nVidia 7900GS Overclock

[Pizzaman]

Hey, what do you think of my overclock?

original: 450Mhz core clock
660Mhz Memory clock

Now: 610Mhz Core Clock
780Mhz Core Clock

This is only my 2nd overclock so let me know is it good?

Btw my temperature after 20 minutes of COD2 on 1280x1024 and full everything else on DX9 was 59 degrees c.

 

[Archangel]

not bad, especially the temps are nice when you run 3DMark06, do you get any artifacts?

 

[Pizzaman]

what are artifacts? im not a noob, but i dont know a great deal about overclocking lol

 

[Ku-sama]

little bits of colors and squares

 

[Pizzaman]

and what do the colours and squares mean?

 

[Ku-sama]

 

[Archangel]

artifacts could look like that,.. or just exteme fancy colours ^^
anyhow.. the screen doesnt look as it should look

 

[Pizzaman]

right thx, yea in cod2 i got a few funny lines in one part of the map but the temperatures were fine.

 

[Filip]

Yeah, that's a nice GPU overclock, what brand is your card? Did you made a voltmod too, or only overclocked through a software?

 

[Pizzaman]

it is an nvidia 7900GS, it came through dell and i dont know what make, no i didnt voltmod, im just gonna quit while im ahead lol. I used coolbits to enable the nvidia control panel so i could overclock. I just overclocked again, now running 630Mhz core, (650 is GTX!) and 800Mhz memory, (1600 effectively)

 

[Pizzaman]

I just played CoD2 for 30 minutes, full settings, and it is all fine running at 59 degrees c.

 

[Angel.of.Death]

Can you overclock a GPU from BIOS?

 

[Bobo]

No.

 

[Angel.of.Death]

OK then, so you have to overclock it using some software, right? But if you reach a stage when you start seeing 'artifacts', can you go to BIOS and overvolt to increase stability?

 

[Bobo]

No.

 

[Angel.of.Death]

So are there ANY uses for overvolting your GPU?

 

[Bobo]

Yes there are, you can get a higher overclock. You just can't do anything to it with the BIOS, AFAIK.

 

[Angel.of.Death]

OK then, so you have to overclock it using some software, right? But if you reach a stage when you start seeing 'artifacts', can you go to BIOS and overvolt to increase stability?

Thats exactly what I said.

If you start reaching a stage where you see too many artifacts, you can go to BIOS, up the voltage, go back to rivatuner and overclock even more, right?

 

[Bobo]

No, you can't do anything to a video card in the BIOS. That's exactly what I said.

 

[Angel.of.Death]

No, you can't do anything to a video card in the BIOS. That's exactly what I said.

But Im sure you can overvolt PCI-E..., aNd in turn, overvolt your GPU!