Overclocking Video Card

[Big Mike]

I'm getting a new video card on Tuesday (GeForce FX 128mb 8x AGP) so I thought I'd play around with my current one, its just a 32mb GeForce 2 MX so I thought Id try overclocking it, I did a base test with 3dMark2001 se and got a score of 1440

After setting the core clock to 180.0 and the Memory Clock to 171.8 I now got a score of 1481, time to play some more.

[Big Mike]

Core Clock: 184.9 mhz
Memory Clock: 175.4 mhz

[Big Mike]

Prob the last one I'll do for tonight, want to see how hot this card gets before I try any further.

Core Clock: 190.1 mhz
Memory Clock: 179.0 mhz

[Big Mike]

Well I pushed it a bit too far, video card started going crazy and I had to re-start in safe mode to undo it lol

I was at 205/195 when it went nuts

Core Clock: 193.3 mhz
Memory Clock: 186.1 mhz

nice .. how do you do that .. is there a section where it says 'overclocking' ?? ;)

[Big Mike]

The program I used is RivaTuner, it's a really nice program, only works for nvidia cards though, what type of video card do you have?

I gained roughly 20 mhz in both the core speed and memory speed, there is a VERY noticeable difference playing battlefield 1942 since that game is pretty intensive, I can't wait to get my new card, should blow this 1617 score out of the water :D

Heres a screenshot of the RivaTuner program where you set the speeds

[Big Mike]

Funny enough I just noticed that the tab does actually say overclocking (inside joke) :lol2:

thats tight ..
I have the Raidon 9000 256ddr

[Big Mike]

Originally Posted by Budlite74

thats tight ..
I have the Raidon 9000 256ddr

Erm....I dont think the Radeon 9000 came in a 256 mb variety :)

Actually can you even get the 9000 in 128? I know the all-in-wonder is 64 mb DDR.

Either way its still over-clockable, I'll try and find the program for ATI cards

[Big Mike]

http://66.227.107.157/ps.htm

Here is a good one for ATI cards, Powerstrip