MSI GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Gaming X Review

We managed to push the core clock up by 200MHz. Up to an additional 230MHz was stable using Unigine Heaven benchmark, but 3DMark Fire Strike Stress Test would not pass. We backed the level down to +200MHz and got stability for 10 Fire Strike loops.

Memory was overclocked by 250MHz to 8Gbps effective. The power level was set at 125% using MSI Afterburner in order to ensure sufficient power was sent to the GPU.

Whether we added 200MHz or 230MHz to the GPU, the maximum core clock always topped out at 1911MHz. Just shy of 2GHz is solid performance and shows that Samsung's 14nm FinFET process can compete with the speeds offered by TSMC's 16nm FinFET-built chips.

The performance increase from overclocking is decent. You can add almost 10% to the FPS in Rise of the Tomb Raider, though Gears of War 4 and 3DMark Fire Strike show more conservative gains.

Fan speed and GPU core temperature were barely affected by the added clock speed, so this is quite literally free additional performance.

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