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HD5570 Overclock + lower temps

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#1 ·
I overclocked my HD5570 through ATI OVERDRIVE to the maximum that that software allows. I know msi afterburner would do more.

My temps have gone down 10c since even though I have overclocked to the max for this card of 700MHz clock and 950MHz mem (sapphire ddr3).

I did played with enabling manual fan control but it is currently off.

My normal GPU temp has gone from 56 to 41c. AMD OVERDRIVE shows the same reading.

Can I trust these readings?

As a first time builder, should I overclock my cpu (phenomIIx2 545 3.0GHz) or with such a low end graphics card or would there be no point?
 
#2 ·
Be careful overclocking to the max. Check if you don't experience artifacts by running Furmark and atiTool. If it's still stable after an hour or so you should be good. If it's a new card it could be correct that it will lower in temps after time because the thermal paste needs to heat up and reach it's optimal efficiency over time.

If you don't experience a performance increase your card could be overclock protected.
You could go even further if you have a sufficient PSU. Go and see techpowerup.com. They have a detailed tutorial on how to flash and edit your GPU bios so you can up the voltages a bit and increase the max overclock. But do so at your own risk! read...read...and read...
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these readings should be correct but for a more accurate and detailed reading you can get AIDA64 which is the follow up of Everest to get a full report on all your temps and system specs.

and to conclude...overclocking your CPU would make sense if you're using CPU hungry programs but as for gaming you could be bottlenecked by your GPU. so in that sense it would not make a very big difference.

hope this helps!
Jeffrey.