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Overclocking a Nvidia graphics card is not difficult at all, and it’s a great way to improve performance in gaming.  The reason why it’s not that difficult is because there are several programs that help in overclocking the card.  But BIOS overclocking can be difficult and it can have its consequences, as well as finding the right range to overclock may be difficult as well.  When overclocking your GPU, you have to watch the temperature of the card so it does not overheat and burn out, and also you have to run some graphic tests, to make sure there are no artifacts, if you see artifacts, quickly lower your GPU overclock card settings.  Also when testing temperature make note to test it under stress such as in gaming, keep a close watch on it.  Also the programs will have fan speed control, I suggest adjusting that as well, this will greatly help in overclocking the card, some people who are serious about overclocking, even buy bigger replacement fans for the cards so they an overclock higher, because heat is a major factor, if you get too much heat, it will overheat and become unstable.  Also a note, to get stable speeds that people are overclocking on there GPU’s, you can simply go to http://www.overclock.net/ or do a simple search in google with the terms for example 8800GT overclock, and you will find some settings that are confirmed working well with that card.  Firstly I will describe the way to overclock a Nvidia graphics card with programs, the easiest way and safest, and then through BIOS, only recommended for people who are more experienced, since recovering from a bad BIOS flash is virtually impossible.  First of all before starting, make sure your graphics card is up to date, go to http://www.nvidia.com/

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