How do I overclock my BFG 6800GT?

[Luthien]

Wondering how I overclock my BFG 6800GT I have the newest drivers from nvidea. Anyone got a link on instructions?

 

[Chronoshock]

Download coolbits (not coolbits 2 since that one apparently screws up your game profiles) and then raise core/memory frequency a little at a time. Most people raise memory 25mhz (50mhz effective) and core 10mhz at a time. When you start to see artifacts (discolored pixels, messed up textures, etc) while running a 3d intensive program (ie Doom3 time demo or 3dmark2003/2001) then go back to the last stable clock speed. Sometimes you can reach higher core speeds with slightly lower memory speeds (ie 440core/1150memory whereas it might fail at 430core/1200memory) and in general, increasing core frequency will give you better performance results. Hope that helps. If I missed anything or am not right about something, feel free to comment

 

[Luthien]

Well, I did the coolbits registiry edit trick but it doesnt work. I made sure I followed the directions exactly but that additional settings tab is still greyed out. Whats the link for downloading coolbits? Probably just edits your registry for you but I would like to try it since doing it manually with the directions I just used doesnt work.

 

[Luthien]

Found the coolbits registry edit program and again doesnt work still greyed out additional settings tab. I think that it must be malfunctioning because of service pack 2. Cant over clock my card I guess. WTF! I even checked my registery and it didnt do anything differently than I did doing it manually. I deleted my changes before using the coolbits auto registry edit program and yes I rebooted after each registry edit attempt. Someone let me know what is going on. thanks

 

[Chopstick217]

Originally posted by: Luthien
Found the coolbits registry edit program and again doesnt work still greyed out additional settings tab. I think that it must be malfunctioning because of service pack 2. Cant over clock my card I guess. WTF! I even checked my registery and it didnt do anything differently than I did doing it manually. I deleted my changes before using the coolbits auto registry edit program and yes I rebooted after each registry edit attempt. Someone let me know what is going on. thanks

I did the coolbits registry edit and I am also using SP2. No problems here.

 

[Luthien]

hmm, maybe its having the newest drivers that is the problem?