin]

i think its well worth it. but id only ever recommend subtle overclocks to gain some extra performance and not lower the life of the cpu and gpu. before i got my i5 4590 which cant overclock i used to run a amd fx 8320 overclocked to 4.0ghz up from the standard 3.5ghz - quick easy perfromance bump and not too much extra heat

[FalloutWanderer2077]

Just about any modern GPU/CPU has an auto-boost to give you that extra oomph for performance. You've been given a lot of good answers here already, I'll echo what a few have suggested, do some research before attempting anything. Secondly, ask yourself do you really need to OC your components? Before you will see a significant boost in performance you're more than likely going to need a fairly high OC, depending on your GPU/CPU set up, so do not expect to see a miracle increase in fps i.e. 30 fps to 60fps etc.

[AspiringProGenji]

I have a i7 7700K and a GTX 1080. I play games at high/ultra settings mostly. I was just wondering how further I could boost perfomance with OC

[FalloutWanderer2077]

AspiringProGenji
"I have a i7 7700K and a GTX 1080. I play games at high/ultra settings mostly. I was just wondering how further I could boost perfomance with OC"
With that CPU/GPU, I do not see you really needing a OC, unless you're trying to squeeze out a few more fps to play at 4K? You should be able to max any game 60 fps at 1080p and 1440p, barring a few bad PC ports with poor optimization. OCing your GTX 1080 could give you 5-20 fps boost depending on the game and the OC but as I said, I think you should be fine with 99% of currently available games. What resolution do you play at? If 1080p, you should be able to play almost every game at Ultra 60 fps. Other than a rare few, which usually is because of a bad PC port as I mentioned. You have a really good PC, no need.