dell 9300 ordered , help on raising gpu clock

I've read on other forums how they raise their 6800's clock speed up ...what program or drivers will do this and has anyone here done this? :centrino:

 

Try PowerStrip. Always be careful with overclocking - some tips: raise the speed in intervals - don't try a 30MHz jump at one time, do it in 5 or 10MHz intervals. Just a word of advice so you don't ruin your card.

 

If your card is an ati card, you can use ATI Tool... it will help you detect what clock speeds it can reach... by increasing about 5Mhz slowly untils your GPU crashes...

EDIT: But for me i don't see much improvement in games, although there are improvements in their(ATI Tool) preview, the card gets very hot and since i don't see much diff in games, why threathen the life of my card?

 

Download the Coolbits registry change, it's available all over the net, search on Google.

In the nVidia graphics properties go to the 'clock frequencies", set to "manual overclock" and "3D", there's a button that says something like "Find optimal overclock" or similar. I think it finds the highest clocks then clocks back down 5-10mhz, I can't push mine much higher than what it finds - 375/756 core/mem in my case, default is something like 280/590 on my i9300.

Gives c.20% boost in 3DM2k5 at any rate (4350 vs c.3600 for mine, stock Dell 77.xx drivers & no optimisations), but it's overkill & unnecessary for most things - I just like to get the most possible performance for free out of principal!

I must admit I've not checked the temps at this speed though, it's something to be very careful of.