MSI ATI 4850 overclocking- help!!

tkim113

tkim113

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man was i scared yesterday.

Yesterday, after watching some tutorial videos on youtube. I decided to give overclocking a try. I downloaded rivatuner, made some changes then decided to play rainbow six vegas all maxed out to see core temperature, performance etc.

Then my computer froze then crashed. Eesh, was I scared. Turned my computer back on, and thankfully everything was okay.

I have couple questions on overclocking my gfx card

-do I need a good heat sink for my processor if I want to overclock my gfx card? Because I am just using my stock heat sink right now that came with my intel duo.

- Is there a program that will purposely put extra work on my gfx card while showing my performance? I want to keep a close eye on the gfx card’s temperature while testing. I don’t want any heat damage on my card

- Any tips on overclocking that you can give me?
 
mr_choung said:
did you change the fan speed in riva tuner? mine is set at 50% at around 45 C idle.
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yea i did. i actually put it to like 75% because i was afraid. you know whats odd though, mine was set on 65% as default. do you have the msi version of 4850 also?
 
lol yeah i know right. you wont get much of an OC with the card stock due to the voltage limitation. You can flash the cards bios which could give a .05v increase (not much) otherwise if you get atleast 55c on load then you could pencil mod the card to increase the voltage. However, i dont recommend it if your not experienced.

You may be able to get around 660mhz.. i havn't tested my cards yet for stock voltage stable OC yet.
 
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