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A very warm 7800GT

fastwunz

fastwunz

fastwunz

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ive got a 7800GT Extreme. Downloaded coolbits last night and installed. The auto detect settings recommended 490mhz and 1.13mhz.

However, at these speeds my card rose to about 64 degrees which is in the yellow - i also started to get some ripping in the textures onscreen.

So i put it back to stock - im not a happy chappy as coolbits obvisouly detected settings which were too high!
 
i didnt realise that is was still ok when in the yellow on the heat graph. Still, i got the ripping on the screen so i think its pretty evident that i doesnt want to be overclocked any more! ill try again tonight on a lower clock and see what happens.

Im on air and as far as i know, when running stock, the temp never rises into the yellow.........
 
ok, quick update - i all games on full whack, appart from Oblivion which struggles slightly. It would appear that with my card slightly over clocked, it is only Oblivion that experiences the ripping effect on the screen.

Also, for the over clocking, im only seeing an increase of about 100points in 3DMark 05 - so im guessing its not really worth it when you way up the possibility of damage compared to a small increase in perfomrance?
 
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