8800GT Overclock

[adsmith82]

Have an 8800GT coming in the mail, and I would like to know what the overclock limits generally are for this chip and also the memory. Also, what temperatures should I make sure that it does not exceed?

 

[BlueAcolyte]

What cooler are you using? If you force 60% fan speed or higher (not too loud, not too slow) a good card should hit around 700/1700/950-1000 at max (core/shader/memory)

 

[adsmith82]

It's the MSI OC card default at 660/1900. You can take a look at it at Newegg's or MSI's site. The cooler looks effective from the pictures with its heatpipes and all. The reviewers say it's quiet also. Do you know how I would overclock the shaders with rivatuner? I have only messed with overclocking gpu and memory.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814127329
http://www.msicomputer.com/pro...00GT_512M_OC&class=vga

 

[adsmith82]

is bumping ok here?

 

[Tempered81]

Ran my BFG 8800gt OC 512 edition from best buy at 734/1790/1920 from stock of 600/1500/1800. Manually increased fan speed in Rivatuner to 80% while gaming in 3d perf mode. Crysis load temps were around 84C.

 

[Raider1284]

Similiar to jared my 8800gt runs at 740/1850/100. With the duorb i stay near 60c during load. I have an evga card.

 

[adsmith82]

60 C is much cooler than 84 C. Is 85-ish acceptable for prolonged gaming use?

 

[adsmith82]

anyone?

 

[Tempered81]

i could run my fan at 100 and stay below 75. I dont see it as a prob. My 1950xt used to run at 96-97 when overclocked in crysis.

edit: also keep in mind, hours of crysis heats my gpu up more than any other program i have.

cod4 or quake3 could run full steam at 60C with 100% fan speed: similar to raiders' temps.

 

[TmBlackFlag]

85 is on the higher end of normal temps but is okay. I wouldn't worry about it