leeslangley
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Hello all,
I have a 7800 GXT 256 card and it runs a dream, it plays all my games very well.
However being the type of person I am, I have more than thought about over clocking the card to see what performance I can get out of it.
Now the first thing is the warranty, if you OC they say it voids your warranty, yet how do they know... if it breaks then how can they check the last clock speeds when they get it back?
If it is not totally broken how can they check what clock speeds it has acheived, surely this is down to the registry settings on my specific machine?
In addition I am a little concerned about the tempreture of the card, it sits idle at about 55c and after some serious gaming ive seen it hit 65c.... too hot or not to OC ?
Now if I do over clock do I go "coolbits" registry method or is there another means?
Has anybody else OC one of these cards and if so what sort of performance enhancements can I expect?
THanks
I have a 7800 GXT 256 card and it runs a dream, it plays all my games very well.
However being the type of person I am, I have more than thought about over clocking the card to see what performance I can get out of it.
Now the first thing is the warranty, if you OC they say it voids your warranty, yet how do they know... if it breaks then how can they check the last clock speeds when they get it back?
If it is not totally broken how can they check what clock speeds it has acheived, surely this is down to the registry settings on my specific machine?
In addition I am a little concerned about the tempreture of the card, it sits idle at about 55c and after some serious gaming ive seen it hit 65c.... too hot or not to OC ?
Now if I do over clock do I go "coolbits" registry method or is there another means?
Has anybody else OC one of these cards and if so what sort of performance enhancements can I expect?
THanks