Radeon HD 6950

[Robbss]

Hello, I'm not so much into overclocking graphics cards i have done quite a bit of research on the topic tho, there is one thing I'm 'missing' so to speak.

How much can i overvolt my graphics card without breaking it?

at the moment I'm running 1150 mV with clocks @ 920MHz 1350MHz

the voltage is at 1100 mV at stock, is it safe to push it some more or should i settle with my clocks as they are?

 

[madness777]

I pushed my 570 to 1.5v (with watercoolong) and it's still working fine! so... you can go to max but don't use it for regular use. If you use afterburner, I would save profiles and have 1 for gaming (maybe 1.150v if it doesn't get too hot), 2 for regular use (at stock), and maybe 3 for benching if you do it (max 1.25v if the cooler can handle it)

Anyway, you won't burn it, but you should be alert for mossfets. If you hear a lot of squeal under load you should really lower the volts.

 

[Robbss]

With the voltage at 1.15 it didn't surpass 71* after 7 hours of playing BF3 on max, and it ran fully stable so there not really a problem there

might try to push it further for benching but for now ill create profiles like you suggested.

*thumbs up* to you