Clocking my GFX?

[Rick-e]

I want to clock my GFX card, but I don't want to like blow it up or anything...

What do you guys think would be safe?

Or should I just leave it as it is?

 

[urbanfox]

I want to clock my GFX card, but I don't want to like blow it up or anything...

What do you guys think would be safe?

Or should I just leave it as it is?

what video card do u got? ati...

 

[urbanfox]

the general rule of video card oc'ing is to overclock till u see artifacts.

snow/checkerboarding=core
weird triangle flashes etc = memory

when u see little white dots or checkerboarding with white u need to back down ur core. when u see werid flashes or things like that u need to back down ur memory.

good advice is to oc mem first 5 mhz at a time till u see any artifacts and then back down 3 mhz and run some games/benchmarks to test for stability and then do the same for the core.

 

[SilentDragz]

My general rule is to not overclock anything I can't afford to replace at short notice, but I'm a wimp so meh :P

/SilentDragz

 

[Biohazard]

My general rule is to not overclock anything I can't afford to replace at short notice, but I'm a wimp so meh :P

/SilentDragz

thats wat everyone on this forums general rule is =P cuz we cant pay for euro mir, and we cant OC lolol =P

 

[urbanfox]

ud be surprised how much performance can be gained from lower end productswhen oc'ing, not to mention how safe it is if u know what ur doing. theres always that chance but if u know how to oc correctly u can put a world of hurt on any stock cpu.

 

[Rick-e]

the general rule of video card oc'ing is to overclock till u see artifacts.

snow/checkerboarding=core
weird triangle flashes etc = memory

when u see little white dots or checkerboarding with white u need to back down ur core. when u see werid flashes or things like that u need to back down ur memory.

good advice is to oc mem first 5 mhz at a time till u see any artifacts and then back down 3 mhz and run some games/benchmarks to test for stability and then do the same for the core.

Thanks, I'll try that.

It's a MSI GForce 4 Ti 4800 SE 128Mb DDR by the way.

 

[SilentDragz]

If you're gonna be overclocking I'd forget the stock cooling and spend just over a tenner on one of these.

EDIT: Just noticed it's out of stock on there, but I'm sure you can find it elsewhere on your website of choice.

EDIT EDIT: This cooler does take up an additional expansion slot under the graphics card (on tower cases, to the left on desktop).

/SilentDragz

 

[urbanfox]

If you're gonna be overclocking I'd forget the stock cooling and spend just over a tenner on one of these.

EDIT: Just noticed it's out of stock on there, but I'm sure you can find it elsewhere on your website of choice.

EDIT EDIT: This cooler does take up an additional expansion slot under the graphics card (on tower cases, to the left on desktop).

/SilentDragz

the arctic silencer is a descent cooler for lower *ATI* products and the gf3, it will not work on the gf 4 line.