So I just got a XFX 8800gt 512mb Alpha Dog edition. I want to overclock it but I don't know what to set it to. I downloaded RTuner and it says that the card is running at 600/900. What would you recommend I set it to? Thanks

Leave it alone...concentrate on the CPU & RAM.

the 8800gt's cooler blows big time because its a single slot solution so it wont overclock nearly as well as the gts u had. id say experiment to see how high u can take it in slow steps and test it after each step with an intense app like 3dmark06(forget the score cause synthetic benchmarks dont say anything about real world performance). i still think ur gonna be disappointed with the results. shouldve waited. take a look at this page: http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/reviews/... although its for the 'XXX' edition of ur card it should give u an idea of what to expect relatively. based on the article overclocking gave only a 5% boost in fps in almost all apps. good luck. Core 2 Quad q6600 2.4GHz@ 2.9GHz 323x9 MSI P6N-FI nforce650i Mb 3GB OCZ RAM DDR2800@645 2x250GB HDD in RAID 0 2xDVD-RW Foxconn 8800GTS 320mb 630/1410/1840 ATI TV 550pro FSP 700w

Thanks for the link, I will try slow steps then. Hey zcubed, since your computer is almost the same as mine, how much of a difference did you notice when you overclocked your q6600 to 2.9 GHz?

another cool link with some Q&A. I tried Overclocking my cards but saw nearly no benefits from it....so, put to stock for longevity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longevity lol DigitalStorm thx, CM Stacker 830 XP Pro sp2 nForce 680i SLI mobo Kentsfield OC'd 3.33ghz, 2gb 8500 2 8800GTX'S X-Fi Fatal1tySC Tpwr1000wPS, Samsung 244T

well my motherboard is my only limit. its a shame really. but going from 2.4 to 2.9 made a significant enough difference but ive also tuned my memory timings and such so no guarantees. game perfomance was minimally affected but everything runs much better especially vista. also i didnt need to overvolt mine to get it to 2.9. but my board wont let me boot at anything higher regardless of what voltage i give it. use cpu-z to find out ur mobo model and manufacturer. Core 2 Quad q6600 2.4GHz@ 2.9GHz 323x9 MSI P6N-FI nforce650i Mb 3GB OCZ RAM DDR2800@645 2x250GB HDD in RAID 0 2xDVD-RW Foxconn 8800GTS 320mb 630/1410/1840 ATI TV 550pro FSP 700w

Thanks zcubed, I will do a search for cpu-z. Did you buy additional cooling after overclocking?