GFX OC

[ThaiSon]

i was wondering, do any of you guys know of any excellent graphic cards for overclocking? if so, please list them here

 

[imported_Kensai]

eVGA 7800GTX KO
BFG 7800GTX OC

*Add a Zalman vf-700Cu for better overclocking on air*

 

[ThaiSon]

know of any non-ultra-high end gfx cards that oc exceptionally well?

 

[imported_Kensai]

6800GT series, 6600, 6800s, x800s, x800 pros, x800XLs.

 

[2Xtreme21]

x800XL's aren't good OCers. The 6600 vanilla, I think, is probably the best overclocker.

 

[ThaiSon]

thanks, but not very specific. i'm looking for non-ultra-high end gfx cards that oc EXCEPTIONALLY well, such as the x800 for example; you can oc the x800 from stock 400 core/350 mem to something like 470 core/550 mem

 

[fstime]

List your budget.

Do not buy a card, expect to overclock it, and gain huge performance gains.

Buy somthing that is good out of the box.

Overclocking is just a bonus.

 

[ThaiSon]

any card as long as its not ultra-high end; i dont have such a budget

 

[fstime]

You need to be more specific.

$200, $300, $400, $500, $600, etc, etc.

 

[ThaiSon]

between mid-range and high-end graphic cards is fine

 

[fstime]

Errr, give us a specific price.

AGP or PCi-e?


Some good cards would be a 7800GT pci-e or 6800GT pci-e.

There also have been some nice x800/x850 deals going on.

7800GT if you can get it would be the best choice since it's right under the GTX.

 

[ThaiSon]

PCIe, and price doesn't matter as long as it falls into the mid-range and high-end categories

 

[fstime]

Take a look at the 7800GT then....

It is currently the second best card under the 7800GTX.

 

[fstime]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130239

In the $400 range, free battlefield 2, life time warrenty, great customer support, EVGA make great cards.

 

[ThaiSon]

falls into the ultra-high end category, but ill look into how well it overclocks

 

[fstime]

The next step down would probably be a 6800GT or x850XT which are last gen 16 pipe cards.

 

[ThaiSon]

they're alright at overclocking, specificly the x800 non-Pro caught my attention for being a good overclocker at a very decent price

 

[fstime]

The GT will hit Ultra speeds usually with ease.

 

[orangat]

As you might have noticed, there are no exceptional overclockers. The x800xl is a poor oc'er.
Some people have played around with unlocking pipes like the 6800nu but it doesn't always work or you might get artifacts plus the memory bandwidth is limited by the 128bit bus.

 

[Crescent13]

If money doesn't matter, then why don't you want a high-end card???? It makes no sense at all, I'm so 😕
Also, overclocking depends greatly on what cooling you have, you could put a mid-range card on liquid nitrogen, Vmod it, and overclock the heck out of it, and make it the same prerformance as a high end card, and spend 200x as much money as just getting a high end card in the first place.

 

[munchow2]

Maybe he's entering an OCer competition???

I have no idea. If you want a super OCing card get a x800 or 6800. Those usually have some crazy results since they are based on the same chipset as the high end ones but are intentionally clocked lower and have stuff diasbled but you might get lucky.