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pchoi04   02-06-2008 at 09:15:08 AM

I've overclocked GPUs before using Rivatuner but I was wondering what kind of overclocks you guys have gotten with this card and where a safe overclock would be.

------------------------------ Asus P5B Deluxe, Core 2 Quad Q6700, Nvidia 8800GTS (G92), Corsair 4GB PC2 6400, Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum, Thermaltake 700W PSU
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vegie   02-06-2008 at 09:46:58 AM
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just watch ur temps lolz and no volt modding and ur safe

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ghostwalker   02-06-2008 at 10:31:02 AM
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Can I just ask, what is a safe temp? I was fiddling around with my 8800GT last night and was approaching 90C. Should I be keeping away from this as it seems very high? What would be a safe operating temp?

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althius   02-06-2008 at 09:50:57 PM
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I came here looking for an answer to this question as well.

I have the 8800GTS and would like to know what a 'safe' temp is. I followed the instructions in the OC guide... but my card only got up to around 55C during an ATITool test at stock settings. I'm sure it can go higher than that... and before I start pushing it, I'd like to know what is 'reasonable'.

Is there a manufacturer max temp spec like there is on CPUs?

------------------------------ Q6600 G0 @ 3.5GHZ | GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L | ANTEC P182 | XFX 8800GTS (G92) 512MB | THERMALRIGHT 120 ULTRA EXTREME | CORSAIR 520HX | PATRIOT EXTREME 4GB (2 X 2GB) DDR2 800 | SEAGATE 7200.10 | SAMSUNG SH-S203N |
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pchoi04   04-06-2008 at 08:27:24 PM
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I guess I just want to get a survey of what settings other people are using and use that as a reference.

------------------------------ Asus P5B Deluxe, Core 2 Quad Q6700, Nvidia 8800GTS (G92), Corsair 4GB PC2 6400, Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum, Thermaltake 700W PSU
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scooterlibby   04-06-2008 at 10:11:15 PM
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Make sure you take advantage of the fan control on Rivatuner and crank it up. I have the older 640mb GTS @ 689/900 and it's idling at 41 C, never over 55 under load (I have an Antec 900 case with the fans maxed and the card's fans manually set at 80% and instructed to go to 90% when temps go above 50C). I think 90C is a bit high, but from what I've heard the 70-80 range doesn't seem to be catastrophic.

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_AlcaPwn_   04-06-2008 at 10:29:24 PM
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I've got my 8800gts 512 running at: core/shader: 777/1944 and the memorry at: 1080mhz, With my e8400 @ 4,2ghz i get around 14700 in 3dmark 06, maybe you can clock the card higher than this, i didn't actually tried, but 1080 really is the limit for the memorry, I tried to get it up to 1100, wich was stable during some games, but in 3dmark06 with the deepfreeze test, it showed artifacts, so no go there.....

Anyway, mine doesn't get higher than 58 degrees celsius during 1 hour gameplay of crysis! (the fan is set at 80% or so) So temp is no problem with this card!

I've seen reviews where they were able to get the gpu to 820mhz! but i didn't tried it with mine, but it is possible, aspecially with a volt mod, although i wouldn't recommend volt modding, i never did it, and i'm not going to, just to risky, i love my vid card to much to screw it up ;).

Anyway, 777/1944 and 1080 for the memorry is very stable!

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lcaley   04-06-2008 at 10:48:39 PM
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I've read somewhere that the g92 is safe up to something super high, I'm pretty sure it said 100 *C but I can't find it again so I'm not sure. I personally wouldn't let mine get that high. Mine with 60% fan doesn't go above 55 *C under full load, even with the OC.

------------------------------ EVGA nForce 680i SE SLI 122-CK-NF63 Motherboard - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.2 GHz - ZALMAN 9500A 92mm CPU Cooler - EVGA 8800GTS 512MB OC 766/2000 - G.SKILL 6GB DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 (2T) - Thermaltake Purepower 600W Power Supply - Vista Ultimate x64
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invisik   04-06-2008 at 11:29:01 PM
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the 8800gts g92 is a great overclocker. My card with watercooling went to 815 core and 1090 memory.

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