Asus V9280TD.....nice overclocks

[Audiofight]

I picked up one of these.....Asus V9280TD GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB AGP 8x

Stock settings: 252/512

Current settings: 300/600

I haven't added any addition cooling to the video card itself. I have 8 small ramsinks to add to the card later....but right now I am still trying to find the ceiling on this card without additional help. I have been running 3DMark2001 2nd Edition and it is running very smooth, high frame rates and pulling around 11000 on my system

Asus A7N8X Deluxe
Athlon XP T-Bred 1800+ @ 11.5 x 145 = 1.67 GHz
512 MB Corsair XMS PC3200 TwinX memory (2 x 256 MB sticks)
Asus V9280TD 128 MB GF4 Ti4200 AGP 8x
Antec SX830 case w/ modded side panel and 80mm 4-LED green fan
Antec Smart Power 450W psu
30 GB Maxtor ATA133/7200rpm 2MB cache
40x Lite-on cdrom
40x12x40x cdrw
Zip100
Floppy

I am using the retail hsf right now, but will be doing a nice write-up on my homemade watercooling and see how much further I can push the processor. I haven't really begun testing the cpu yet, I just picked a number higher than 133 and it booted into WinXP just fine.

I do plan on adding a GPU waterblock w/ 2 T-fittings in my watercooling setup in the future, but will just start with the cpu waterblock for now.

When I get home from work (leave at 9:30 pm est), I will be playing some UT2k3 and see how the system reacts. If it remains stable, then I will continue to push and run 3DMark and play games.

So far, this looks like a great card for overclocking potential.

I finally picked up my digi-cam today (Fujifilm A303) and can take some pictures of the ram onboard before I cover them with ramsinks.

Just thought I would give a headsup to people who are possibly considering this card. I picked mine up from Newegg for $151 shipped, but they are running at $149.99 shipped now (1 week later).

 

[Audiofight]

UPDATE:

I am currently at 300/610 and UT2k3 runs flawlessly. Absolutely beautiful. Perfect rememberance of my Chaintech A-GT61 Special Edition (GF4 Ti4600 "Special Edition", black pcb and gold ramsinks and fan shroud)

I will keep pushing it tonight....also, I haven't installed the watercooling or the ramsinks yet.

EDIT: Even after installing the ramsinks, I still can't get over 610 without artifacts. I just happened to land on 610 earlier and that is the limit.

I guess ramsinks don't help when it comes to overclocking video memory.

If someone is interested in the memory chips on my card:

Samsung 244
K4D28163HD-TC40
WH1223CB Korea

 

[rogue1979]

My Asus is the V8420 Deluxe 128MB. It has 3.3ns bga ram chips is is happy at 300/662. Go to the Nvidia bios collection and download the Gainward GF4 bios. If your card has bga ram chips get the Ti4400 version. If you have standard ram chips get the Ti4200 version. This should allow about 20MHz more out of your memory clock speeds.

 

[Audiofight]

I am happy with it where it is, plus I don't think Asus will like it if I have to warranty this card and the bios isn't what they originally had on it either.....

But good information for others

 

[flobee]

Just purchased me one to not having as much luck with the benchmark though, any suggestions.


intel p4 2 gig ( not over clocked) 512 cache
512 pc2100 ddr
xp pro
best score 3d mark 2001 se 9100
40 gig 5400 rpm wester digital hd

 

[Audiofight]

First of all, overclock that P4....

I used to have a 1.8a that ran (and still is) at 2.55 GHz at default voltage and retail hsf

Next, find the registry hack to turn on frequency adjustments for the video card or find a 3rd party program that will adjust them for you.

Athlon 1800+ (1.53 GHz = 11.5 x 133)
Memory @ 200 MHz (DDR 400)
GF4 @ default settings

I was scoring around 10200 in 3DMark 2k1

Current settings however:

Athlon 1800+ (1.67 GHz = 11.5 x 145)
Memory @ 192 MHz
GF4 @ 300/600 settings

I could score around 11400 just by adjusting the video memory higher and slightly touching the fsb higher on the cpu

I will move the cpu higher still this coming weekend once I install my watercooling system and slap some AS3 under the waterblock.

The thing that is hurting you is the low front-side bus. Start overclocking that thing...see what it will do.

Just remember, the on-die cache only runs as fast as the fsb of the cpu.....thus the Athlon XP chips running on a 166 bus performing better than an equally clocked AXP on a 133 bus.

I proved this simply by lowering the multiplier on my cpu and running it at 1.0 GHz (6 x 166) and I was able to achieve higher memory benchmarks in SiSoft Sandra than running at 1.53GHz (11.5 x 133)

Good luck with it

 

[flobee]

Ill keep you posted, gotta do a little research on overclocking my cpu first. This is the firs that I have built, so I wanna be careful and not over do it.