cant figure out if wattage is enough based on card voltages when overclocking

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cant figure out if wattage is enough based on card voltages when overclocking trojanmantony !4changtcqk Sat Sep 11 05:50:45 2010 No.1737175 [Reply] [Original]

not good enough at electronics to figure this out...

my friends is giving me his old 9800gt. its a one gig model but it is powered completely by pcie bus. no 6 pin connector.i read that my pcie 2.0 bus can handle up to 150 watts and the card operates at 75 since its designed pcie x16. my question is can i overclock it and not worry about frying it using only power from pcie bus? im not gonna overclock it more than 20% on mem and 20% on core.

>>	studio ubuntu on my laptop trojanmantony !4changtcqk Sat Sep 11 05:55:45 2010 No.1737186 bump

>>	studio ubuntu on my laptop trojanmantony !4changtcqk Sat Sep 11 06:41:45 2010 No.1737249 bumpity

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 11 06:43:45 2010 No.1737255 >>>/g/

>>	studio ubuntu on my laptop trojanmantony !4changtcqk Sat Sep 11 06:51:45 2010 No.1737268 >>1737255 been there

fuckyearimOP !!JotDgH4T5Gf Sat Sep 11 07:08:45 2010 No.1737299

Short answer: Yes, you can overclock it.

Long answer: Because of the nature of the card (I own and am currently using a 9800GTX+, same shit just a physics processor added in) most of the overclocking you'd do would only increase your FPS by maybe 3-6. To tell you the truth, you probably won't need to overclock at all. If you're worried about frying your PSU, GPU, or Mobo, I wouldn't be. I say OC till you feel comfortable, but it won't really be needed.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 11 11:18:45 2010 No.1737775 over clock it till you see artifacts, the downclock it until you dont, simple.

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