Overclocking My Ati Card

Iced_Eagle

Okay I have my ATI Radeon 9600SE 128mb and it runs fine. Now it starts to get a bit worse in newer games and technology demos of really advanced stuff i find on the internet. What would be good core and memory clock numbers to OC them to? i want EXPERIENCED overclockers only!!!

Current ones not overclocked:
391.5 core
297 memory

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CForrester

I'm afraid that it's card dependant. No two video cards are exactly alike, so you have to find your own settings. Try bumping each one up by 10 MHz at a time, restarting after each bump and testing your stability. Once your computer starts crashing or you start seeing artifacts in games, lower your clock speed by 2 MHz and keep going from there until everything is fine.

2of12B0RG

I read somewhere that you should only OC by 10% of your base clock. And that has always worked for me. Try that. Some cards can probably handle more than 10%, but ya never know.

CForrester

I've overclocked 40% and my card works fine.

spinviper

go to <a href='http://www.rage3d.net' target='_blank'>www.rage3d.net </a>

They have a overclocking tool+ the fourms have ALOT of info.

Renegade

I've overclocked 62.337% (to be anal). But only because I have an advanced liquid cooling system (liquid nitrogen! XD)

Nil_IQ

I've overclocked to 0% and it overheats in a matter of 1/2 an hour even with the case off.

Any way to UNDERclock it?

spinviper

course, dl the prog on my link. Rage3d tweak

Xiile

Or get a new video card fan. <a href='http://www.thermaltake.com' target='_blank'>http://www.thermaltake.com</a>

Vulgar_Menace

change your computer settings from "desktop" to "network server" for significant performance enhancement

Iced_Eagle

srry im not very computer techy... how do you change it to network server?

Vulgar_Menace

right click my computer, go to properties and fiddle around the menu till you find the option.

Iced_Eagle

couldnt find shieett... i have windows XP

can anyone help?

CForrester

<!--QuoteBegin--CForrester+Nov 14 2003, 12:59 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CForrester @ Nov 14 2003, 12:59 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm afraid that it's card dependant. No two video cards are exactly alike, so you have to find your own settings. Try bumping each one up by 10 MHz at a time, restarting after each bump and testing your stability. Once your computer starts crashing or you start seeing artifacts in games, lower your clock speed by 2 MHz and keep going from there until everything is fine. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Obliterater

<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->change your computer settings from "desktop" to "network server" for significant performance enhancement <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

What exactly does this turn off to increase performance? Also is there any way I could possibly accidentaly nuke my computer by atempting to do this? <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

Vulgar_Menace

im doing it myself now so it wont nuke you. as for why it helps, i have no freaking clue. i just know it helps.

Caboose

<!--QuoteBegin--Vulgar Menace+Nov 16 2003, 12:21 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Vulgar Menace @ Nov 16 2003, 12:21 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> im doing it myself now so it wont nuke you. as for why it helps, i have no freaking clue. i just know it helps. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
If you have more than 16MB of RAM, you can gain additional performance simply by telling Windows your computer is a Network Server, even if your not on a network. Windows default setting is as a Desktop Computer which allocates 10K of memory to record recently accessed files. This means that Windows remembers the 32 most recently accessed folders, and the 677 most recently accessed files. Telling Windows you're a network Server allocates 40K of memory, which means that Windows will track the 64 most recently accessed folders, and the 2729 most recently accessed files. The amount of RAM required, 30K additional, is insignificant on a machine with 32MB of RAM, but the performance benefits can be quite impressive.

To change the role of your computer, Right click on My Computer, and select Properties from the drop down menu. Click the Performance tab. Click the File System button under Advanced settings. Change the role of the computer from Desktop Computer to Network Server. Make sure that Read Ahead Optimization is set to Full as well.

Vulgar_Menace

wow. you are the master of fancytalk.

Caboose

lol, I googles what you said and got to a site that told me that. It dosn't seem to work on XP tho, what Windows version do you have?

OttoDestruct

<!--QuoteBegin--Fluffybunny+Nov 16 2003, 01:33 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Fluffybunny @ Nov 16 2003, 01:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Vulgar Menace+Nov 16 2003, 12:21 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Vulgar Menace @ Nov 16 2003, 12:21 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> im doing it myself now so it wont nuke you. as for why it helps, i have no freaking clue. i just know it helps. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If you have more than 16MB of RAM, you can gain additional performance simply by telling Windows your computer is a Network Server, even if your not on a network. Windows default setting is as a Desktop Computer which allocates 10K of memory to record recently accessed files. This means that Windows remembers the 32 most recently accessed folders, and the 677 most recently accessed files. Telling Windows you're a network Server allocates 40K of memory, which means that Windows will track the 64 most recently accessed folders, and the 2729 most recently accessed files. The amount of RAM required, 30K additional, is insignificant on a machine with 32MB of RAM, but the performance benefits can be quite impressive.

To change the role of your computer, Right click on My Computer, and select Properties from the drop down menu. Click the Performance tab. Click the File System button under Advanced settings. Change the role of the computer from Desktop Computer to Network Server. Make sure that Read Ahead Optimization is set to Full as well. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I assume this is XP only as I dont see anything like that in 2000 under performance.

Caboose

Actually, I think its win 9x and ME. It's not in XP either.

Moquiao

<!--QuoteBegin--OttoDestruct+Nov 16 2003, 08:33 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (OttoDestruct @ Nov 16 2003, 08:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Fluffybunny+Nov 16 2003, 01:33 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Fluffybunny @ Nov 16 2003, 01:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Vulgar Menace+Nov 16 2003, 12:21 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Vulgar Menace @ Nov 16 2003, 12:21 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> im doing it myself now so it wont nuke you. as for why it helps, i have no freaking clue. i just know it helps. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If you have more than 16MB of RAM, you can gain additional performance simply by telling Windows your computer is a Network Server, even if your not on a network. Windows default setting is as a Desktop Computer which allocates 10K of memory to record recently accessed files. This means that Windows remembers the 32 most recently accessed folders, and the 677 most recently accessed files. Telling Windows you're a network Server allocates 40K of memory, which means that Windows will track the 64 most recently accessed folders, and the 2729 most recently accessed files. The amount of RAM required, 30K additional, is insignificant on a machine with 32MB of RAM, but the performance benefits can be quite impressive.

To change the role of your computer, Right click on My Computer, and select Properties from the drop down menu. Click the Performance tab. Click the File System button under Advanced settings. Change the role of the computer from Desktop Computer to Network Server. Make sure that Read Ahead Optimization is set to Full as well. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I assume this is XP only as I dont see anything like that in 2000 under performance. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
yeah that was my buzzkill <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

Vulgar_Menace

Im running ME, apparantly flash MX is too good for ME... <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo-->