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Hey guys, so i bought a mac a couple months ago (see specs in spoiler below) and was very annoyed that I could NOT run any vidya on it, not even small source games such as gmod or CSS.
Core2Duo E8335 @2.93ghz (stock clock)
1x4gb DDR3 RAM @1333mhz (stock clock)
1x 640gb 7200rpm drive
GT120 @ 500mhz/600mhz (these are the stock clocks)
24" display @1920x1200

I decided to dual boot to windows 7 and do a little bit of overclocking on the card which I believe is passively cooled (due to no fan appearing in all OC and benchmarks program), My objective was to get the highest OC i could achieve whilst keeping the card under 70C under heavy load.
I managed to achieve an OC of 650mhz / 957mhz with it just hitting 70C after 15minutes of 97% load.

I can now run CS:GO at medium-high settings @720p || low-medium@native res
Got a performance increase of 66%

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Hey guys, so i bought a mac a couple months ago (see specs in spoiler below) and was very annoyed that I could NOT run any vidya on it, not even small source games such as gmod or CSS.
Core2Duo E8335 @2.93ghz (stock clock)
1x4gb DDR3 RAM @1333mhz (stock clock)
1x 640gb 7200rpm drive
GT120 @ 500mhz/600mhz (these are the stock clocks)
24" display @1920x1200

I decided to dual boot to windows 7 and do a little bit of overclocking on the card which I believe is passively cooled (due to no fan appearing in all OC and benchmarks program), My objective was to get the highest OC i could achieve whilst keeping the card under 70C under heavy load.
I managed to achieve an OC of 650mhz / 957mhz with it just hitting 70C after 15minutes of 97% load.

I can now run CS:GO at medium-high settings @720p || low-medium@native res
Got a performance increase of 66%

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10671373_841939745825386_5110089397866897739_n.jpg
Not sure if you already have, but I would do a longer test than 15 minutes just to be safe. I suggest at least an hour or so on either FurMark or a unigine benchmark.
 
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Not sure if you already have, but I would do a longer test than 15 minutes just to be safe. I suggest at least an hour or so on either FurMark or a unigine benchmark.
already quarter way through doing it. Has no signs of failing/overheating at all so it looks pretty stable
 
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