So I built a new Gaming PC and I got an <span class="bold">ASUS GeForce GT 630 2GB GDDR3</span> video card. It came with a program called <span class="bold">GPU Tweak</span> to overclock the card. GPU Tweak has a maximum clock of 910 for the core and 2000 for the memory (1000 for each module). The reason why I made this post is because I actually managed to reach the maximum clocks for both the core and the memory and ran tests with <span class="bold">MSI Kombuster</span> (which passed just fine, apparently) and under load the GPU seems to cap out at 73 degrees centigrade with the fan at 100% speed (constant+max).

So, is 73 centigrade and a core clock of 910 and a mem clock of 2000 safe? That's my question. =)

Seems to be a little high to me. I think most chips operate safely up to about 80 degrees, but I wouldn't push that, or even try to go near it.

With such a card, is there any need to really push it that hard?

Well I mean, I did some UNiGiNE benching and got an extra 5-10 FPS on ultra/max/16AF/8AA settings so yeah, it seems worth it to me.. =)

It's not as bad of a card as you might be thinking it is, I mean sure it's no TITAN... but it does really well for what it is.. I don't know if you ever played Miasmata but that game runs at about 38-49 FPS on AVG with the card OC'd and only 30 AVG when not OC'd.. so.. =/

I don't see any artifacts when burning the card in for about 10 minutes, so... I'm really not sure whether to lower the clocks or leave them at max

I dropped the clocks by 10 so I'll see how that works for a day or 2, if it gets a bit too hot i'll go down another 15. Thanks for the input though, I really do appreciate it!