Worth overclocking?

[Andy Pandy]

Hi all. My 8880 GTS 320mb struggles a lot in Arma 2 so I thought I might overclock it. I have never overclocked a graphics card before so im new at this . I have searched the forums and the best program to use is rivatuner? Will this work for me on windows 7 with the latest 186.18 nvidia drivers?

Currently according to nvidia system information my Core Clock is at 580 mhz. Shader clock 1350 mhz. Memory clock 850 mhz ( 1700 mhz data rate)

The card is on its stock cooler, what sort of figures will be realistic for my graphics card to aim for? Will there be a big difference in FPS?

Thank you.

 

[Andy Pandy]

I cant even overclock, it just says no supported drivers for this displayer adaptor. I think thats a sign that I shouldnt overclock .

 

[Andy Pandy]

Isn't the latest version of RivaTuner rather old? There's a modification you can make to it to make it work with recent drivers.

How would I do this? Will I gain much from overclocking a bit? If its 10 fps I think its worth it. Is there a better program than rivatuner I should try?

 

[Andy Pandy]

I know. I want to upgrade but Im wanting to wait a while till I absolutely need a new card. An overclock might give me a few more fps so I will try and get rivatuner to work somehow.

 

[Andy Pandy]

I suppose I could try and sell the old cpu/ram/motherboard and the 8800 gts so id end up paying a bit less for an upgrade. If i do decide to though, it means ive spent nearly £700 this month on my pc. Its adding up a little bit