How To Over Clock

[whitestar515]

hi, i was wondering how u overclock ur videocard?..sry i am a nooob at this and play explaing what does it do and stuff thanks...oo yea my video card is a 6800PCIE

[|CBW|Simon]

Re: How To Over Clock

Don't.

Overclocking has very specific and precise requirements and if done wrong can flame your system permanently. Not all cards can be overclocked and your card is already very nice. Running the game via medium settings and 100 distance should be speedy for you already.

Simon

[whitestar515]

Re: How To Over Clock

thanks, and one more ques .how would u check ur fps when playin?

[Heatseeker_no.1]

Re: How To Over Clock

Don't.

Overclocking has very specific and precise requirements and if done wrong can flame your system permanently. Not all cards can be overclocked and your card is already very nice. Running the game via medium settings and 100 distance should be speedy for you already.

Simon

Heh, amateur^, youve gotta be pretty thick to break anything, just be carefull (dont touch voltage and watch your temps) and read up about it first, try the guru3d forums, explaining it all in one post would take me far too long.

And fraps is the best way to check your fps

[|CBW|Simon]

Re: How To Over Clock

Go to your console and type
renderer.drawfps 1

and it will show you.

[whitestar515]

Re: How To Over Clock

like if u overclocked ur card ...what will change?

[Karl]

Re: How To Over Clock

Im with Simon on this one, but only because im running SLi 7800GT's

but this is how you can overclock your card if you need

http://www.techspot.com/download165.html

like if u overclocked ur card ...what will change?

It will increase the temperature of your card, and it can just overload and burn out (I think, havent experience the burning out but temperature increase definately)

Is a few more FPS worth losing a card over?

[whitestar515]

Re: How To Over Clock

ooo alrgiht then i wont do it...oo yea like is therer any video/demo to test my carD?

[Heatseeker_no.1]

Re: How To Over Clock

You mean a benchmark? The most well known and up to date one is 3dmark06

Get it at http://www.futuremark.com/download/3dmark06

All overclocking is, is getting the most out of the chip you are using, if you have better than average cooling, an OC'ed card can easily be just as cool and stable as a stock one.

BTW I run my 6800gs (OC'ed) on all settings high, 1650 x 1050, 4x aa, 100% view distance etc
And I can tell you for certain, I can't run it at those settings on stock speeds.

[BOBSONATOR025]

Re: How To Over Clock

Dude, OCing is like a drug.

You have a good card for overclocking too..

check out ocforums.com for some more info.

right now download rivia tuner and check out a couple things.

Is a few more FPS worth losing a card over?

Hell Yes.