Psycho Sonny said:
x1900xt's run sooooooooooo hot and consume so much power do you really want them to run any hotter, unless you are watercooling i would never suggest overclocking an x1800xt or x1900xt unless you have a dell and need the extra power
This is what the Zalman VF900-CU was made for.
My X1800XT, even with this heavy OC on it, is a whole lot cooler than it was at stock with the stock cooler on. I am talking like 20-25ºc lower.
Psycho Sonny said:
whereas i have a 32 inch hdtv which has a res of 1360 x 768 i run most things at 100fps, and i dont really think i see a decrease in quality my other tft is 17 inch 1280 x 1024 viewsonic
I just went from a 19" CRT @ 1280x960 and 1600x1200 to a 19" widescreen LCD @ 1440x900 and I have always seen a pretty big difference between 625/725Mhz and 720/900Mhz on my X1800XT (so long as my CPU is overclocked, otherwise it's a huge bottleneck.) I am sure others would say the same.
Psycho Sonny said:
my x1900xt is also the ice q version which is meant to be one of the best overclockers too, i did overclock it but it doesnt really like it it feels more smooth at stock, what can i say ive had some bad experiences with overclocking too high and learnt if it aint broke dont fix it, my 6800LE has the best cooler i have ever seen in my life though thats why its clocked soooo much
Stick a Zalman VF900-CU on that X1900XT and it'll fly.
Back to my point anyway; There is plenty of reason to overclock high-end graphics cards. Not only does it improve benchmarks, but it still creates a noticeable difference in performance. It can even help with CPU limitation as it allows you to slap on more AA/AF or increase the resolution in some cases, making the GPU do much more work at relatively lower performance loss.