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Should I let my video card OCed???
Name: gg_Malkavian Date: February 20, 2005 at 13:31:10 Pacific OS: XP Home SP2 CPU/Ram: 1024 (2 512 pc 3200)
Comment:
My video card is a Chaintech 6600GT PCI-Express OCed from 500MHz core clock frequency to 540MHz and 1.00GHz memory clock frequency to 1.08GHz. This overclocking is stable, I don't get artifacts, crashes or anything wrong. There's an option in the clock settings section called "Apply thses settings at startup" and I wonder if I should enable it. The point is that I don't play that much... often I use my computer only to go on internet or to work. Should I let my clock settings a stock speed and OC my video card only when I'm about to play a game so my video card will live longer (not sure about that) or does changing the clocks speed often can lower my video card longevity even more?
Name: eskiled Date: February 21, 2005 at 09:53:25 Pacific
Reply:
do you really need to overclock a 6600GT at all? I mean that is a really nice card! What are you doing that requreis an OCed 6600GT? I would say take of the OCing for good to increase the card's life...
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Response Number 2
Name: Cody (by kerodude3058) Date: February 21, 2005 at 19:11:06 Pacific
Reply:
oc ing video cards is really risky and not normaly needed...in ut case ur proccesor will limmit more then ur v card for most games.
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Response Number 3
Name: Cody (by kerodude3058) Date: February 21, 2005 at 19:12:27 Pacific
Reply:
but if it runs stable oced..then u should leave it and not change it aback and forth
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