Safety in OCing GF2 MX?

[fluxcapacitorMB]

I have a Herc 3D phrophet II MX that currently is running at the default RAM/Clock settings. I had a thermaltake Super Orb that I took out the inside fan off of and put on the MX's heatsink. If I got some of those tiny heatsinks and installed them on the SDR-Ram chips on the card, is it very safe to OC it? I'm concerned w/ that more than anything cuz if I takes a poop I can't get a new one.

 

[ABiohazard]

I have a Herc GF2 MX, with a heatsink over the processor, and nothing on the memory. I've been running it overclocked for 6 months now without any problems. I have the retail version, which overclocks better than the OEM. The OEM will over clock, but probably not as high as the retail. Since you put a fan over the processor, and heatsinks on the memory, depending on the level you overclock, you will be fine. If I were you, I'd find the OC level where you start to get some minor pixelization while not using the fan or heatsinks, leave it at that level, put your fan and heatsinks on, test it out...and if it works, leave it at that, or drop it down one or two notches.

 

[fluxcapacitorMB]

I don't have heatsinks. I was on crack when I wrote that. With just the fan, what do you think? You say you've OC'd it for like 6 months, thats quite a while...

 

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I have a retail prophet2mx and I was able to get the core to 220 and the memory to 230, with out any bad effects or heat.. I use a Globalwin CAF12 to cool it as we cant put a orb on it with out modding.. hope this helps.

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[Regalk]

I do not think RAM heatsinks are going to make a difference (I built my own and they are useless) - I have the OEM version of the Herc at 198/205 for a long time now trouble free. I use a Blorb on the core.