6800GT and 'Test Settings' button

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I've got my 6800GT (Leadtek A400) stable at 428/1140, a notch above on either and it's rejected. Is the test feature fool proof? Beacuse it was stuck on 425, but I found that if I increased it only by 1mhz at a time and kept repeating the test, it would eventually let me go up. I did this until I got to 428.

If I used an alternate overclocking method, is it possible that it would be stable at higher than 428/1140? Worth attempting?
 
The "test" feature gives you a good idea about what you might get from an overclock, but it's not the last say. I want to let you know just because the test passed on a step-up on the overclock, doesnt mean your o/c is stable. Personally, I go 3mhz at a time, and run some bench marks, and then play my favorite games/real life usage for a couple of hours. If there are no problems, I go up again. I dont like moving up too fast, too soon, so it can be days before finding my "sweet spot". I may be too conservative, but I've never damaged any hardware yet.
 
Monkey34 said:
The "test" feature gives you a good idea about what you might get from an overclock, but it's not the last say. I want to let you know just because the test passed on a step-up on the overclock, doesnt mean your o/c is stable. Personally, I go 3mhz at a time, and run some bench marks, and then play my favorite games/real life usage for a couple of hours. If there are no problems, I go up again. I dont like moving up too fast, too soon, so it can be days before finding my "sweet spot". I may be too conservative, but I've never damaged any hardware yet.
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that's usually a good plan. 30 minutes would probably be sufficient in a game though. you're gonna know pretty quick whether it works or not. Once you get artifacting in games (random white dots, missing textures, etc...) then bump it down 2 or 3 mghz and that's when i'd do an endurance test like monkey does between every step up.
 
30 minutes would probably be sufficient in a game though.
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Like I said, I'm conservative. :D
Problem is, it usually goes for everything I do. It definately doesn't help at the blackjack table :D ........I'd have to change that to "I may be too conservative, SO I DONT WIN BIG" ;)
 
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