Info needed on Leadtek 7800gt

[man_from_uncle]

I've just put together the rig in my sig (my first home built PC) and it's working a dream. But I think that the graphics card might have more in it.

Does anyone know what the standard max overclock for the Leadtek 7800gt is, and does anyone know if there are any ways to squeeze anything more out of it (additional cooling ect)? It'll get to 485 / 1.06 as it stands but it'll artifact something chronic. At 475 / 1.04 it seems ok.

Thanks very much.

 

[man_from_uncle]

Thanks for that, it's nice to know. I don't suppose you know what effect extra cooling has do you?

 

[man_from_uncle]

Thanks guys. I am not quite sure I understand that 40Mhz booster thing, but I do understand that a Zalman should give me a little extra advantage. I've also tinkered a little with the PCI Express clock in the BIOS. I am not entierly sure how it works, but I think that increasing it lowers the overall overclockability but raises the performance per mhz. I managed to push my 3dmark06 up by a hundred at lower core and memory speeds than before (though this was my cards new limit, i couldn't overclock 1mhz more).....but I just get the feeling that this is not good for the card.