Please help me with 7850 overclocking

SupermanSkillz

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I have a 7850 2gb OC edition. Should I bother overclocking an already OC'ed card?
If i should, I am wondering what is the best MHz to overclock it to and also the best way of doing it (I'm pretty new to overclocking). I tried CCC with my cpu and it didn't work well so I had to do it via the bios.

This is the exact card - http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeon-PCI-Express-Graphics-11200-14-20G/dp/B008MJHS8I

It's currently on a core clock of 920mhz and memory clock of 1250mhz (which is the standard for this card).

Also, does anyone know if I should use TriXX or MSI Afterburner?
 
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I'd recommend MSI Afterburner if you want to push the overclocks. Unlock your voltage in the settings, and get ready to watch temps. You slowly push the clock maybe 50mhz at a time, then run Valley or Heaven. If it black screens you add ~25mV and try again. Keep watching temps, extra voltage can make it heat up very quick.

You'll eventually hit a wall where no extra voltage will fix black screens and/or artifacting, which you then turn down the clock about 50mhz. Then follow the same process for the memory speed.

If you need temperature monitoring software (Valley has a built-in temp monitor though), then I'd recommend HWMonitor.

datguy20

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I'd recommend MSI Afterburner if you want to push the overclocks. Unlock your voltage in the settings, and get ready to watch temps. You slowly push the clock maybe 50mhz at a time, then run Valley or Heaven. If it black screens you add ~25mV and try again. Keep watching temps, extra voltage can make it heat up very quick.

You'll eventually hit a wall where no extra voltage will fix black screens and/or artifacting, which you then turn down the clock about 50mhz. Then follow the same process for the memory speed.

If you need temperature monitoring software (Valley has a built-in temp monitor though), then I'd recommend HWMonitor.
 
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