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Old July 17, 2009, 02:34 PM
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Hi, i was wondering what programs can i download to monitor the temps of my cpu and also the temps on my GPU.... and is ther also a program that will let me overclock my gpu on vista...
I have the BFG Gtx 285 1gb

and if i overclock my gpu would i have to overclock my cpu and ram aswell?

please can some1 send me links to the programs thnx
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Old July 17, 2009, 02:35 PM
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Old July 17, 2009, 02:58 PM
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the evga precision program does that work with my bfg gtx 285? or does it only work with evga products
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Old July 17, 2009, 03:03 PM
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Yes it works on any brand. It's a stripped version of RivaTuner.
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Old July 17, 2009, 03:11 PM
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ok tnx, and also i downloaded SpeedFan and Core Temp, when i look at the temps of my cpu, they both give me different answers

on Speedfan it says :
29
27
27
30

and on CoreTemp it reads:
44
42
45
41


so i dont know which is correct or not
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go with real temp 3.0 Real Temp - CPU temperature monitoring
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Old July 17, 2009, 05:41 PM
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alright thnx alot
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Old July 17, 2009, 07:42 PM
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sry i have another dum question :

can i slightly overclock my GPU on the evga precision tool? and if i was able to, would i have to overclock my cpu or any other things so that i can OC the gpu?
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Old July 17, 2009, 07:46 PM
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no, GPU overclocking is completely separate from CPU/memory overclocking
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