Video Card Overclocking

[peat moss]

Originally posted by clocker@21 February 2004 - 17:54
If it plays fine with stock settings I wouldn't clock it at all then.
Why fix what ain't broken?

Clocker coming from you thats funny! I like to tinker . I guess my puters working too well I'm bored

[clocker]

Originally posted by peat moss+22 February 2004 - 12:28--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (peat moss @ 22 February 2004 - 12:28)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-clocker@21 February 2004 - 17:54
If it plays fine with stock settings I wouldn&#39;t clock it at all then.
Why fix what ain&#39;t broken?

Clocker coming from you thats funny&#33; I like to tinker . I guess my puters working too well I&#39;m bored [/b][/quote]
Believe me, I understand the compulsion.
But you are talking software modding and I prefer hardware modding myself.

Besides, after killing my vid card a few weeks ago I am leery of them.
Not only that, video cards generate a lot of heat and have only marginal cooling capabilities out of the box.
Maybe you could stay busy improving that...

[peat moss]

Thanks Clocker point well taken

[mr. nails]

Originally posted by peat moss@21 February 2004 - 17:57
Running a p4 200gh 512ram ddr pc2100 ATI 9700 pro. Tryed o/c with rage 3d . I can&#39;t see a big change really. I have the newest drivers. ect. Only difference was my refresh rate on my monitor.Games look fine can play ones I couldn&#39;t before tho But im missing something? Running at core 351 .oo mhz, memory 321.75mhz . Should I just go for broke? and o/&#39;c till I can see a problem? MOTHERBOARD 35c CPU 45C TEMPS
I had 64mg video on board before looked good to me

why don&#39;t u set ur speeds to ur vid crd to default and test it with 3dmark01. then overclock it to ur liking (maybe what it&#39;s set at now) and bench mark it again with 3dmark01. that is a perfect way to find out if it&#39;s doing anything or not.

[peat moss]

Thanks Nails feed back is all I was asking Will try tho thank you



Was surprised some of the senior members were not more supportive . But I know its A boring subject video cards and all

[clocker]

Originally posted by peat moss@22 February 2004 - 22:13




Was surprised some of the senior members were not more supportive

What kind of support were you looking for?

Your original post was almost self-contained.
Apparently you had no difficulty actually OCing the card.
After the successful OC you couldn&#39;t see a difference.

So what were you expecting?

AFAIK there are two major reasons to overclock anything.
1. Just to see if you can.
2. To improve performance.

Obviously you could.
No performance benefit.

Hence, the lukewarm response.

[Wolfmight]

9700 pro is fast as is.. your not gonna make it run like a 9800 pro/xt

[bigdawgfoxx]

Ok, look at my card speeds. My 3DMark03 only went up like almost 400 points. Aquamark went up 3000 and 3Dmark01 went up like 1000. Those speeds are alot faster, is that all the improvment i should see in benches?

[DWk]

Even though I know I&#39;ll get LOTS of bad replies for what I&#39;m gonna say.... benchies don&#39;t say what a computer can and cannot. If the app (game) runs fine with this and that turned on (left out on purpose), why do scores matter?

Just play the games and have fun

[bigdawgfoxx]

Originally posted by DWk@23 February 2004 - 21:33
Even though I know I&#39;ll get LOTS of bad replies for what I&#39;m gonna say.... benchies don&#39;t say what a computer can and cannot. If the app (game) runs fine with this and that turned on (left out on purpose), why do scores matter?

Just play the games and have fun

I guess cuz the better the scores the more filtering and stuff you can do...and the better for future gaming.

Where have you been latley?