[HELP] Overclocking Vita recommendation, precautions

Thinking about overclocking my Vita. Did a little bit of research, there seems to be several overclock plugins (Amphetamine, OclockVita). Which would you guys recommend? And is overclocking dangerous to the battery life (long term I mean)? From your experience, does overclocking really help with these games I want to play: Ninja Gaiden SIgma Plus 2, Jak and Daxter?

 

Thanks, I'll check it out.

 

So I haven't got the time to do the overclock. I played Helldivers yesterday and the framerate when playing 4 player online is atrocious.

So my first question, my copy of Helldivers is the official digital version I bought off PSN. Can I overclock this? Or do I need the NoNpDRM version?

Second, I heard there are several overclock plug ins that can resize a game's native resolution? Which plug in is best for this?

Third, can said plug in also boost the GPU frequency MHz? If not, can it be used together with other plug ins that can do the boost?

 

Okay, I've installed PSVShell, I'm gonna try it now. So the settings: CPU is self explanatory, ES4 is GPU? What is BUS and XBR?

As for VitaGrafix, it seems that it works on per game basis, a game would need a pre released patch before we can actually change it resolution, but I couldn't find any info if the plug in can only resize resolution to bigger than native, or can it actually force a game to render lower of its native resolution?

 

I'm confused, there's no tutorial on their github on how to make a patch. It seems that the patch is just a .txt file? That can't be right, where do you even put .txt file in the patch folder?

How about this plug in: VItaGrafixConfigurator: https://github.com/Kirezar/VitaGrafixConfigurator
It's a GUI front for VitaGraifx, it seems that it will make the patch and put it in the right folder with just the GUI?

 

Hmmm, I'm gonna try read and understand all those. If not, I'm just gonna find some YouTube tutorial.

 

I finally used Autoplugin to install VitaGrafix LOL. It also installed Vita Grafix Configurator by default, I'm now playing Helldivers at a lower resolution and overclocked CPU, GPU. Framerate is insanely smooth. Thanks for all your help guys.

 

That is why I use PSVShell in conjuction with VitaGrafix. PSVShell actually tells you what default CPU and GPU frequency the game is using. Helldivers is running at max capped CPU 333MHz and max GPU 166Mhz, so I can no longer overclock the GPU but can still overclock the CPU twice to 444Mhz or 555Mhz. I don't want to use 555MHz for fear of overheating and ruining the battery, but with 444MHz there are still some slowdowns. So I thought I use VitaGrafix to force the game to render at a lower resolution so that 444Mhz is enough to deliver a smooth gameplay. With VitaGrafix, only listed games can be tweaked, Helldivers can only be tweaked to two resolution: Full 960x544 or 640x368. When set to 640x368 with 444MHz, Helldivers is actially pretty smooth, and I don't have to use 555MHz.

 

Not lag, frame drops when playing 4 players online and there an army of enemies on screen. To a point where just turning and aiming feels really choppy.