BFG 6800 GT OC - To OC more or NOT?

[Brickster]

Recently installed the wonderful BFG 6800 GT OC card.

Things works great, and was wondering if people have had any experience OCing this card further to the speed of the stock Ultra?

Good experience? Bad?

Also, would anyone like to comment on J.Carmack's comments on OCing impact on Doom3, and using a card that is OC'd out of the box? I am going to contact BFG on that one, but wanted to see if anyone had the same thoughts...

Thanks!

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Mine runs ultra speeds as though it's the native settings, but I don't think any of us can address the D3 question, we will just have to see what happens when we all start playing it with our overclocked cards.

 

[JBT]

I having a feeling that Carmack's comments mostly have to do with people that are really pushing their cards. A moddest OC will probably still be fine. Maybe even Ultra levels on the GT's but probably not much further. We'll see Tuesday night though. Of course I could be wrong and will have to play at lowly stock settings oh no!!! I think a stock GT will be more than enough. I mean the game can be played at 1600 x8 AF no problem anyways with a GT.

 

[Johnbear007]

considering that you will be able to play D3 on a ti 4200 or a radeon 8500 I think a stock 6800 GT will be just fine.

 

[Brickster]

Originally posted by: Johnbear007
considering that you will be able to play D3 on a ti 4200 or a radeon 8500 I think a stock 6800 GT will be just fine.

Are you guys calling me a whiner?!

 

[Brickster]

Just heard back from lightning fast BFG support to the Carmack comment...

This is not going to be a problem for any of the cards that come OC'd stock, it will be a more apparent problem for those that overclock their cards aftermarket.

Shiloh M.
BFG Support

Well, looks like we are going to have to watch how guinea pigs fare.

Cheers,

 

[imported_tss4]

I'm really curious how the people do that have been flashing their GT's to ULTRA's. Seems like its asking for trouble.

 

[killedradiostar]

IIRC, there's no flash involved, it's just an overclock to ultra speeds.

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: tss4
I'm really curious how the people do that have been flashing their GT's to ULTRA's. Seems like its asking for trouble.

they're not flashing, just a plain overclock. nvidia's cards will automatically drop voltage if the core gets too hot, its pretty hard to burn out a 6800

-Vivan

 

[PhoenixOrion]

Depends on setup.

OC a gfx card has minimal gain on a slow computer.

But with your setup in your sig, OC away.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

Originally posted by: tss4
I'm really curious how the people do that have been flashing their GT's to ULTRA's. Seems like its asking for trouble.

It's the best thing owning nvidia 6800 gt. core is identical. flashing bios puts the temp setpoint for throttle higher. the ultra bios will provide higher voltage for better stability and feedback to fan to spin faster for better cooling.

and makes easier on coolbits coz default button will set it to ultra instead of adjusting the sliders.

 

[imported_Salvatore]

What did Carmack say about overclocking?

 

[Brickster]

Originally posted by: Salvatore
What did Carmack say about overclocking?

Said it wasn't wise with Doom3.

Article: http://www2.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjQy

 

[CRXican]

The Bios flash ups the voltage I believe. Off the top of my head somone on Hardforum had flashed his GT and his 3DMark03 score was only 1,000 points higher than my 6800 GT with a pretty mild but past Ultral level overclock.

 

[gizbug]

I dont have an OC card, but a regular 6800GT
1. What program can I oc with
2. What speeds are the OC setting stocked at?

 

[Confusednewbie1552]

Try coolbits if you have a nvidia card

 

[Fuchs]

Hey guys, whats the max temp you guys are getting after OC'ing your GT's. I am just wondering what a safe harbor is for a temp. I am overclocking and wondering how high I should push it.

120c seems pretty dang hot for a threshold, since that's 258 degrees Fahrenheit!!

 

[GeneralGrievous]

I went from 85 C to 81 C by pluggin in my side case fan under load. I ran rthdribl for 15 minutes and had the temp monitor opened to the side.

 

[Fuchs]

SO whats the highest temp and/or clock speeds everyone here is going with for a 6800GT, just curious.

 

[LeGaCi]

Originally posted by: Fuchs
SO whats the highest temp and/or clock speeds everyone here is going with for a 6800GT, just curious.

Mine's running at 410/1130 and highest temp. I've seen on my card is 76 I believe. Idle is around 60-63. I was playing america Operation (AA) at 1280x1024 at ultrahigh details. I'll try far cry tonight and let you know.

 

[Shad0hawK]

my had my bfg running at ultra speeds since first week of july works great!

 

[Brickster]

Originally posted by: Shad0hawK
my had my bfg running at ultra speeds since first week of july works great!

LEt me know how things go with Doom3, Shad0hawK.

You use coolbits? What is your clock setting?

Cheers!

 

[Brickster]

Anyone have OC numbers to post regarding this BFG Geforce 6800 GT?

How is stability?

 

[Ghost]

Bump

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: gizbug
I dont have an OC card, but a regular 6800GT
1. What program can I oc with
2. What speeds are the OC setting stocked at?

You don't have to o/c a GT. It's way more than fast enough stock.
Wanting to is entirely different. It means your more interested in benchmarking than the games themselves. I never understood that, but to each his own.