Hacking Hardware Homebrew Misc Others Homebrew app What are safe overclocking values for Switch?

[doorbell8423]

The answer to that is above on Binkinator image... To uncomment is the lines you want to change its respective function you remove the ";" so that the line is active with the setting you have set for it...

As you can check the picture he has done all the work for you, you can check that both settings related to cheats in the picture already have no ";" in the beginning so they are active and the values are already setup for what you want.

Oh i see! I didnt realize that. Thanks blinki! And thank you for the explanation.

Ill try it rn...

So this is it, right?

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i cant boot into my switch now. im not sure if its bc of this or...

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EDIT:

Fixed it. I had to back space TWICE!

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probably this in /atmosphere/config/system_settings.ini

View attachment 349801

Thanks blinki, It works now!
Well, i learned something new toway!

 

[AriHasan]

Hi all!~

What are safe overclocking values for Switch In handheld and dock modes (i refer to actual, physical dock and
out-of-the-dock), and also what temperatures
are acceptable (wont damage the console in any way), and what not to go above for both CPU/GPU and TEMPERATURES?
The way i play is in handheld, no charger, but i ask fro dock since i sometimes (although rarely) use switch docked.

That being said,
I don't want to stress my console, but just to give it a little boost within the official limits, (or to under-clock it if needed,
but that one doesn't damage the console, i presume, so ignore under-clocking.)


Correct me if i'm wrong, but these are my findings:

CPU (MHz)
1020 - official handheld & docked
1224 - sdev oc (i don't know what this means, if someone can explain it to me. And i'd also like to know if this is also safe, maximum official clocks to be using regulary and safely)
(What if i go beyond that, say 1785 MHz which sys-clk allows me in handheld without charger, will that be OK?)

GPU (MHz)
384 - official handheld
768 - official docked
460 - max handheld (i presume this clock is also the official one, correct? Since i read online that "Mortal Kombat 11" uses those in handheld, and i presume it won't damage the console in prolonged play sessions?)


So are those OFFICIAL maximum clocks (CPU - 1020 / GPU - 384), and more importantly, those 1224 - sdev oc and 460 - max handheld safe to use for prolonged game-play sessions, and regular use in handheld mode, without charger?
Additionally, if i set CPU at 1785 MHz and use it like that in game for prolonged time, is THAT safe to use?

As for temperatures, the hottest i got in "DOOM: Eternal" using 60fps patch, some graphical mods, ReverseNH set to "handheld" and GPU set at 460 Mhz in sys-clk is 47°C / 116.6°F



Thanks~ <3

for oled or v2 this ?

 

[Soler37]

So what is the consensus on this?
Is 1785 / 921 / 1862 safe for consistent use? how would one determine what would be a good OC to use? just by playing and seeing the results?
Is there a chart on recommended OC for various games?
I'm playing BOTW and not really sure what I should OC to.
Also, is there a difference between OC in Dock vs official charger(no dock)?

 

[doorbell8423]

what sysclk alows you to do is safe. Short answer.

 

[Soler37]

So your saying I can use max clocks and it will be safe?

 

[Cooler3D]

So your saying I can use max clocks and it will be safe?

It depends on what solution you use for overclocking. In the case of OC Suite and 4IFIR, you simply cannot set frequencies that are dangerous. If you somehow succeeded, the HOS software protection would intervene. If for some reason it does not work either, hardware protection will intervene. For peace of mind, you can use EMUNAND and perform a preliminary backup of the contents of the memory card.

 

[SanThes]

So after reading this I'm still a bit confused. I have a V1 switch and am overclocking it to the max that the sys-clk allows just to minimize the fps drops in TOTK. Yes I know there is a patch already. Although is it safe to push CPU, GPU and memory to max in docked mode? Did not apply any overclock to handheld mode. Because some people are saying it's safe and others say it's not quite....

 

[axialcecal]

So after reading this I'm still a bit confused. I have a V1 switch and am overclocking it to the max that the sys-clk allows just to minimize the fps drops in TOTK. Yes I know there is a patch already. Although is it safe to push CPU, GPU and memory to max in docked mode? Did not apply any overclock to handheld mode. Because some people are saying it's safe and others say it's not quite....

it's a Tegra X1 chip. an NVIDIA shield has the same. I bought my dad a Shield and that thing runs hotter than a switch and has lasted for yeeeeears.

Nintendo aren't too smart, they made a terrible console.

tldr; Long story short. set Max OC per game profile, change thermal paste if hyper paranoid.

 

[Soler37]

it's a Tegra X1 chip. an NVIDIA shield has the same. I bought my dad a Shield and that thing runs hotter than a switch and has lasted for yeeeeears.

