ATI 9700 OC question

[dayg]

Hi All,

My friend just bought a new system and asking me to help him install. He has ATI 9700 and wants to OC the video card. Does ATI have something that NVDA has "coolbits" that unlocks a feature which allows you to OC the video card? Also which driver does most ATI users use? Any link would be appreciated.

TIA

 

[Corporate Thug]

just search google for rivatuner for overclocking, i cant speak on behalf of all ATi users, but i use catalyst 2.4

 

[Boogak]

Rivatuner works. So does Rage3DTweak and Powerstrip. I'm using Rage3DTweak on my AIW 9700 Pro w/ 3.4 drivers and got it up to 350/325 so far, gonna keep it there for a week before trying for more.

 

[dayg]

thank you both!

 

[dayg]

For those who has this card. How's your OC experience? At what levels did you OC for both the core and mem?

 

[dayg]

ok, so I downloaded Rage3DTweak and installed. It gave me the option tap called Overclocker. I made changes there to about 300/300mhz. However, the change won't take into effect ever after I click apply. It keeps going back to the default setting of 276/270. What gives? Any help would be apprecaited.

 

[Ketchup]

Some of the 9700 non-pro's are clock-locked and you can't overclock them. Try installing a different tweaking program and see what happens. My 9700 PRO is running at 390/720, which I feel is a great overclock for a plain-jane 9700 PRO.

 

[dayg]

ketchup79, Thanks. I'll try using a different program like Powerstrip and see if that works. There should be a way to unlock it....anyone?

 

[Lonyo]

You could try downloading the Omega drivers (version of Cat 3.4's) as I believe they unlock the cards for overclocking.

 

[Uclagamer_99]

my card gets artifacts with anything over 333/333...oh wells still a fine card

 

[cubanx]

Originally posted by: dayg
ketchup79, Thanks. I'll try using a different program like Powerstrip and see if that works. There should be a way to unlock it....anyone?

Manually tweak the setting in firmware then use ATIFlash to load into the card if your card is locked. I had to do that to overclock my 9700NP. Not something a non-techie should do since it can ruin your card(or your friends).

ATI Overclocking and Performance tweaks forum

I use the Omega drivers myself.

 

[k1114]

I use the omega drivers, they are basically the same as the cats with a couple of tweaks and an overclocker built in.