Overclocking help!

[StrikerNR]

I am thinking of overclocking my sapphire 9000pro 64mb ddr card.
Reason?
I am bit disappointed with my this card and more over with myself for purchasing the card because i didn't realize that this 9000pro could be slow sometimes.

Because i can't afford to go out and buy a new 9700pro or a 9600pro for that matter right away, so i am thinking i should overclock this one and use this card for as long as it can run games (maybe another 11-12 months).

So i need your help overcloking. How far can i push my card. I am using rage3d and i have pushed the Core to 290mhz from 275mhz and memory to 260mhz from 250mhz. I got ~7000, an increase of 300 points in 3dmark2001se.
how much memory clock should u increase proportionally to core?

 

[Toester]

hey, just increase slowly 4-6 mhz at a time on each until it shows artifacts, then back it off a couple mhz..... get 3d mark2003, as this is one of the premier benchmarking utilities out there,imo. you may also want to try "omega" drivers as they seem to help out a lot of ati cards....along with "radclocker", this would be my first choice... the second one posted below looks a little more challenging!!!
found here...<A HREF="http://www.omegacorner.com" target="_new">http://www.omegacorner.com</A>

or try this :<A HREF="http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/radeon9000pro-overclocking.html" target="_new">http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/radeon9000pro-overclocking.html</A>

<font color=purple> We can't all be heros,someone has to stand on the sidewalk and clap!!<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by toester on 07/16/03 07:07 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[StrikerNR]

Okay, increased the core clock to 299 Mhz and memory to 275mhz and ran 3dmark2001se and it gave me a score of 7220. My previous score without overclocking was 6700.
I didn't get any glitches/artifacts during the test. Does this mean that these setting will not give any problem later on either?


http://service.futuremark.com/servlet/Index?pageid=/orb/projectdetails&projectId=6767894&projectType=6

 

[Toester]

it may not, but sometimes things pop up later on down the road.but that's not an excessive o/c so I would run it that speed for a few days and see what happens. worst case scenario----you clock it down. if you have the side of your case off( which in this heat is a good idea.......here in canada anyway!), lightly touch the top(back) of your card to see how hot it gets;if it's warm you are good to go, if you feel it's going to burn you, you might want to seek out a better cooling solution.(even a fan blowing across the card will help carry some of that nasty heat away!!
anyhow, that's a pretty good increase in 3dmark2001se, the way I figure it , any increase is always a bonus!!!!

<font color=purple> We can't all be heros,someone has to stand on the sidewalk and clap!!

 

[StrikerNR]

but keep in mind i have a p4 2.4ghz. I think these scores are very low according to what i have.


CPU: Intel P4 2.4B w/ 533Mhz FSB
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Mobo: ASUS P4P800 Deluxe (intel 865PE)
RAM: Samsung PC2700 DDR333 512MB Single Channel
Video: Sapphire Radeon 9000 PRO 64MB
Storage: Fujitsu 20GB
Audio: Creative SoundBlaster Live! Value
Speaker: Creative Cambridge FPS1000 4.1
Keyboard & Mice: Logitech Cordless Freedom
Other: 16x DVD ROM, ATX Case w/ Side-Window and Temperature Monitoring Display.