Geforce Fx5200 Overclocking HELP!!!

I have a Geforce Fx 5200 and i want to overclock it jus for kicks, does anyone know exactly how far i can push the temperature up before it burns? it runs PainKiller on regular settings at around 70 degrees Celsius, is it possible to overclock any further without any other cooling devices, and if so, about how much could i push it up? It runs at 250 on the core speed and 400 on memory clock, help me out please.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it's a pointless undertaking. The card's base performance is bad enough that overclocking isn't going to achieve anything noticable.

But, to answer the question anyway, you'll start getting artifacts when you push it too far. Some may be due to heat, and some to just pushing the hardware beyond what it can do. The bottom line is, if it looks fine, then try pushing a little more, and testing again, and repeat. Same for overclocking anything - small increments until you hit problems.

If you're concerned about temps, you could fit an aftermarket cooling solution, but as I said above it really is a waste of time on that card.

70c degs shit thats pretty damn hot, if you really want to oc go look for a volt mod guide i dont know but the 5200Ultra acctually had alright performance some of the time, hmm i wonder if they just put way faster memory on it? dunno, owell. Good Luck.

May be old topic,but i was too dumb before i saw this
Im really dumb,i overclocked the graphic card,ALOT,i use FX5200(same as here)(Nvidia),but 1 thing is kinda funny,computer runs great on Windows 7,nothing wrong,also works fine on XP SafeMode,but on Normal XP mode,some green markings come all over and the display goes black or starts flashing
Is there a way to undo that overclock(hopes so)

yeah well, i oced pny geforce fx 5200 and i died at only 210 MHz GPU and 420 MHz ram