Is this safe?

[farmernate33]

HI EVERYBODY! HI DR NICK!

i have a vanilla evga geforce 6600 256mbDDR. I replaced the stock cooler with an Iceberq4 Pro cooler which is all copper and runs at 5500 rpm constantly. I added two new case fans one of which blows directly at my graphics card.

So far, i have my graphics card overclocked to 400Mhz Core and 550Mhz Mem.

I cant scoot the Mem any higher because coolbits wont let me.

I was wondering if this speed is safe since it is clocked 100Mhz over the stock speed of 300Mhz.

I dont get any artifacts when i tested out Quake 4 and NFSMW and i am now able to run both at 1024x786 with Ultra settings and 8xanti ailiasing on Quake 4 and 1024x786 with everything turned on highest for NFSMW and it runs smoothly. I dont have FPS's but it is very playable and smooth.

I was jsut wondering since my card doenst have a temperature sensor, or at least it doesnt display it in the nvtools, Is 400MHZ core safe? and is it safe to push it any farther? i want this card to last at LEAST Antoher year.


Thanks in advance for any advice or comments!

System Specs:
Pentium 4 Prescott 3.0Ghz with HT
3gigs RAM
200Gig 7200RPM WD SATA HD
250Gig 7200RPM WD IDE HD
EVGA geforce 6600 256MB (400Mhz/550Mhz)
350Watt PS

 

[FeareX]

Try rivatuner, it can read temps. I have an leadtek px6600td.
Got it to 550mhz on the core for a while, but if it got hotter in this room the card reached 78*C so i put it lower.
On 400mhz works fine for me @ 73*C (under full load, and reasonable room temp). I've read that the geforce 6-series could go up to 85*C tops is this right?

 

[MasterLee]

I saw 64 on one, mine was 54 under load, now it's 33.

 

[TabrisDarkPeace]

So you're sayig you can't afford for the card to fail within 12 months ?

Yet you are overclocking it by an extreme amount ?


A single GeForce 6800 GS / Radeon X800 XL would outperform it, with far less 'risk'.

 

[choknuti]

While it is a risk go ahaed and overclock to your hearts delight. Each time u up the frequency check it with some graphics intensive application. If you get artifacts then it is overheating.

 

[farmernate33]

Well i downloaded rivatuner and my card runs at 51C when idle and goes up to 71C under load. Is this temp too high?

 

[cleeve]

There is no such thing as 'safe'.

71 degrees isn't too high. But there are no guarantees, noone can promise you it'll stay OK.

But is it likely to die in the next year at those speeds and temps? Not really.

 

[bobbydamm]

'Careful with that ax, eugene....'