I just bought http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127608. I use MSI Afterburner, but I have no idea how to overclock or what to set the sliders to. Can someone give me a hand with some solid numbers that the card can be overclocked too? I want to make sure I get my moneys worth and give this card all it can take. Also, is there a general rule for doing this? Do these numbers have to go up in certain increments? Please forgive my lack of knowledge on the subject, that's why I'm coming here to ask the community. I know there are a lot of very smart computer people in this community. I will be happy to answer any question that are needed.

I would appreciate straight forward answers. No lollygaggin!

Salute.

In order to overclock MSI's card I used MSI's Afterburner 2.1.0 Beta 6. Given the ability to increase the cards voltage, I cranked it as high as it would go before doing anything else. I then began to increase the core and shader clocks in increments of five. This pushed the core clock slightly above the 1GHz mark. Once I found a stable clock speed I went to work on the memory. I reached a memory clock of 1122MHz, and then started running the OCC benchmark suite. After the first benchmark I started having problems, so I bumped the memory clock down to 1117MHz. After doing so I was able to run through the entire OCC benchmark suite without any problems. Although the N560GTX-Ti Twin FROZR II is supposed to run 20° C cooler then other cards, the temperatures still shot right up with the increased voltage and clock speeds. In order to correct this I set the fan at a reasonable 86% of max speed. I was pleasantly surprised that this wasn't all that loud. In the end, I was happy with my overclock, because I was able to bring everything over the 1GHz mark.

This is from overclokers club. You shouldn't mess with GPU voltage because you could damage the GPU if you don't know what you're doing. Anyways http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/msi_gtx560_twinfrozr_2/3.htmis the full review of your card so read it.

There is a safe process for doing this. If someone gives you hard numbers telling you what to set your OC at, they are not helping you at all. If you want to OC properly, you have to do some reading and understand what you are doing...not because it is rocket science, but because each individual card has its own quirks and you are running it in a unique environment (your cooling, your case, your power supply etc etc). You have to be able to adapt and test and adapt and test and know what you are reading.

So, if anyone posts what you are looking for...."solid numbers"....ignore it. Fermi's post is good because he tells you about his card, not yours.

Typically, a solid OC will consist of researching your card, getting the proper testing software, reading suggestions at overclock.net (or similar), ensuring your case and cooling are working, cleaning your machine, testing drivers, flashing gpu bios, incremental increases with fur tests between, CTDs, driver roll-backs/reinstalls/cleans, adjustments to any cpu OC (due to power/temp issues), more CTDs, staring at screen looking for artifacts, ensuring neighbors that the high pitched whining is just your gpu fan and that it won't likely result in a fire so they can go back to watching American Idol, lobbying wife for funds to buy an AVR ("I swear honey, it will help reduce the electric bill!"), and some other stuff I can't think of.