Hello all!
So, I recently bought myself a lovely shiny new thermaltake shaman cooler. Absolute beast! (both in terms of performance and size.)
As it is, my 768mb palit gtx 460 is clocked at 800mhz core. I've read on a couple of forums that with aftermarket cooling and a bit of good fortune, it's possible to crank it up to anywhere approaching 900mhz. I'm a little doubtful of said claims, as this would put it in the same ballpark as a gtx 470 in terms of raw performance(as far as I can tell, could be a miscalculation on my part).
Anyway, here are my current limitations as I see them:
1. Palit aren't exactly known for good Fabrication quality. In fact, the reason the shaman came into the picture was because one of my fan blades ripped off of the standard cooler...whilst at 75% fan speed. This was 6 months after purchase. I was not, as they say, a happy little bunny! I can only class myself as fortunate that it wasn't spinning even higher at the time. is my 800 max stable to do with generally low quality parts? Would appreciate some input from your lovely collective spongy grey matter on that one.
2. Core current appears to be locked. However, I'm no tech master and frankly, my knowledge of overclocking is still somewhere in 2006 due to well, laziness on my part. Is there any way to adjust current control through say, a bios patch or some form of 3rd party software? ( I was told that MSI afterburner might help, but unsurprisingly, control was "greyed out" when I fired it up.
Has anyone here got past the 800/825 range on a palit 768mb card? I see plenty for the 1gb version, although that appears to be a revised design, so perhaps it's not fair to compare.
Any input would be much appreciated, as I HAVE noticed a major improvement in FPS, especially in newer titles like the power sucking metro 2033 and call of pripyat.
I suppose the other obvious question is, if there IS some kind of workaround, especially with current control, is it worth the risk? At the risk of seeming timid and boring, I've gotten oddly attached to my freakish little non-reference Frankenstein's monster , and I'd feel like a total dolt if I killed the poor thing trying to gain a few frames per second.
Hope this finds you all well, and thanks in advance for feedback
Let me know if there's any screens/info that could be helpful in providing a solution, I'm sure I've missed something obvious as regards that point.
Cheers!
So, I recently bought myself a lovely shiny new thermaltake shaman cooler. Absolute beast! (both in terms of performance and size.)
As it is, my 768mb palit gtx 460 is clocked at 800mhz core. I've read on a couple of forums that with aftermarket cooling and a bit of good fortune, it's possible to crank it up to anywhere approaching 900mhz. I'm a little doubtful of said claims, as this would put it in the same ballpark as a gtx 470 in terms of raw performance(as far as I can tell, could be a miscalculation on my part).
Anyway, here are my current limitations as I see them:
1. Palit aren't exactly known for good Fabrication quality. In fact, the reason the shaman came into the picture was because one of my fan blades ripped off of the standard cooler...whilst at 75% fan speed. This was 6 months after purchase. I was not, as they say, a happy little bunny! I can only class myself as fortunate that it wasn't spinning even higher at the time. is my 800 max stable to do with generally low quality parts? Would appreciate some input from your lovely collective spongy grey matter on that one.
2. Core current appears to be locked. However, I'm no tech master and frankly, my knowledge of overclocking is still somewhere in 2006 due to well, laziness on my part. Is there any way to adjust current control through say, a bios patch or some form of 3rd party software? ( I was told that MSI afterburner might help, but unsurprisingly, control was "greyed out" when I fired it up.
Has anyone here got past the 800/825 range on a palit 768mb card? I see plenty for the 1gb version, although that appears to be a revised design, so perhaps it's not fair to compare.
Any input would be much appreciated, as I HAVE noticed a major improvement in FPS, especially in newer titles like the power sucking metro 2033 and call of pripyat.
I suppose the other obvious question is, if there IS some kind of workaround, especially with current control, is it worth the risk? At the risk of seeming timid and boring, I've gotten oddly attached to my freakish little non-reference Frankenstein's monster , and I'd feel like a total dolt if I killed the poor thing trying to gain a few frames per second.
Hope this finds you all well, and thanks in advance for feedback
Let me know if there's any screens/info that could be helpful in providing a solution, I'm sure I've missed something obvious as regards that point.
Cheers!
