I think 10-11k is EXCELLENT.
What I am new to, which I was really trying to get some info about, was overclocking the GPU. I use nTune, and I went up about 500 3dmarks fiddling with it.
But, I don't know... I am into Oblivion now, and don't really know if OC my card is causing me troubles in that game, so I stick to stock.
But when Crysis is out, I am going to OC the snot out of my GPU again. Just kinda sucks Oblivion seems unstable.
For my card, I can get 674/1100 for my core/ram speeds, but I have trouble with nTune storing my settings, I always have to go in and manually adjust it when I first boot up, then it is set till shutdown. And I get the increase in marks when I run 3Dmark06, so I know it works.
I have one main question, if you overclock your videocard, and temps are ok, can you still damage the card? Would kinda suck if my temps are under 74C and my card gets broken playing around with it.
I am new to it, so please let me know any cautions...