Project: "I might regret this"

[kataras]

have a look at this table (below), G80 core cards have ratios/steps by witch they increase in speed. memory too. best bet is to download Riva tuner, and while increasing speed look at the hardware monitor (its got one built-in) you will see, the actual core increases every like 9mhz or something.

[AdamR79]

i've been using riva tuner as it happens. Most stable seems 625/1447, which doesnt bail out, but according to speedfan the core hits 70 ish c. from looking about on the net, thats normal for these cards. ouch!

I'm not really happy with the CPU temp, 45c at idle. What should they be stock?

[kataras]

Originally Posted by name='AdamR79'

i've been using riva tuner as it happens. Most stable seems 625/1447, which doesnt bail out, but according to speedfan the core hits 70 ish c. from looking about on the net, thats normal for these cards. ouch!

I'm not really happy with the CPU temp, 45c at idle. What should they be stock?

as long as cpu doesnt hit 65c on load, your fine mate

yer lol, graphic cards do run prerry hot, hell, mine one used to hit 80ish on load

[Acid90]

Originally Posted by name='AdamR79'

cheers buddy

What would be a good LGA775 HSF, ideally quieter than the intel one. There's bags of room all around it so space wont be an issue if i have a huge heatsink.

Tuniq Tower 120 or TRUE120 would be your best bet. If you do that, you could probably push it just that little bit more. Impressive so far mate, good job.