How safe is this?

[mawsoccer]

I consider my self a noob at OCing in general, at least as far as experience is considered, but I have done my fair share of thread and magazine reading over the past couple months.

After reading up on NVidia's Auto-Overclocking feature, I decided to give it a try on my EVGA 7600GT KO.

I pressed the Detect Optimal Frequencies button and it took my core clock frequency from 580 to 668 and my memory clock frequency from 1.5 ghz to 1.67 ghz.

When I check my temperature readings they seem to be steady at 45*C-46*C.

My ambient room temps are 70*F-72*F.

Since I auto-overclocked my card, how stable is it, and how high should my temps be?

[nn_step]

as long as your temps are under 70c and you don't touch the voltage you don't have anything to worry about

[mawsoccer]

How do I test my load temps with a gfx card?

Also, how do I see temps on my older FX 5200? The temperature thing isnt showing up in the Nvidia control panel.

[Magnj]

you'll need an over clocking or temp monitoring app. with logging or a display over your game so you can watch it as you go or look back later.

[mawsoccer]

Using rthdribl for like 5-10 mins my load temps were 56*C - 57*C.

Is this okay?

[shogo_ca]

load temps for gpu can go really high. my 7950GX2 is loading at 75c and my 7800GT was loading at 95c stock cooling no overclock.

As long as you dont see artefact (little white or colored dots) 3D model deformation, Blinking objects or blinking screen, youre OK. You should raise core / mem by small increments and run 3dmark every change to test stability. If you see strange things happen, just stop the test and lower the mhz