OC'ing an X800Pro

[DyslexicHobo]

I've got a Sapphire X800 Pro with a Zalman heatpipe heatsink. I have ATI Tool so I can OC it, but I don't know how much I can/should push it. Without it OC'd, idle temp is ~36, load is 49-52. With it OC'd to 500/500 (default 475/450), the load temp goes up to 56.

How much can I OC it before it becomes dangerous to my card?
Thanks for any help.

 

[imported_whatever]

those temps are all fine. i know on my friend's 9800xt with the stock hsf at stock clock, it gets up to 65 or 70 in a well-cooled case. pretty much, i wouldnt put it past 75, but other than that, it sould be fine.

 

[ViRGE]

My ATI X800 Pro is doing 515/525 with stock cooling just fine.

 

[Azsen]

Have you got RAM sinks on the card? Ie. is it the newer Zalman heatpipe model?

Figure out how long you would probably game for at one time. It might be 2hours or so before you take a break. Then you want to overclock the core then the memory I think is the way to do it. Someone correct me if that's wrong.

So in AtiTool start the 'find max core' and let it find the highest setting possible until there are no errors or artifacts for 2hours. Then you move onto the memory and start the 'find max memory'. Leave the core at the stable overclock while you find the max memory setting. Once you've had no more errors for 2hours you can then make a new profile and call it 'overclocked' or something.

When you're not gaming you probably don't need to have it overclocked all the time so you can load the default profile for general use, then when you want to start gaming, load the overclocked profile.

 

[caz67]

Originally posted by: Azsen
Have you got RAM sinks on the card? Ie. is it the newer Zalman heatpipe model?

Figure out how long you would probably game for at one time. It might be 2hours or so before you take a break. Then you want to overclock the core then the memory I think is the way to do it. Someone correct me if that's wrong.

So in AtiTool start the 'find max core' and let it find the highest setting possible until there are no errors or artifacts for 2hours. Then you move onto the memory and start the 'find max memory'. Leave the core at the stable overclock while you find the max memory setting. Once you've had no more errors for 2hours you can then make a new profile and call it 'overclocked' or something.

When you're not gaming you probably don't need to have it overclocked all the time so you can load the default profile for general use, then when you want to start gaming, load the overclocked profile.

 

[DyslexicHobo]

Yes I do have the RAM sinks on my vid card.

When I get home I'll try it out. Thanks for the help.

 

[jpeyton]

My X800 Pro (well, one of them) is doing 520/560 Core/Mem with 16 working pipelines.