Overclocking 6600

[clive r]

Anyone had any experience overclocking the plain vanilla 6600?

I need a new vga card that stays nice and cool at stock speed for regular use, but which will improve on my 9600 pro when oc'd.

I was looking at the Gigabyte Silentpipe 256, and I see Gigabyte claim their version is faster. Any truth in that?

 

[Dav0s]

1. dont get the gigabyte silent solutions, they overheat badly and crash your comp.

2. stock 6600 wil probs be a lot betetr than 9600pro

3. for overclocking all nvidia cards see this thread....

http://www.sysxtreme.com/showthread.php?t=152

any more questions fire away

 

[clive r]

My understanding of the Silentpipe cards is that they work fine with good airflow, which I should be able to arrange.

I run a quiet computer, so active card cooling is not an option.

I also read that the standard thermal goop is effectively useless, and that reassembly with arctic silver is recommended so that should help.

I'll have a look at the overclocking thread, looks useful.

 

[FragTek]

Standard thermal pads/paste are complete junk. It's mandatory to reapply something high quality such as AS5 if you want to maximize performance.

Sounds like you have the uber quiet rig coming along nicely, XMS should take some notes hehe

 

[Dav0s]

yeah, when taling to him on TS you can hear his rig in the background.

 

[bloodthirst]

yeah, when taling to him on TS you can hear his rig in the background.

why so loud lol i could not sleep with something so loud on

 

[FarFarAway]

Its so funny the other day XMS dropped his Mike and I thought a lorry had driven past. It was his damn rig :rollinla

 

[bloodthirst]

why so loud how can you cope with that XMS

 

[Eguy]

haha it sounds like a bulldozer