Nvidia’s upcoming RTX 4070 might be ridiculously overpriced Nvidia’s Scanner is designed to be the next step in that evolution, making it possible to overclock your new RTX GPU to the max, without risking crashes or overheating. Today, it’s much easier, with a number of software tools to make the process more layman-friendly ( here’s how we do it), but testing for stability can still be a laborious process.

You needed specialist software or a modified BIOS - and even then it was rarely as easy as just upping the multiplier. Historically, graphics card overclocking has been more complicated than CPU overclocking.

The new cards will be supported by an application called Nvidia Scanner, which will automatically adjust clock speeds and voltages to get the absolute maximum performance from your card with just a single click. If the idea of overclocking your graphics card is scary, intimidating, or just boring, but you want the improved performance anyway, Nvidia’s new RTX-series of graphics cards may be just what you’re looking for.

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