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09-14-2008, 09:48 PM
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| Over and Above Person Join Date: Jun 2008
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 |  MAX OC on a 4870 with stock fan How much can I overclock it (stable and with no heat issues) I dont want anything crazy, just nice useful Overclocking. (for example on my Q6600 it would be 2.9) Also, I can crank up the fan speed, if you guys teach me how.
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09-14-2008, 10:58 PM
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| Moderator Folding@Home Hardware & Audio  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Trotter's Basement
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| Re: MAX OC on a 4870 with stock fan We cant tell you how much, it depends on your card.
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09-14-2008, 11:11 PM
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| Re: MAX OC on a 4870 with stock fan So if I am going to overclock then I should do Whatever the factory overclocked version is? And do factory overclock, do they crack up the fan?
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09-15-2008, 06:07 AM
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| Re: MAX OC on a 4870 with stock fan no way to tell...just keep pushing it.
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09-15-2008, 07:33 AM
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| Re: MAX OC on a 4870 with stock fan How will I know when to stop? Don't want to burn it, nor I want to do anything crazy.
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09-15-2008, 08:59 AM
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| Re: MAX OC on a 4870 with stock fan you cant break a card by pushing the mhz up. it will just be unstable. just keep clocking til it's no longer stable then back off a bit til it is.
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09-15-2008, 10:10 AM
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| Re: MAX OC on a 4870 with stock fan You will know it is unstable by seeing artifacts. These are little random things that will show up when you are playing games. Strange no game related anomalies are a sign of a card pushed too far. Also some times it may crash the computer under load.
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09-15-2008, 12:28 PM
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| Moderator Folding@Home Hardware & Audio Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Trotter's Basement
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| Re: MAX OC on a 4870 with stock fan ATI Tool has an artifact scanner, you run that and if you get any errors, youve gone too far.
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09-15-2008, 01:09 PM
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| The Bulldog Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In an empty Ramen packet
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| Re: MAX OC on a 4870 with stock fan EDIT: Sorry I thought I was in a different thread. Yeah ATI tool should be able to test your card, If you get any artifacts you have gone to far.
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09-15-2008, 01:13 PM
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| Re: MAX OC on a 4870 with stock fan it should. works fine for me
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