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NVidia GeForce GTS 450 Video Card Review
Author: Will West
Published: Monday, September 13, 2010
Overclocking
Being a midgrade video card, some gamers will resort to overclocking the GTS 450 to improve their gaming experience and extend the usable life of their system. NVidia has always been known to come out with a special mid-range card that overclocks well and stays in most enthusiasts' hearts till the next generation is released. Let's see if the GTS 450 has that potential.
The overclock we were able to attain was pretty good, but we are sure with some more time, and tweaking, we would have seen even higher numbers. Still these clocks came with very little extra heat created, so the potential for more speed appears to be there.
Across every resolution, the overclock resulted in moderate boosts in framerates with the lowest resolution taking a huge boost in performance. That would be considered a great success.
Once again we see gains across all resolutions. However, the 1680 x 1050 resolution shows the greatest gains of what the overclock can do for the GTS 450.
