GeForce 5200 FX

[Gta1player]

I looked up overclocking of nVidia cards on the net and came up with this link " www.Guru3D.com " there is actually an overclocking option in the nVidia drivers that nVidia hid and there is an option to test and overclock to what nVidia card you have can handle safely , im not saying its safe to overclock but i did that test and my San Andreas runs close to flawless on very high at 1024x768x16 . if you have a nVidia card its worth checking out . it requires a reboot inorder for it to take effect .

 

its not a tool but its a regestry entry that opens the hidden options .

 

just make sure when you run that test you put the setting on "performance(3d) "

 

(i take no responcibility for overclocking damage )

 

original core clock freq. 250

original memory clock 350

 

safely clocked core clock freq. 264

safely clocked memory clock 430

 

 

it runs great , just be careful overclocking .

[maelstrom]

Was it "cool bits"?

 

Also have you tried some extra cooling? it may help boost your core overclock...

[Cran.]

It would have been the in-driver overclocking utility. They are in most of the modifed performace drivers. BTW, you can overclock your card more than the utilty says you can, you just have to move the silders up a couple of MHz everytime and test it. That optimum frequencecy button never gets the whole overclocking potental.

 

For example here;

 

My stock clocks (GeForce 6800 Go 256MB GDDR3):

Core: 330MHz

Memory: 1000MHz/1GHz

 

"Optimum Frequencies"

Core: 367MHz

Memory: 1070MHz/1.07GHz

 

Complete potental:

Core: 374MHz

Memory: 1110MHz/1.11GHz

 

Edited September 27, 2005 by Cran.

[Devyl]

I use coolbits on my 7800's and I jumped from 450/1.2 to 509/1.3 all air-cooled, no artifacts.

[sate]

I use coolbits on my 7800's and I jumped from 450/1.2 to 509/1.3 all air-cooled, no artifacts.

You have two? And then you overclock?

 

BTW, can you feel the difference, since the card is very fast anyway?

[Devyl]

I use coolbits on my  7800's and I jumped from 450/1.2 to 509/1.3 all air-cooled, no artifacts.

You have two? And then you overclock?

 

BTW, can you feel the difference, since the card is very fast anyway?

depends... I bought two standard 7800GTX's, and wanted to see what I could do with each one of them. As far as 3dmark05 goes, yeah, I can see the difference. As far as gaming goes? I can see the difference in heavier games, like BF2 & H-L2.

[SIP YEK NOD]

now we're talkin

 

BFG 6800GT

 

Stock 6800GT clock: 350mhz core, 1000mhz memory

BFG 6800GT clock: 370mhz core, 1000mhz memory

My BFG 6800GT clock: 434mhz core(registers with futuremark as 445mhz), 1170mhz memory(registers with futuremark as 1197mhz)

 

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1245706

 

 

 

all on water(of course)

[Cran.]

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8318977

 

255 in 3dmark2001 Yeah, that was a Savage S4, rofl!

 

Anyway..

 

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1261992

 

4696 3dmarks for 378/1100

Edited September 28, 2005 by Cran.

[Wolf68k]

Cran, you're posting the wrong link. Your links require a login&pass, while Sip's does not.

[Cran.]

..Yeah, opps. I fixed them now

[sate]

 

I use coolbits on my  7800's and I jumped from 450/1.2 to 509/1.3 all air-cooled, no artifacts.

You have two? And then you overclock?

 

BTW, can you feel the difference, since the card is very fast anyway?

depends... I bought two standard 7800GTX's, and wanted to see what I could do with each one of them. As far as 3dmark05 goes, yeah, I can see the difference. As far as gaming goes? I can see the difference in heavier games, like BF2 & H-L2.

Okay... I didn't think you could actually see the difference with such good cards.

 

I got the 7800GTX but I don't think i'll overclock it though, it's doing fine in BF2 and HL2