Stop.
You seriously dont need to flash your card, so get that out of your head. You need to overclock it. My 8500 ran stable at 300/300. Dont be skeered...
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I use <A HREF="http://www.rage3d.com/index.php?node=r3dtweak" target="_new">this</A> because it works great. And no...it doesnt really affect any other aspects of your computer(unlees you overclock to the point of making your system unstable)
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