overclocking the POwercolor HD4870 how hig can it go ?

ASUSEN7900GTX · 04-25-09, 02:51 AM

WEll i tried ATT yesterady and had it 818/1100 but then bushes got wierd in Crysis warhead like bluish still no dots or so no lockups.

could it be stable at 810/950 ?

Dazz · 04-25-09, 04:51 PM

Might be, you may find that you will have to increase the fan speed to clear up the artifacts, if not then you have hit your limit. However 810/1GHz should be fine. Having a 3rd party cooler will bring noise down and increase overclocking head room in most cases.

04-25-09, 02:51 AM	#1
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Dazz "TOON ARMY!" Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Newcastle, United Kingdom Posts: 5,138	Re: overclocking the POwercolor HD4870 how hig can it go ? Might be, you may find that you will have to increase the fan speed to clear up the artifacts, if not then you have hit your limit. However 810/1GHz should be fine. Having a 3rd party cooler will bring noise down and increase overclocking head room in most cases. __________________ "Never interupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition @ 4.25GHz Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Graphics: ASUS ENGTX470 Memory: 4GB Kingston HyperX Blu PC12800 DDR3 Monitor: LG E2260V-PN Full HD WLED 22" & DELL 20" 2005FPW, Power: Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 850w PSU Sound: Logitech Z5500 Digital. Cooling: Thermalright Silver Arrow. 1st Storage: Kingston V100 SSDNow128GB SSD 2nd Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB

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