i was reading the back of my gigabyte 3870 box an found out the core has 55nm technology so i thort i must be able to OC this card far.
Q1 what are safe idle an load temps for it?
Q2 haw far have u gone?
any temps under 80C on load should be fine, and anything under 50C idle is ok too.
optimal fan speed is 50% says most review websites, so i would just set it to that and forget about it.
i have heard of people getting up to 850/1950 (i'm not sure about the last one) but as a rule you should always overclock by yourself instead of setting it to what someone else got.
I still need to get COD4, been meaning to get it for ages, still playing airborne online. On the COD4 Demo 885/1300 works fine for me. Have you read anything on those Zalman VF1000's? I can only find reviews on it with 8800's.
Oh rite, I will have to have a look out for a review on it. Not played COD4 for over an hour so will prob have the same problem when I get it. Nice 3DMark06 score by the way!