X800GTO overclock

[nightscope]

Alright, so I have this x800gto in my computer and wondered how much juice I can get from it, so I put some new thermal paste on it and overclocked it using ATI tool, and here's what I could accomplish:

Overclocked core from 400 to 450

Overclocked memory from 490 to 615

What do you guys think? good overclock? I was a bit surprised that I couldn't get my core to 500 at least...going above 450 was getting me some unwanted artifacts so I settled for 450. The outstanding this is, my card's temperature is 39-41 idle and 42-45 UNDER LOAD! I guess I just reached the card's wall and can't get passed it, which isn't a temperature issue. Anyways, since the temperature is good, you think this overclock will cut this card's life in any way? Will it damage it?

Ty

 

[Xazax310]

Sounds about right, when i had my X800XL hit about 430 core and 500mhz memory with stock stuff so your good. And if you havent already i would check out Riva tuner to unlock those extra 4 pipelines u got just waiting.

 

[nightscope]

Sounds about right, when i had my X800XL hit about 430 core and 500mhz memory with stock stuff so your good. And if you havent already i would check out Riva tuner to unlock those extra 4 pipelines u got just waiting.

I installed riva tuner but I have no idea how to unlock those extra 4 pipelines, so if you can help me with that, I'd appreciate it.