What is a good first or third party overclocking utilty?

[frankenwookie]

I have recently picked up an XFX geforce 7600gt, what is the best utility first and third party?

 

[ikjadoon]

A lot of people use CoolBits, built into the nVidia driver panel. It may or may not be there, at the moment. Here is a good, albeit dated article:

CoolBits

I believe that the latest Forceware drive includes some artifacting checking utility; or some type of utility to measure the stability of the card. As mentioned in another topic, you want to keep load temps below 75C. It'll start to artificact 85+, it starts to throttle around 110+. These are a few other overclocking utilities:

3DChipset :: nVidia Overclocking

Remeber, you OC at your own risk. Just a warning, but it is a great money-saver. It voids any warranty that you have and they, XFX, won't replace a burnt card due to improper OC'ing. Good Luck!

~Ibrahim~