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OC EVGA e-GeForce 9600GT by flashing to a different BIOS

yea, you can do that, the pcb's are the same so flash away
 
KainXS said:
yea, you can do that, the pcb's are the same so flash away
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Thank you sir. Took me all of 5 minutes to flash the bios. Everything appears to work fine. Going to do some benchmarking now.

WG
 
Ummm I wouldn't just say flash away. You need to be positive first that the card can and will handle those speeds first. Use rivatuner to Oc the card and find out if it is capable. If the card is not able to handle the Oc you will just cause a ton of issues down the road and possibly just make a paperweight out of your new purchase.

Edit: I see you took the flashing route, I hope it works out well for you!
 
sneekypeet said:
Ummm I wouldn't just say flash away. You need to be positive first that the card can and will handle those speeds first. Use rivatuner to Oc the card and find out if it is capable. If the card is not able to handle the Oc you will just cause a ton of issues down the road and possibly just make a paperweight out of your new purchase.

Edit: I see you took the flashing route, I hope it works out well for you!
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I backed up my original bios. If anything happens I'll try to revert back to the original bios. Is there any software that monitors the card's temperature?(that's if there's even a sensor on the card)

WG
 
GPU-z will monitor the temps for you and you can even make it create a log so you can go back after say a 3D06 run and view what it does. Temps and where to create a log file can be found under the sensors tab at the top.
 
I just ran 3DMark06 v1.1.0, and the temperature of my card peaked at 66 degrees celsius. While idling it sits around 53 degrees celsius. Also, when it peaked the fan speed was running at 45%(only 10% higher than the idle fan speed). I think I'll leave the card at these settings. :D

WG
 
Well do some long term gaming on it to be sure. Say a couple of hours on whatever you like to play the most. Better safe than sorry, but it seems to have went off well for ya! Good luck!
 
sneekypeet said:
Well do some long term gaming on it to be sure. Say a couple of hours on whatever you like to play the most. Better safe than sorry, but it seems to have went off well for ya! Good luck!
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That's just it. I don't even game on my PC. Maybe once in a blue moon if anything. I have a PS3 for gaming. I'd like to find some sort of video card stress test if possible just to make sure everything will be fine long term.

*EDIT*
Just ran the ATI Tool. The temperature peaked at 71 degrees celsius before the screensaver came on and Windows locked my account.

WG
 
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weirdg said:
That's just it. I don't even game on my PC. Maybe once in a blue moon if anything. I have a PS3 for gaming. I'd like to find some sort of video card stress test if possible just to make sure everything will be fine long term.

*EDIT*
Just ran the ATI Tool. The temperature peaked at 71 degrees celsius before the screensaver came on and Windows locked my account.

WG
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wow, thats wierd because the SSC has the same heatsink that the other one has so wtf, did they put higher binned gpu's in the SSC's, man that sux

if the fan is running at 45% then try bumping it up to about 60
 
KainXS said:
wow, thats wierd because the SSC has the same heatsink that the other one has so wtf, did they put higher binned gpu's in the SSC's, man that sux

if the fan is running at 45% then try bumping it up to about 60
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58%

How hot should I allow the card to run before I begin worrying?

WG
 
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