PC gamer boosts RTX 3080 performance with overclocking

A PC gamer overclocked their five-year-old RTX 3080 graphics card due to a severe hardware market crisis. The ongoing crisis has caused GPU prices to skyrocket, making upgrades unaffordable. The gamer achieved a 10 FPS boost in minimum and maximum frame rates by increasing core and memory clocks. Despite the performance gains, the overclock resulted in significantly increased power consumption and fan noise, leading the gamer to consider undervolting next.