Careful overclocking RadeonDDR too much.

[MustangSVT]

i had mine at 225/205 (core/mem) it was fine for 7 hrs with no artifacts, then the next day when i turn on pc, it would boot up to win but all the screens were checkerboard of image then blue square, image then square on and on. when i popped my ol TNT back it was fine, and since this happens at initial boot up it can't be the drivers. well now i got another one that'll only do 185/185 barely... can't believe i messes up a good thing.:frown:

 

[pen^2]

i dont think you messed it up in any sense... did you click on any sort of 'apply changes' button? i had that happen with my voodoo3... thought i could clock the byotch up to 220 only to find out in reality anything over 200 was pushin it

 

[MustangSVT]

Yep, when u click on apply button, there is a popup menu after a refresh to confirm your change or it'll restet in 20 secs. And i believe the changes were made because i saw artifacts at 210/210. yeah i went up by 5mhz and i thought the overclocking program was broken or somthing cause i went so high and i didnt see any artifacts, turns out it was just stable card. Im miss that board, but even at staock 166/166 Radeon smokes! about 10% increase in performance when u over clock it that much with 17% increase in clock speeds.