Overclocking a Leadtek 5900 LX

[JamesD]

Hey there. I havn't done any overclocking before so I'd appreciate it if you guys could help me out here I've got a Leadtek 5900 LX and I'd like to get it to 5900 speeds. It's running at 301/702 MHZ at the moment, and I'd like to squeeze that bit more out of it.

I'm using the standard Intel P4 2.8 Fan & heatsink and my case holds 1 rear 120mm fan and 1 front 120 mm. I don't wanna put any components in danger so don't go OTT with the suggestions

I've got WinFox, but if you know anything better for the job than that lemme know and tell me what to do Also I've got a Q-Tec 400W PSU, and I know a lot of people have said these have caused major problems, do I don't know Hope it helps anyway.

Thanks for your help, JamesD.

[streetster]

http://download.guru3d.com/rivatuner/ get rivatuner if you are overclocking a nvidia card... basically increase the core or memory frequency in 5-10mhz steps, once you've clocked it, save the clock settings, and then run a loop (or 2) of 3dmark2001, and see if there are any artifacts (basically speckles or lines, or anything that shouldnt be there - basically errors) and if there are then clock it down a bit, if not then increase the clocks some more

q-tec psus arent the best in the world, as they cant give out a decent amount of power compared to what they are supposedly rated at (and i know that many people on the forum have had q-tec psu's fry their computer stuff, for no given reason... you might want to invest in something less likely to do damage but i'm sure other people will be able to give you advice about that)..

mark

edit - didnt realise you had already overclocked the card some.. need to actually read the whole post before replying hehe. you say your case holds 2 120mm fans, have you got these present? cos if so that could help with air flow and keeping the gf cooler, alternatively you could point a 80/120mm fan at the card and see if that helps...

also (maybe) replace the thermal paste inbetween the heatsink on the gf with some arctic silver or soemthing

[JamesD]

edit - didnt realise you had already overclocked the card some.. need to actually read the whole post before replying hehe

I havn't overclocked it yet WinFox just came with the card. And yeah I have fitted the 120mm fans Hehe, thanks for your help! I'll start having a play now, if there's anyone else who can give me more info about my PSU then please let me know! Thanks again, JamesD.

[streetster]

hehe as you said it was running 300/700 i thought that was maybe overclocked i'm still using a gf4 so dont know the default clocks of the fx series

good luck

mark

[thelonecrouton]

Most of these things hit 400/800+ without trouble from what I've read.

If you're feeling ambitious, check out the following threads:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?threadid=713132

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...hreadid=168786

Let us know how you do, 'cos I'm thinking of buying one of these myself...

[bigjonnyauk]

i have one of these cards and what a beast it is

mine is currently running at 400/900 using winfox but i did do the bios flash and it worked ok got 475/950 and got some slight 2d artifacts but the rest of my comp is a bit of a let down so i just flashed it back to original bios until i pump my comp up a bit

im not sure yet as i have been looking at shuttles so may have to sell it as it wont fit in there lol