I am interested in overclocking my new card, to see if I can get the most out of it. It is a BFG 6800 OC that I picked up this week. I have already downloaded Rivatuner and NVTweak. I successfully unlocked the extra 4 pipes and the extra vertex shader with Rivatuner, and have not noticed any artifacts or other problems. Using NVTweak I unlocked the overclocking options and was able to raise the CPU and memory clocks by 5 MHz or so, successfuly. Therefore it stands to reason that I have an unbroken 6800 GT GPU in my card, right?
Anyway, I would like to overclock this card while minimizing the risk of damaging it. Can anyone suggest a newbie-ish guide I could look over? Also, NVTweak unlocked the temperature monitor on the GPU. It was running at about 50 C or so while the desktop was up. It this a normal temp? What is the maximum temp I should risk with the card? The temperature monitor screen had the temperature alarm set at about 120 C or so. That seems quite high, but I have no idea really.
While I did not apply it, the optimized OC settings from the overclocking page were for 385 GPU / 780 memory. Is that good considering I will be using the stock cooling solution?
Thanks for all your help in advance.
Edit:
Relevant system specs:
P4 2.8C
Asus P4P800
BFG 6800 OC
2x512MB Patriot PC3200 @ 2-2-2-5<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by over_c on 01/31/05 10:13 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
Anyway, I would like to overclock this card while minimizing the risk of damaging it. Can anyone suggest a newbie-ish guide I could look over? Also, NVTweak unlocked the temperature monitor on the GPU. It was running at about 50 C or so while the desktop was up. It this a normal temp? What is the maximum temp I should risk with the card? The temperature monitor screen had the temperature alarm set at about 120 C or so. That seems quite high, but I have no idea really.
While I did not apply it, the optimized OC settings from the overclocking page were for 385 GPU / 780 memory. Is that good considering I will be using the stock cooling solution?
Thanks for all your help in advance.
Edit:
Relevant system specs:
P4 2.8C
Asus P4P800
BFG 6800 OC
2x512MB Patriot PC3200 @ 2-2-2-5<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by over_c on 01/31/05 10:13 AM.</EM></FONT></P>