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Making 7800gt overclock more stable.. How to install gpu heatsink?
When i overclock my Jaton Geforce 7800gt graphics card even a little bit (30 mhz/ .5 ghz) I get artifacting on counterstrike: Source. (default is 400 mhz/ 1.0 ghz). The artifacts always look the same and are as follows: They look like rainbow colored spikes that appear usually near the middle of the screen and extend outwards. They are also pretty long and about a sixth of an inch thick. I have seen no other type of artifacting while overclocking. The artifacts look the same for when either the core or the memory is overclocked while the other isn't. I am extremely interested in overclocking the card, but it doesn't seem to be working out. When i set the option for automatically detecting optimal overclocking frequencies they're set 50 mhz/.1 ghz higher than normal (450/1.10) and yet i get artifacting anyway. I have heard that installing after market coolers can help to solve overclocking problems, but is there anything else i can do to improve the stability of an overclock? Also, i don't know where to buy these coolers for the graphics card specifically or even how to install them. are these similar to cpu heatsinks? Is it hard or difficult to do? Any help would be appreciated.
Note: when overclocking my gpu's supposed temperature is only about 60 degrees so WTF am i getting artifacts for? These temps are supposedly pretty **** low. Maybe i should try overclocking much higher or something? My artifacts, as explained above, aren't even of normal characteristics. This is making Begalsworth angry.
When i overclock my Jaton Geforce 7800gt graphics card even a little bit (30 mhz/ .5 ghz) I get artifacting on counterstrike: Source. (default is 400 mhz/ 1.0 ghz). The artifacts always look the same and are as follows: They look like rainbow colored spikes that appear usually near the middle of the screen and extend outwards. They are also pretty long and about a sixth of an inch thick. I have seen no other type of artifacting while overclocking. The artifacts look the same for when either the core or the memory is overclocked while the other isn't. I am extremely interested in overclocking the card, but it doesn't seem to be working out. When i set the option for automatically detecting optimal overclocking frequencies they're set 50 mhz/.1 ghz higher than normal (450/1.10) and yet i get artifacting anyway. I have heard that installing after market coolers can help to solve overclocking problems, but is there anything else i can do to improve the stability of an overclock? Also, i don't know where to buy these coolers for the graphics card specifically or even how to install them. are these similar to cpu heatsinks? Is it hard or difficult to do? Any help would be appreciated.
Note: when overclocking my gpu's supposed temperature is only about 60 degrees so WTF am i getting artifacts for? These temps are supposedly pretty **** low. Maybe i should try overclocking much higher or something? My artifacts, as explained above, aren't even of normal characteristics. This is making Begalsworth angry.