My New BFG Geforce 6800GT OC

Trunkz · Nov 11, 2004, 08:34 PM

Ok, well I have just switched over from ATI, and I need some help. From most the articles I read, it seems this card can do some pretty decent overclocking. I, on the other hand..is having problems trying to overclock it. I use coolbit, and I still can't overclock with it, I use river turner, and I think I got it up to 400/1100...but was seeing artifacts in games I think, or atleast glitches. What are the best drivers to use for this card, and do can I overclock it without any problems? It seems I'm seeing people hitting 425/1106, adverage..I barely can reach 400/1100..what is my problem? This card is brand new, so there shouldn't be a problem overclocking it at the moment I would believe.. please help.

HawgsHead · Nov 11, 2004, 09:02 PM

Try Omega's drivers!!!There the best in da biz!You can find them on the DriverHeaven homepage or www.omegadrivers.netAlso,Omega's drivers allready have Coolbits installed.There good to go when you install them.

Son_of_Thunder · Nov 11, 2004, 10:12 PM

also not all cards are created equally, some don't overclock as well as others.

also some cards need to be "tenderized" a little before they can reach their full potential. try running it stock for a week or two before doing any major overclocking.

Nacht · Nov 11, 2004, 10:16 PM

i doubt 425 on the core is average. i would say that most people overclock to the 6800U settings and that's about it. You have to remember that some cards overclock more than others. Mine, i could run at 400/1.1 with stock cooling, except for REALLY intense things (like doom 3), because it would slow down then. once I installed the NV5 and put on arctic silver, i was able to take it much higher. it just depends on the card really, some can go higher than others.

CrapolaJola · Nov 11, 2004, 10:35 PM

Although Omega's driver and support them I'll have to disagree with HawgsHead. For ATI they're the way to go, but with nvidia there are newer, faster, better forcewares betas coming out fairly often and these will give you better performance and many bug fixes which Omega's can't offer, because no human could keep up all with all the forceware driver releases.

Nacht · Nov 11, 2004, 10:41 PM

yea, for right now i would say to go with the official ones, the leaked 66.81, or the newest betas.

Trunkz · Nov 12, 2004, 01:42 AM

This card comes with life time warrenty...if I get a new cooler for it, will my warrenty void?...not that im saying i am going to do that anytime soon, i just rather know..

Danhill · Nov 12, 2004, 01:46 AM

Well it's like Nacht said, all cards don't clock the same. My gainward clocks to 430/1250, haven't tried to go further though.

Do you have any case cooling?? Maybe a fan blowing over the card??

Trunkz · Nov 12, 2004, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Danhill

Well it's like Nacht said, all cards don't clock the same. My gainward clocks to 430/1250, haven't tried to go further though.

Do you have any case cooling?? Maybe a fan blowing over the card??

yes i have 7 fans in my case

MiDKnYtE · Nov 12, 2004, 04:49 PM

Ocing is luck of the draw. Some cards are better than others.

What version of the BFG do you have? is it the one with the dual fan copper heatsink?

tampering with the heatsink, etc. will void your warranty. if you got the dualie, then you're in good shape already. no need to mess with it.

what drivers are you using? some drivers are more glitchy than others. You can try the 66.93, 66.81, 66.70 or 65.73s.
The last thing you could do is bump up the core voltage. Again, this will probably void your warranty. You'd have to mod the bios and flash it. I take no responsibility if you mess up your brand new card. if you need help, here's a good place to start:

www.mvktech.net

Trunkz · Nov 12, 2004, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MiDKnYtE

Ocing is luck of the draw. Some cards are better than others.

What version of the BFG do you have? is it the one with the dual fan copper heatsink?

tampering with the heatsink, etc. will void your warranty. if you got the dualie, then you're in good shape already. no need to mess with it.

what drivers are you using? some drivers are more glitchy than others. You can try the 66.93, 66.81, 66.70 or 65.73s.
The last thing you could do is bump up the core voltage. Again, this will probably void your warranty. You'd have to mod the bios and flash it. I take no responsibility if you mess up your brand new card. if you need help, here's a good place to start:

www.mvktech.net

yes i have the dual fan one...

this is it

itchy5 · Nov 12, 2004, 10:49 PM

got the same card the 2 little fans do nothing. the ocing is bullshit you need a better cooler. im getting water cooling soon so it will OC much better!!! i can only get to 400/1100 right now. im keeping the original heatsink incase the card fizzles so i can pop it back on and send it back lol >:P

Trunkz · Nov 12, 2004, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by itchy5

got the same card the 2 little fans do nothing. the ocing is bullshit you need a better cooler. im getting water cooling soon so it will OC much better!!! i can only get to 400/1100 right now. im keeping the original heatsink incase the card fizzles so i can pop it back on and send it back lol >:P

LMAO that was exact idea i was having. plus i knew those damn 2 useless fans werent doing anything when i took the cooler off..i put some arctic silver 5 high density thermal on the gpu...and still the bastard can't go no higher than 400/1100.... also..when u o/c it to 400/1100..do u not get glitches and artifacts as well? lol cuz i sure do. still a pretty decent card.

Shike · Nov 13, 2004, 03:25 AM

This may help you

I guess I hope that helps...