Overclocking mah PC for fnv

[leotheEliteMajor117]

Ey ey, I have a processor which it's overclock is 90-300. I overclock my PC so I can play fnv with no lags or stutters. I've been following every single step on making fnv a stutter free game in my computer and the only thing I have left is to get a better computer for gaming(I'm in the Philippines, so Lamborghini computers here are very very expensive in pesos).

My overclock value is mostly 129-134 and is stable enough for FNV gameplay. If I exceed 134, fnv would crash and my computer would say "overclock failed" after that, also before that happens, fnv's performance is great, no stutter/fps/lag happen but only a short amount of time before it crashes.

I need help on how to overclock my computer to a value of higher than that with no crashes in the Asus ez mode. Once I had overclocked it in 300, my computer just straight up crash and I have to adjust my overclock value.

My system specs:

Windows 7 Ultimate

Processor: AMD A4-3300 APU with Radeon HD graphics 2.50Ghz

RAM: 2.00GB

Sys. type:, 32-bit OS

I know it's a crappy computer, but what else? My dad bought it, and we're too poor for a very good high end gaming computer. Overclocking it is the best way to make it run smoothly, a bit. Any help to have no more crashes on overclocking my computer so I can play fnv nicely?

Edited November 16, 2019 by LabroLEO

[M48A5]

Overclocking probably won't help since you only have 2GB of RAM. You would be better served by increasing the amount of RAM since the minimum requirement is 2GB.

[dubiousintent]

I agree with M48A5, most especially if you are playing a "modded" game. The 2GB minimum is for vanilla without any mods. It appears you have pushed overclocking about as far as you can expect.

 

Re: Stuttering or "micro-stutters". All visual stuttering problems are caused by the video stream having to wait for the "art assets" required to render the display OR the game writing something to disk (such as a save game file or logging). Mostly these are due to the hard disk drive being orders of magnitude slower than VRAM, with System RAM (e.g. "ENBoost") and "solid state drives" (SSDs) being in between. Keep in mind that this game was designed for older PC and XBox console systems, and it is now possible for your new "latest and greatest" gaming machine to be faster than it can handle. There are internal design choices that cannot be overcome. The "video pipeline" has always been prone to problems. The following are "mitigations" that have been found to help some people.

Please see the following entries under the 'Solutions to Performance problems' section in the wiki Fallout NV Mod Conflict Troubleshooting" guide if you haven't already.
* 'Issue: "Full screen mode" exhibits CTDs and stutters or micro-stutters'
* 'Issue: Lag or "micro stutters" even with "New Vegas Stutter Remover" installed'
* 'Issue: Win10 Screen tearing in "Borderless Windowed Mode"'
* 'Issue: CTD without warning, "Out of Memory error", or stops responding after the Main Menu' for other settings that can indirectly affect micro-stutter.
* There are also some NVSR configuration suggestions under the 'Issue: Game in slow motion' and entries. (These will not help with the "Tick Fix" alternative mod, but the author of NVSR now has a suggested configuration for Win10 linked there.)
* The 'Issue: What's with these Solid Green billboard signs in the distance (LOD)?' entry under the 'Solutions to Mesh (Red "!" icon) or Texture (solid color) problems' section can also help if your problems started after you installed VWD/LOD texture packages.
* If you are using CASM or some similar "auto-save" mod to manage your save game files (recommended), try increasing the "time between saves" set in the "save frequency"; and reducing the number of occasions it saves to the minimum (e.g. disable most "Autosave Events" in CASM) and see how that impacts the game seeming to freeze temporarily.
* If you have "NVSE logging" enabled (see the 'Checklist Item #4' entry in the wiki "Fallout NV Mod Conflict Troubleshooting" guide), disable it until actually needed.

Reading from or writing to disk for any reason is the slowest thing the game does.

The size of your image files also has an impact. Larger/higher resolution is not always "better". Please see the wiki "Display resolution versus Image Size" article.

The 'Issue: What INI edits seem to be most beneficial to performance' entry of the wiki "Fallout NV Mod Conflict Troubleshooting" guide) may also be some help. However, the above mitigations are more likely to have a fundamental beneficial effect with or without any INI adjustments, so consider them as the last resort.

As you can see, there are a number of things that can underlie your problem. If one of these doesn't fix it, I would be interested to hear about any eventual solution that does.

-Dubious-

[M48A5]

Also, the 2GB of RAM is shared by the system, the graphics card and the game. If you are going to do anything, you will have to increase the RAM.

 

Just my suggestion, but I believe you will need at least 8GB of RAM in order to achieve your objective.

 

Overclocking the CPU won't help.

[leotheEliteMajor117]

Also, the 2GB of RAM is shared by the system, the graphics card and the game.ÃÂ If you are going to do anything, you will have to increase the RAM.

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Just my suggestion, but I believe you will need at least 8GB of RAM in order to achieve your objective.ÃÂ

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Overclocking the CPU won't help.

Well damn, my computer can't accept the replacing of RAM. Really wished Bill Gates would come to my house someday and give me a NASA Supercomputer.

 

Since I'm really not sure if I have done all the things I can to follow the guides dubiousintent gave me. I'm gonna recheck again to see any thing I forgot. Then, I have to wait for a lot of years til I can finally get a high end gaming computer. :/ ,_, T_T

Edited November 16, 2019 by LabroLEO

[JimboUK]

Is the RAM soldered to the board? I'm wondering why it can't be increased, an old PC will use old RAM that can be picked up really cheaply on places like Ebay and it would make a hell of a difference. Going over 4GB would be a waste on a 32bit OS, however the extra 2GB should make a noticeable difference.

[leotheEliteMajor117]

Is the RAM soldered to the board? I'm wondering why it can't be increased, an old PC will use old RAM that can be picked up really cheaply on places like Ebay and it would make a hell of a difference. Going over 4GB would be a waste on a 32bit OS, however the extra 2GB should make a noticeable difference.Â

I think so, my dad says my PC cant really switch RAM. Also better RAM means more money, and stuff like that here costs like some Ks that which I could not afford though ,_,

[JimboUK]

Fair enough, in that case all you can really do is reduce the amount of memory the game uses by lowering the resolution, lowering draw distances and turning AA off.