You guys can use tools to properly validate your speeds and fans settings, not to mention the voltages it you are using the evga voltage tool. I'm not saying you should overclock your card but plenty of people do without any issues at all. The first step is to gather the information and tools. GPUZ ...

This is awesome! Don't forget the drivers 8 )

Hi Here's my submission to the contest. It's a simple car render which I think every new render app should have :D Exported from Blender3d, lit using the galileo_probe, the render ran in several stages and lighting conditions and I used PS to composite them together to eliminate the fireflies etc. I ...

Here's the Camaro I did for the contest. I'll upload the final image in the contest thread and the wip and octane proof picture here.
I did the render in stages with different camera settings for color and combined the images together to eliminate fireflies and goofiness...
I used a EVGA GTX260 2nd ...

min 4
max 25
at 8000
Models from blender

My GTX260 is OC'd at my standard stable clock of 700-1430-1200