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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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 Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:08 pm Post subject: Overclocking video cards... |
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| Ok...what utility would be good to overclock the core speed of my video card? Any suggestions? |
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Wrench
Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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Depends what type of card nvidia or ATI.
Rage3d.com has a tool for it.
Nvidia cards just need coolbits enabled (simple registry patch) or You could get nvtune or nvtray guru3d.com |
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Demonicat
Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 6:00 am Post subject: |
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| silly question, is it safe for the computer? |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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| it is as long as you stay within range (range can be found on the repsective manufacturers website). EX. nvidia geforce 6600 @ 350MHZ can be overclocked up to 436 without trouble. Above this and you begin to experience difficulties. I would say 425 for this would be safe. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| cubanlord wrote: |
| it is as long as you stay within range (range can be found on the repsective manufacturers website). EX. nvidia geforce 6600 @ 350MHZ can be overclocked up to 436 without trouble. Above this and you begin to experience difficulties. I would say 425 for this would be safe. |
I just did this the other night with my 6600GT using the overclocking program bundled with the card software. I didn't notice a blind bit of difference.... |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:34 am Post subject: |
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| Not even in temperature? Do you have temp sensors in your pc? |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Not even in temperature? Do you have temp sensors in your pc? |
Well, I'm not sure about that. I do know how to see the temp of my card from the nVidia control panel but that would be when the card is idling. How do I see the temp of the card during an intense session of Doom 3? Just quit and look at it quickly before it cools? |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't know, I have a hardware thingy that regulates fan speed and displays 3 temps- it's currently cpu, hdd, and case. My video card is already an overclocked version so I'm not about to fiddle with it. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
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| Not even in temperature? Do you have temp sensors in your pc? |
Well, I'm not sure about that. I do know how to see the temp of my card from the nVidia control panel but that would be when the card is idling. How do I see the temp of the card during an intense session of Doom 3? Just quit and look at it quickly before it cools? |
I got a 6600. I didn't notice a difference when I overclocked mine,too.
By the way, give Quake 4 a try. It's everything I wanted Doom 3 to be. |
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