Nvidia overclocking

[HybridSquirrel]

so in coolbits in the forceware thing. i select auto overclocking but it doesnt change at all compared to default settings. and on the manual overclock when i detect my optimal settings its only 4mhz increase on the coreclock and goes from 1.0ghz on the ram to 1.1ghz

 

[Azndude2190]

You should just do it yourself...but clock it in increments and monitor your temps.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

so auto wont work?

 

[Fardringle]

It works on some cards, not on others.

Personally, when I did the auto detect on my eVGA 6600GT, CoolBits DROPPED the GPU and RAM clocks about 10% below stock speeds.

Manually overclocking and testing heavily for stability (using RTHDRIBL and various games) I was only able to get my card to run at 520 GPU and 1000 RAM (500/900 stock) so it turned out to be a pretty poor overclocker, and that may have something to do with the odd results using the auto detect function.

Try manually overclocking your card and see what happens.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

yeah overclocking my card caused it to over heat(well get hotter than id like too) i know the card can take it but it was too hot for my own good. i have a vf700 on it right now and my card is a 7800gt co. and its 470/1000 i overclocked to 480/1200 and i got like 65c temps on the card(normally going 50c after css stress test) thats to hot for my own good so ill just keep it stock. and i only got like 4 more fps

 

[moonboy403]

Originally posted by: HybridSquirrel
yeah overclocking my card caused it to over heat(well get hotter than id like too) i know the card can take it but it was too hot for my own good. i have a vf700 on it right now and my card is a 7800gt co. and its 470/1000 i overclocked to 480/1200 and i got like 65c temps on the card(normally going 50c after css stress test) thats to hot for my own good so ill just keep it stock. and i only got like 4 more fps

r u sure it's only 65c?

it seems a bit low for the 7800 series since i owned a gtx and 2 gts

how are you checking your temps?
you should log it using rivatuner (the only sure way of knowing the max temp)

 

[BassBomb]

Originally posted by: Fardringle
It works on some cards, not on others.

Personally, when I did the auto detect on my eVGA 6600GT, CoolBits DROPPED the GPU and RAM clocks about 10% below stock speeds.

Manually overclocking and testing heavily for stability (using RTHDRIBL and various games) I was only able to get my card to run at 520 GPU and 1000 RAM (500/900 stock) so it turned out to be a pretty poor overclocker, and that may have something to do with the odd results using the auto detect function.

Try manually overclocking your card and see what happens.

heheheh mine comes stock 525/1050

 

[firewolfsm]

I use the coolbits auto detect to get an estimate. I usually raise the clocks manually from there until I hit my personal temp limit.