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Overclocking a Factory Clocked Card

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Anonymous   11-05-2009 at 10:57:27 AM

This is a total noob question I bet, but if I bought a Factory Clocked card, could I over clock it further?

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outlw6669   11-05-2009 at 11:09:27 AM
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Sure you can.

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Bronze Graphics badge jaguarskx   11-05-2009 at 11:12:06 AM
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Possible, but maybe not by much more. Also if it gets too hot it would be a good idea to buy a new heatsink/fan for the video card capable of handling higher temps.

Higher overclocks are not always possible even with a new HSF and voltage increases.

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Anonymous   11-05-2009 at 11:12:30 AM
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Any ideas how far I could over clock one of these by -

http://www.cclonline.com/product-i [...] tid=frooct

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outlw6669   11-05-2009 at 11:18:25 AM
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It varies card to card but I have heard of many people hitting 1Ghz core with the 4890.
If you are lucky and have a good piece of silicon, you should be able to get quite a bit more speed out of it.
If you get a weaker chip, I would still expect it to top 900Mhz with out to much trouble.

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HundredIslandsBoy   11-05-2009 at 10:45:18 PM
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That card seems to be like it's already overclocked at the factory. You can always try but be sure to monitor your heat temps.

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