GEFORCE 2 OVERCLOCKING RESULTS!!! A LITTLE TEST! =)

[JokerF15]

hey

i want to know how to overclock my geforce 2 GTS. Also which drivers are the best. like the nividia ones or are MR F's good. i got a Elsa Gladiac btw

thx...

 

[Steven the Leech]

i have an elsa and use the detonater 6.18, are the best and fastest for me, havent tried any of the newere ones yet. Also am using DX 8 beta

 

[Tonec]

coobits

Use this with any 6.xx drivers

 

[utopia]

Coolbits, or power strip...

 

[Davegod75]

the reference drivers are the best.

 

[PistachioByAzul]

Don't overclock your video card, especially if you're already running on an overclocked AGP bus. The risks associated with overclocking your video card don't merit the maybe 5-10% max performance gain you'll get.

 

[jinsonxu]

But the performance increase from the additional memory bandwidth is pretty good!

 

[Redwingsguy]

If you dont Use FSAA, try Mr.F's moddifed Geforce drivers, they gave me a huge gain in FPS!

 

[ucla2kfan]

What's the link to MR F's drivers?

Thanks,
Dan

 

[Redwingsguy]

http://zoiah.m3dzone.com/

 

[Paladinexe]

Which are better the reference or Mr.F's? Gotta try them Mr.F's tho for my Gladiac.

 

[Killer Ape]

Just in case you haven't read Anand's article on OCing the GF2, just remember that the memory OC is critical. I wouldn't bother with bumping the GPU past 220, if that. It barely affects FPS and just adds heat and power comsumption for little gain. If you can get the RAM up to about 400-410 stable that's a decent OC. I got about a 10 FPS gain in Q3A going from 366 to 400 @ 1024x768 High Detail, so it may be worth it.

The 6.18 Reference Drivers have the OC sliders built-in. I just installed the 6.27 drivvers last night and they do NOT have the OC sliders, so I went back to using Powerstrip.

 

[JokerF15]

i tried mr f's drivers, they acutally dropped fps for me in q3a about 6 frames. so im using the 6.26 and coolbits..but i really want powerstrip. Can someone give me a link for it?

 

[Redwingsguy]

Joker did you use the Glide or norm version of Mr.F for Q3, you have know what engine it uses, I guess thats the bad part when you have to change it for different engine games.

 

[Killer Ape]

Redwingsguy: Nice quote from Kingpin in your sig. Are you one of the few who, like myself, actually like the game? My other favorite is when a hired goon responds to friendly fire with "Done shootin' me?" . Even if you don't like the game, the WAVs alone are worth the money.

 

[JokerF15]

i used the norm...am i supposed to use the glide ones? well i just installed the 6.26 drivers. and i got the memory upto 400 and the core to 210. that's the highest i tried. i think i can reach 420. b/c i was running it at 400 w/o a prob in q3a..also how do i turn on the fps in q3a...

thx

 

[Killer Ape]

In Q3A bring down the console using "`".
Type : "timedemo 1"
Hit "`" again to close the console.
Go to main menu "Demos"
Run "Demo001"
When it finishes pull down the console again and it will tell you the FPS.

 

[JokerF15]

ok i did a little test. here are the results:

RAM CORE FPS
333 200 42
350 200 43.8
380 200 45.5
400 200 18.7*

* the ram was extremely hot. i dont have ram heatsinks yet. im going to try it with 210 core in a bit. and see what the difference is.

btw this is at 1280x1024 on a tbird 700@900 w/FSAA 4x4 and everything full in q3a. also everything high in the desktop properties.

these seem ok to me..but i would like to hit 50 fps at that resolution! =)

 

[Killer Ape]

RAM heatsinks aren't going to make that big of a diff relative to what they cost. Why to you have 4X4 FSAA on? Without it I'd say your FPS would double.

 

[JokerF15]

they should get rid of the heat im guessing. i hope so...i want to be able to use 400 mhz ram!

 

[JokerF15]

they should get rid of the heat im guessing. i hope so...i want to be able to use 400 mhz ram!

 

[Killer Ape]

Generally, the quality of the RAM is the limiting factor, not the heat. Decent DDR RAM on GTS boards should do about 400-410. I run my Prophet II 64 at 400 and the sinks never even get warm. If I crank it much higher, say 410-420, I start to get artifacts, but the chips still aren't hot. Most GTS boards don't have RAM heatsinks at all and many can OC as high as the Prophets, which do. Take the Annihaltor 2 that Anand OCed for example. If you're really concerned about heat, put a slot cooler next to the card or leave the adjacent PCI slot open and blow a fan across the card.

You're simply not going to get much past 400 with 6ns DDR RAM since that already is a 67MHz OC. You have to get a board like a GTS Pro with 5.5ns or better RAM to get faster.