Anyone tried to OC any 8800GTS? Results? Temps?

It was the first time I overclocked a GPU. I read some article on the Internet that said the 8800 GTS can do 620 gpu 950 memory easy so that's what I tried. And it worked for me.

I don't remember the temp...I think it was only about 10 deg farh higher than non-OC.

I only overclock for games the require it: R6 Vegas .

overclock in sig, loaded runs at 76-80 idle 60-62

660/1065

Rivatuner here

I use ATI Tool and is great for OC. I even have an OC profile according to the application. For example, in 2D (like now) I run @ default speed, but in games I run at the speed showed here. It saves your OC profiles when you reboot. Is a highly configurable, small program.

It works perfectly

MIne ran 62/81 degrees stock, before i got new case with 4 (read:four) fans. Now it's 50/70 degrees, still stock. When I OC it'll probably go over 85 full load. Maybe even 90.

Nope. Overclocking is bad. I would never do that!

Just check my sig...

Edit* Oh yeah temps... usually around 65/74 idle/load overclocked. I am using ATI tool.

Why would a watercooler work for the GTX but not the GTS? Aren't they physically pretty much the same?

Why would a watercooler work for the GTX but not the GTS? Aren't they physically pretty much the same?

Haha, yes my case is silent, and I have it under the desk and the noise doesn't bother me (this level of noise I mean). The fan for the Tuniq is noisier than the 8800 fan, I can tell you (I have the Tuniq fan always @ 100% too). When you have a E6600 OCed to 3.6 need all the air you can get. I prefer cooler components than silent components, anyway, my apartment has a fountain outside my window, all i hear is the fountain

About the cooler, I concur with Stefx, the GTX and the GTS have the same core, so probably the same WC block works for both. The memory is different tho.

The water coolers are different between the GTX and GTS models. The placement of the memory chips as well as the PCI-E controller (which are all cooled by the stock cooler as well) are in different ares as well as the screw patterns to hold the cards on. You can see this on the koolance water cooler kits for those two cards (GTS http://www.koolance.com/shop/produ [...] 7ef45d2ad9 And GTX http://www.koolance.com/shop/produ [...] 7ef45d2ad9 )

read my sig. about 50C

it's 35degrees in your room!!!!!! Do you live in a desert or something?

I scored 10660 in 3DMark06 with my current settings, so I think you should score higher than that, even with the CPU @ stock speed. I would try to OC it, because you have almost the same MOBO as me (you have the S version) and you maybe could reach 3.0Ghz even with stock voltage. What's your PSU?

I assume that the 36amps are for the 12V rails. If its this way, that PSU is enough for your configuration tightly, but enough. It may be a software problem (drivers for example). Did you make a fresh Windows installation when you upgraded to the 8800GTS?.

It happened to me before (with an AGP card), that I installed a X800XT after a Nvidia 6800, and the 800XT was giving me AWFUL scores in 3dmark. Only after I format the disk and reinstalled windows, the card started working as expected.

New OC: 4500/7000

New score: 55,593

There much beter.

Then I guess you need a new card, because that one is fried now

Temps before death? 460C idle, 600C load.