9800 GX2 overclock using PCI-E Freq

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After reading this article I am a tad confused.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/Shady_9600_GT/2.html

I am going to be overclocking my 9800 GX2 and I am currious if I should do it through riva tuner, like I always have for like my 8800 GTX's, or if I should increase my PCI-E Freq from 101 (where its at now, to say 110 or something to overclock?

Also, if I overclock using the PCI-E Freq can I see somewhere the new clockspeed or will programs still report the driver clock of 600mhz?

Is overclocking through the PCI-E bus more stable, then using a program to do it?
 
Um, apparently that's only for the 9600GT. Generally, don't mess with the PCI-E bus.

Having said that, you want to overclock your 9800GX2 using nTune or the like.
 
EQTakeOffense said:
Um, apparently that's only for the 9600GT. Generally, don't mess with the PCI-E bus.

Having said that, you want to overclock your 9800GX2 using nTune or the like.
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No, I read that the 9800 GX2 has the same issue. So it has the 27mhz crystal or what ever, and is effected by the PCI-E speed the same.
 
It's generally not recommended to mess with the PCI-e bus bandwidth past the rated 100MHz, you'll drastically reduce lifespan in the long run for your graphics card while enjoying a short-term performance increase.
 
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