Nervous overclocker needs advice

[Booster]

Hi,
I,ve just got a geforce 4 ti4200 128mb video card. The stock speeds were 250\444 mhz for core and memory and i've managed to increase these to 300\550 mhz. I've run 3dmark 2001se a few times and played some UT2003 and quake 3 and everything seems to be ok, ie, no lock ups or artifacts. But i'm very nervous about overclocking and i'm scared that this may kill my video card. Will i definitely see lockups and artifacts before it dies or can it just suddenly die? Can someone reasure me on this? Should i try and get the memory higher? Also, i got the 128mb version as opposed to the 64mb one because i thought it would be better for future games that use bigger textures, even though it is slower than the 64mb version. Was i correct in assuming this? Thanks in advance for any help

[wolfie]

hi
welcome!!!

you will see the card acting up before it blows up.
just kidding on blowing up. your pretty much save going up 10-15%

wolfie

[glc]

Just keep the card cool, it's heat that will do it in.

[Fuze]

I hope it won't blow up because I'm installing a 128 meg Ti 4200 in a couple of days and will probably want to OC it too!

[Booster]

Thanks for the replys guys. I'll continue to monitor it closely. Still seems stable at the moment though

[Fastfly]

If your nervous dont do it period.

Just wait till your coffiratatabable (weird spelling).