The PC (Personal Computer) is a highly configurable and upgradable gaming platform that, among home systems, sports the widest variety of control methods, largest library of games, and cutting edge graphics and sound capabilities.
I have one 8800GTX which I had overclocked for a while but it seems to run anything I throw at it on the normal settings, even crysis is nothing for the 8800GTX :D
yeah i've never gone into the overclocking stuff either myself.... If you know what your doing and you make sure not to push the video cards, cpu's to much and have good enough cooling you should be okay.... but doesn't it burn out your cpu and gpu much faster when you start overclocking them? as their not supposed to be running at those speeds? i always wondered about that, coz i wouldn't wanna spend several hundred bucks on a card, overclock it, and then hav it fail after a year, if you guys know what i mean?
"Nice, I have 2 8800GT's in SLI running at 750Mhz. Best price / performance ratio I think(the cards). "
Thats an awesome OC, im going to try and push my card further but i need better cooling, atm i have RivaTuner set up to launch my overclock (which i posted above) and 80% fanspeed when games startup by monitoring hardware acceleration. But even with the high fanspeed i need to put a fan next to my PC.
"Too cowardly to overclock anything. Plus I don't know how.
I just have a 8600GTS "
Download RivaTuner and ATItools, once you read up a RivaTuner tutorial like this one you'll easily be able to overclock and use ATItools artifact tester to test for artifacts, if you take your time the chance of damage is very very low.
I never see much point in overclocking the GFX card - but I see sense in overclocking CPU's - especially the Core 2 Duo's. I've had my E6300 1.86GHz running at 2.8GHz - but I got a bit scared so it's now at 2.4GHz . I believe some people have had it running at up to 3.4GHz. In this case, it definitely makes sense to buy the cheaper versions.
"I never see much point in overclocking the GFX card - but I see sense in overclocking CPU's - especially the Core 2 Duo's. I've had my E6300 1.86GHz running at 2.8GHz - but I got a bit scared so it's now at 2.4GHz . I believe some people have had it running at up to 3.4GHz. In this case, it definitely makes sense to buy the cheaper versions. "
Not when manufacturers bin their products, better overclockers go on to be made as factory overclocked editions. Just to make you pay more.
"yeah i've never gone into the overclocking stuff either myself.... If you know what your doing and you make sure not to push the video cards, cpu's to much and have good enough cooling you should be okay.... but doesn't it burn out your cpu and gpu much faster when you start overclocking them? as their not supposed to be running at those speeds? i always wondered about that, coz i wouldn't wanna spend several hundred bucks on a card, overclock it, and then hav it fail after a year, if you guys know what i mean? "
It's true overclocking will shorten the lifespan of the product, but not to that degree. A CPU that would last 10 years, will maybe last 8 years after overclocking. But then again who uses a CPU for more then 5 years.
With technology these days its very hard to damage a card/cpu through overclocking. Overclocking is probably the best way to get more from a product however not all products Overclock well.
i have 2 9800gtx, q6600 and I overclock it myself. To me, paying extra for something that I can do myself is just not worth it. As long as you have proper cooling and you work with caution taking small steps at a time, you should be fine.
I usually run an overclock on most components that's a little above stock, and still quite within range of the temperature limits. Doesn't give much of a speed boost but enough that I can tell in benchmarks or the like.
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