my geforce2 gts-v....

ji1831 · Post by **ji1831** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 1:23 pm

im wanting to know the default core and memory speeds and wut is a good area to overclock. as in how high can this baby go? hehe thanx in advance.

MegaVectra · Post by **MegaVectra** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 1:37 pm

Different cards can be overclocked by different amounts, depending on how good the card's fan is, how good the case ventilation is, whether there are RAM heatsinks attached and so on. In addition some cards simply can't overclock as far as other cards because they're all slightly different due to the manufacturing process. I can't tell you how far your card will overclock - just follow these guidelines:

1) Add an extra 5mhz or so to the current clock speed.
2) Use a program like 3DMark to 'stress test' the card by running the tests 3 or 4 times.
3) If you see visual corruption or the system crashes during the test, you've overclocked too far. Take yourself back down 5mhz - this is how far you can overclock.
4) If the test ran correctly with no problems, go back to step 1.

If you overclock bit by bit, as described above, it is very unlikely that you will damage your card. If after this process you find that your card is crashing more often, take it down another 5mhz or so until it stops crashing.

Don't forget that you may be able to increase the core speed more than the memory, or the memory speed more than the core. In general increasing the memory speed will have a greater effect on speed than increasing the core speed.

ji1831 · Post by **ji1831** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 4:20 pm

are there any programs that let me do this or what?

bangbangben · Post by **bangbangben** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 7:15 pm

http://www.entechtaiwan.com/
powerstrip is my fav.............. try it

Piper · Post by **Piper** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 7:37 pm

I just ordered one of these too. The Nvidia reference drivers have an overclocking utility built in. You just need to enable it. Go to Guru3D and click on the search button in the window. Type in Coolbits and download the program. It's a really small .reg file. Simply double-click it to enter it into the registry. Then right click on your desktop+settings+advanced+geforce+additional properties. You should see a new tab Clock Frequencies. Adjust the sliders as you want.

MegaVectra · Post by **MegaVectra** » Tue Feb 26, 2002 1:28 am

Oh sorry, I'm a ....

http://www.nvmax.com/cgi-bin/nvmax.pl?action=download

I prefer NVMax.

Piper · Post by **Piper** » Wed Feb 27, 2002 9:15 pm

Just installed this card in a budget system build. Currently running it at 215/345MHz.

http://service.madonion.com/servlet/Ind ... Id=2873275

succubiss · Post by **succubiss** » Mon Mar 04, 2002 2:15 pm

just got my RMA from newegg. using powerstrip, i took it to 200/333 right out of the box. mine has 5.5ns ddr. I read some of the older ones newegg sent out had 7.0ns ddr.

scored around ~4100 in 3dmark.

ji1831 · Post by **ji1831** » Mon Mar 04, 2002 8:41 pm

im up to 200/315 not too bad i guess.