Does overclocking the GPU improve performance in Retroarch?

[captain_obvious]

To my understanding emulation is a CPU intensive task and in my experience CPU overclocking works miracles making unplayable games playable. Maybe rendering 3D games at a higher resolution requires a GPU overclock. Have you tried it before? How did it go?

 

[hippy dave]

Depends on the system, won't do shit for 8/16 bit systems, may help systems with 3D rendering like you said. I think I used it for N64 with increased resolution to Switch native etc.

 

[Anxiety_timmy]

Essentially for 2d systems an overclock is near useless. For actual 3d systems it is useful for resolution up scaling

 

[cucholix]

GPU OC increase shader transfer speed alot in citra which increases performance, only tried Metroid 2 Returns tho.

 

[Mikester]

Overclocking the GPU can indeed boost performance in Retroarch, particularly for more demanding cores or enhancing graphics with shaders and filters. However, it's crucial to monitor temperatures and stability, as overclocking increases power consumption and heat output, which could lead to hardware issues if not managed properly.
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[zenjiki]

Same experience as people above, personally don’t use shaders to see if GPU OC helps with shaders. But I definitely can notice the improvement in systems like Dreamcast and N64.

Also, I have a day 1 switch and been using sys-clk since it came out and no issues. Even with using OC pretty much daily, my battery surprisingly still averages at least 3hrs and more per charge.