Is it safe to OC a video card with is stock fan on it?

CodeMinion · 08-17-2009, 03:44 AM

I have a 8800gt Card.. and was wondering if its safe to overclock it a bit. im am unsure what a safe temp is for a video card is all.

lovely? · 08-17-2009, 03:52 AM

yeah its safe. set the fan anywhere between 45-60% and overclock the core and memory 100mhz each... that was plenty stable for me...

Jamin43 · 08-17-2009, 04:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lovely?

yeah its safe. set the fan anywhere between 45-60% and overclock the core and memory 100mhz each... that was plenty stable for me...

I just crank my fan to 100 % anytime I play a game. Go back to auto whenever I'm not gaming.

CodeMinion · 08-17-2009, 04:24 AM

i turn up the speed of the fan for the GPU in bios, correct? also do u suggest OCing the video card with a 3rd party program or through bios? and do u need to set voltages like you do when overclocking a CPU?

lovely? · 08-17-2009, 04:41 AM

there is no way to OC the gpu from the bios. i suggest using rivatuner to overclock.

CodeMinion · 08-17-2009, 04:53 AM

where can i find a working version of that.. i tried installing and i got a error saying vista couldnt install the driver since it was unsigned or something

lovely? · 08-17-2009, 04:55 AM

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download...432a3976bff55a

just click i agree

Intel_man · 08-17-2009, 05:27 AM

eVGA Precision is a lot more user friendly for Nvidia users.

Jamin43 · 08-17-2009, 05:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CodeMinion

i turn up the speed of the fan for the GPU in bios, correct? also do u suggest OCing the video card with a 3rd party program or through bios? and do u need to set voltages like you do when overclocking a CPU?

I see you have an EVGA card. Go to their website and sign up for Precision. You have to sign up to something in order to download it.

http://www.evga.com/precision/

It's a very user friendly application used to overclock their cards and control the fan speed. Just click and drag the GUI where you want the clock speed to be - same with fan speed.

mx344 · 08-17-2009, 05:43 AM

^ yep, when i had my old 8400GS, i used riva,ntune, and evga precision, and i liked precision the best, it was soo simple to use the ui was great

for that program. I wish my 4670 overclockd like that 8400GS

loved that thing.

08-17-2009, 03:44 AM	#1
CodeMinion Kilobyte Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 256	Is it safe to OC a video card with is stock fan on it? I have a 8800gt Card.. and was wondering if its safe to overclock it a bit. im am unsure what a safe temp is for a video card is all.

08-17-2009, 03:52 AM	#2
lovely? Petabyte Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 20 Posts: 5,212	yeah its safe. set the fan anywhere between 45-60% and overclock the core and memory 100mhz each... that was plenty stable for me... __________________ [SIZE="1"][COLOR="Blue"]Core i5 2500k Asus P8H67-i Deluxe Mini-ITX 2x4GB G-Skill So-Dimm 1333mhz MSI 6950 2gb 120GB G-Skill SSD 2x 2TB WD green Silverstone Sugo SG05

08-17-2009, 04:41 AM	#5
lovely? Petabyte Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 20 Posts: 5,212	there is no way to OC the gpu from the bios. i suggest using rivatuner to overclock. __________________ [SIZE="1"][COLOR="Blue"]Core i5 2500k Asus P8H67-i Deluxe Mini-ITX 2x4GB G-Skill So-Dimm 1333mhz MSI 6950 2gb 120GB G-Skill SSD 2x 2TB WD green Silverstone Sugo SG05

08-17-2009, 04:55 AM	#7
lovely? Petabyte Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 20 Posts: 5,212	http://downloads.guru3d.com/download...432a3976bff55a just click i agree __________________ [SIZE="1"][COLOR="Blue"]Core i5 2500k Asus P8H67-i Deluxe Mini-ITX 2x4GB G-Skill So-Dimm 1333mhz MSI 6950 2gb 120GB G-Skill SSD 2x 2TB WD green Silverstone Sugo SG05 Last edited by lovely?; 08-17-2009 at 04:57 AM.

08-17-2009, 05:27 AM	#8
Intel_man Terabyte Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 2,174	eVGA Precision is a lot more user friendly for Nvidia users. __________________ CPU:Intel Core i7 920 D0 @ 4.01GHz w/ Zalman CNPS9900A MOBO: ƐVGA X58 SLi E758-A1 PSU: Corsair HX650 VGA: Galaxy GTX 670 GC HDD: OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD \| Samsung Spinpoint F1 Series 500GB \| WD Caviar Green 2TB 64Mb Cache RAM:Corsair XMS3 12GB DDR3-1600 CL 9-9-9-24 MONITOR: LG Flatron W2242TQ, Dell P2210 NETWORK:D-Link DNS-323 - SeaGate Barracuda 500GB SATA2 \| WD Caviar Black 640GB OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit __________________

08-17-2009, 04:24 AM	#4
CodeMinion Kilobyte Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 256	i turn up the speed of the fan for the GPU in bios, correct? also do u suggest OCing the video card with a 3rd party program or through bios? and do u need to set voltages like you do when overclocking a CPU?

08-17-2009, 04:53 AM	#6
CodeMinion Kilobyte Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 256	where can i find a working version of that.. i tried installing and i got a error saying vista couldnt install the driver since it was unsigned or something

08-17-2009, 05:43 AM	#10
mx344 Gigabyte Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Fresno, California Age: 19 Posts: 1,604	^ yep, when i had my old 8400GS, i used riva,ntune, and evga precision, and i liked precision the best, it was soo simple to use the ui was great for that program. I wish my 4670 overclockd like that 8400GS loved that thing. __________________ AMD 960T [Unlocked/3.2ghz/1.3v] MSI e45 Kingston 2x1gig 800mhz Antec 450watt http://www.mx344photo.com

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