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8/7/12 at 5:55pm
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Hey guys I own one of these cards and haven't done anything with it overclock wise, and was wondering if anyone knew of safe clock speeds? I searched both on here and google but it seems like most people passed over these cards for the ref's. Just looking to what would be safe to clock it to see if I can get any better performance from the card. Its cooled by the stock cooler so no water cooling. Also I will admit I am a noob at overclocking so if I am kind of lost that would be why tongue.gif
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8/7/12 at 7:35pm
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Hey guys I own one of these cards and haven't done anything with it overclock wise, and was wondering if anyone knew of safe clock speeds? I searched both on here and google but it seems like most people passed over these cards for the ref's. Just looking to what would be safe to clock it to see if I can get any better performance from the card. Its cooled by the stock cooler so no water cooling. Also I will admit I am a noob at overclocking so if I am kind of lost that would be why tongue.gif

Your card should be able to hit 1125 Mhz in AMD CCC. Those speeds are safe. If you want higher speeds you need a third party software like Sapphire Trixx or MSI Afterburner. Normally with voltage overclocking you could go as high as 1250 -1300 Mhz.
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8/7/12 at 7:40pm
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That card is voltage locked, that is main problem.
You can only change voltage if you have Asus RIV Extreme and do hardwire with that board.
On stock volts, like raghu sad, you can probably hit 1100-1125 MHz.
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8/7/12 at 7:47pm
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Alright, yea I have been using ASUS' GPU tweak and see the 1125 cap, to bad I don't have a RIV either way atleast I get my extra 3 fps haha, thanks for the info guys it is much appreciated! thumb.gif
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