First Overclock Baby!

[abu_has_the_power]

Detonator 5.08 or higher NVIDIA reference drivers for Windows 2000 / Windows XP.

where do i get a driver like that? i have like 45.23 or something

and the thing is hollowed out. wtf?

here's a scrnshot:

http://www.freewebs.com/ihaveabu/rivatuner%20prob.JPG

[abu_has_the_power]

help?

[adamp2p]

Abu--the drivers you have currently are the newest available for Nvidia, and if not, go to Nvidia's website and download them there. What card do ya have? Maybe you have the new Nvidia cards that do not permit you to overclock. If you happen to have the 5200 series, I would advise dumping that into the garbage altogether.

Abu, you seem like a real computer freak like me; why don't you get an ATI card?

[abu_has_the_power]

yea, i have a gforce fx 5200. i don't plan on spending anymore money. and yes, it does support ocing. u can oc the mem frequency and stuff

[adamp2p]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@10 October 2003 - 01:11
yea, i have a gforce fx 5200. i don't plan on spending anymore money. and yes, it does support ocing. u can oc the mem frequency and stuff

Well Abu, I may actually be wrong about that Nvidia fx 5200 card being crap. That is just what I have read. I am very curious as to what kind of Aquamark score you get with your card.

Why don't you download Aquamark3 and see what kind of score you get to see if it is or is not really garbage. Bust out some benchmarks and specs and show us what your system is make of. That is how we on the board know what you really have. Take a lookie at my Aquamark thread last week. Me and 3rd gen noob posted our specs there. We both scored above 30,000 in Aquamark3. If you score even 20,000 I would honestly be impressed.

You obviously know how to post a screenshot, so post one after you benchmark.

What I advise you do is run the benchmark at least twice without any overclocking, and then try at least twice for each clock freqency. Start with something safe like a 5% overclock and move up to 10% and so on, 10% should be safe. See if you get any image abberations. Continue overclocking until you run into artifacting, etc. And have fun!

learn where to download aquamark3 and show us your score

Your friend B)

[abu_has_the_power]

thanks. i have 3dmark 01 and 03 scores on hand
if u want them:
3DMARK03: 1407
3DMARK01: 6429

i'll run aquamark soon

[L0rD_S0tH]

hmmmmm.....in the "whats this" dialog in rivatuner it says it doesn't support the FX series of cards. Guess I'm stuck with coolbits.

Oh yeah I got the fx5200 as well.

My aquamark scores are:

GFX-957
CPU-7757
Total-9028.

Not the worst score but not the best either. The fx5200 isn't that good of a card but it'll work for me for the moment.

Once I get the money I'll probably get a RADEON 9600 XT, but I just can't afford $200 right now.

Now if some of ya'll wanted to donate some money to the "get Soth a good GFX card" fund, I could probably make things happen......LOL

[imported_Catracho]

How do u overclock a CPU? Do u go to BIOS and change some settings or do u actually have to do some changes to the CPU itself. Thanks

[abu_has_the_power]

u change in bios. and yea, 5200 isn't very good, but it'll play hl2 for sure, and doom 3 at 3-6 fps, so far is ok. when i get money, which looks like never, i'll get either a radeon 9500 pro, or the high end ones if they r cheap

[L0rD_S0tH]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@9 October 2003 - 22:52
and yea, 5200 isn't very good, but it'll play hl2 for sure, and doom 3 at 3-6 fps, so far is ok.

yeah it can play recent games so thats about all I wanted. Granted I generally gotta put the settings on medium but it's better than nothing. I wouldn't say its a bad card...especially not for the price. I've certainly had no problems with it so thats always a plus.