Nvidia "optimal clock" speed test?

[Weenis]

Hey guys I'm running the system that's in my signature and I wanted to know if I could safely oc my video card a little.. nothing major just find the optimal speed it can handle on stock cooling.. what bugs me though is.. I go into the nvidia control panel and try it with their program.. it goes to a white screen and does nothing? Any ideas. is it supposed to do this, or is this a problem ? (I'm downloading the new 158s right now.. maybe that will clear something up.

 

[ScourggeFX]

You should have no problem overclocking just a little, if that is what you really want. nTune should do. Just do it in baby steps, 5-10Mhz oc at a time (the right way). In my case. i went all the way first (bad), but couldn't be bothered with baby steps.

 

[NoxTek]

The "Detect optimal speeds" routine has been broken for some time now, especially if you're using Windows Vista.

Overclock it yourself, I would recommend using a third party tool like ATITool. The artifact checking routine in ATITool is quite nice.

 

[Weenis]

thanks guys.. I have XP pro, still haven't made the vista plunge yet.. 64bit has to much of a lack of support and programs etc.

I'm happy to inform you though that the 158 drivers that were recently released, do fix that issue.

 

[Sr7]

8800's are somewhat unique in that they overclock in leaps. I you clock anywhere within a certain range, the actual clock will be preset at a certain value, because of how the clocks run on the chip. Incrementing 5-10mhz may not actually increment your clock speed 5-10mhz

More explanied here: http://it-review.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1250&Itemid=91&limit=1&limitstart=0