Nintendo aren't too smart, they made a terrible console.

tldr; Long story short. set Max OC per game profile, change thermal paste if hyper paranoid.

Unfortunately, I replaced paste twice and thermals are still not amazing, probably a me thing even though I researched it quite heavily and tried 2 methods.

 

[Himedo15]

Because of totk i was giving the switch a very rough time with max clock that sysclick would allow and heavy use for a few weeks. But i think it somewhat murdered my switch.



I'm about 90% Sure my SD card reader is failing. I'm pretty confident its not the SD card itself as i did a full reformat and basically reinstalled homebrew on the switch fresh and I'm still getting the crashes and Getting SD card errors and warnings you can see on hektate info.



While its still technically possible the SD itself has had a hard fail, as i don't have another one to test with, i feel it is pretty unlikely





While its not impossible this component failed on its own and not directly related to the heavy use and overclocking, it feels like a hella coincidence.



While my switch isn't bricked, it can't be used to play games or anything because it will crash.

Though Short testing makes me believe that games stored on system and not the SD card are fine (hence, on top the SD related errors and crashes i think its the SD reader).

So unless one of you guys who knows way more than me can say this component wouldn't have failed due to overclocking, overclocking seems to be able to damage the SD reader.

 

[[Truth]]

Because of totk i was giving the switch a very rough time with max clock that sysclick would allow and heavy use for a few weeks. But i think it somewhat murdered my switch.



I'm about 90% Sure my SD card reader is failing. I'm pretty confident its not the SD card itself as i did a full reformat and basically reinstalled homebrew on the switch fresh and I'm still getting the crashes and Getting SD card errors and warnings you can see on hektate info.



While its still technically possible the SD itself has had a hard fail, as i don't have another one to test with, i feel it is pretty unlikely





While its not impossible this component failed on its own and not directly related to the heavy use and overclocking, it feels like a hella coincidence.



While my switch isn't bricked, it can't be used to play games or anything because it will crash.

Though Short testing makes me believe that games stored on system and not the SD card are fine (hence, on top the SD related errors and crashes i think its the SD reader).

So unless one of you guys who knows way more than me can say this component wouldn't have failed due to overclocking, overclocking seems to be able to damage the SD reader.

First thing to do is test with another SD card?

 

[Himedo15]

I do not own another microsd.

Edit: i am running it through H2testw after another format. That should settle it enough.

also this site barley works on mobile. Holy hell.


edit 2: H2testw came back fine. As as i was confident in, the SD card itself is not the failing point.

 

[dygeo]

I have a switch lite I would like to overclock the gpu let me explain: when I play in portable mode the max 460mhz when I plug in usb in charger mode max 780 mhz and when I have the original charger it's max 900mhz. how can i get 900 in usb mode without using official charger

 

[Abram96]

Muchos de nosotros hemos estado usando OC durante años sin problemas, estás pensando demasiado en esto

Yo uso overclock

No hay ninguno. A menos que superes los 1,6ghz


Para el primero, utilice la superposición del monitor de estado. Para el segundo, la respuesta es esencialmente: no, no sin medidores externos.

Para el interruptor V1, eso es realmente decente. Sin cargador 460MHz está bien.

Citas porque se acerca a los 18W, pero no exactamente y nunca lo he visto superar los 13-16W.
La memoria también funciona como VRAM en esta consola, y aumentarla significa que la GPU/CPU obtiene acceso a los datos más rápido, lo que significa que el rendimiento aumenta en todos los aspectos.
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1.785 con 921 es """"""bien""""""" pero no es ideal.

Yde resolución dinámica quitado y realmente es una experiencia agradable ver un juego así en esta portátil PD:uso la oled y juego portátil sin problemas nunk e superado los 55 grados

 

[Teddys]

But if it OVERCLOCKS, how can it be safe, since definition of overclocking is going OVER intended clocks, righ?

Does that mean that setting CPU at 1785 Mhz and GPU at 460 MHz and playing always like that in handheld, with no charger is perfectly safe?

Also what are safe temperatures in order not to stress the system to much? Like...what is the TOP temperature where system "feels" comfortable being in prolonged play sessions?

And regarding memory... in what cases i should increase it?

And last question:
1224 - sdev oc
460 - max handheld

What those refer to?

sry for the late replay but sysclk wont let you actully "overclock" it just removes nintendos undervolt really your just putting the soc at its normal clocks so no "overclocking" is actully happning. you should pretty much always be fine as long as you dont max cpu gpu and memory in handheld for long periods of time and as long as the soc temp stays below 75c

 

[guily6669]

proper OC is it shouldn't be draining battery while docked or on official charger and on battery stay within 8W max, the lower the better as the battery will give you more time, the more you push from the battery the less mah it gives...