Overclocking (Nvidia GFX)
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Things You Will Need
- Download Coolbits2
- If you're *REALLY* going to overclock, get a decent VGA cooler (Example Zalman VF700-CU)
Tweaking
Next it is time to start the tweaking.
Open the Nvidia Control panel
- Right click your desktop, left click on properties, click "Settings", the click Advanced.
- Now you want to click on the tab listing your Graphics Adapter (i.e. GeForce 6800GT).
- Here you will find all of the default settings and the new panels for settings that you unlocked via CoolBits2.
- Click on the "Clock Frequency Settings" section. This will display your current clock bother 2D and 3D and give you the option to overclock.
- To start overclocking your video card click on the "Manual Overclocking" radio button.
- Once the field are active you want to ensure that the Settings option is on Performance (3D), we don't want to mess with the 2D settings, they won't alter functionality of intense games.
Available Overclocking Options
- Core clock Frequency (Your Graphics adapter processor)
- Memory Clock Frequency (Your Graphics adapter RAM)
- Test Changes
- Detect Optimal Frequencies
- Fan always on
- Apply these settings at startup.
Overclocking Steps
- Basically if you just want to do a little quick tweaking just click on the "Detect Optimal Frequencies". Honestly this is a little random, but usually pretty safe.
- To find your highest settings you want to up the Core clock 2-5 MHz at a time, then run a benchmark a few times, such as AquaMark3.
- Once you reach the highest setting you can do without any freezes, reboots, or altered graphics back the core back down to the default and start witht he memory clock.
- Once you think you've found your safe max throw both settings up to about 2-5MHz below what your max was and test it out to see if it is stable!
- This is generally all there is to it for you to tweak your video card to its full potential
Disclaimer, Author & Feedback
The WSGF makes no warranty on the usage of this information/tutorial. Use this information at your own risk, and use common sense. This tutorial was originally authored by TecShdw (with help from other forum members). If you have any questions or comments about this tutorial, please post into the original forum thread.
