?? - GeForce2, RAM heatsinks, and overclocking, 3DMark

[EtOH]

Finally gave up on my Radeon and got a new GeForce2 GTS in. Picked up an MSI 32MB DDR GTS for $140 from Newegg.com (courtesy of hotdeals) and set about overclocking it. So far my results are encouraging and I am wondering if RAM heatsinks will help or not and am looking for some experience on you guys part. Currently I am using the stock heatsink/fan and nothing on the RAM.

Stock: 200 core /333 memory (32MB DDR)
OC'ed: 250 core /390 memory (32MB DDR)

I am looking for that 400 ram speed and wonder if the heatsinks will help attain that extra 10 MHz. I can get to 400 now but start to get some minor artifacts, so I think it "may be possible".

On a side note here is my overclocked scores in 3dmark 2000/2001 (gonna benchmark more later)

3DMark2000 (default): Stock=6860 OC'ed=7355
3DMark2001 (default): Stock=3028 OC'ed=3431

This is using the following setup:

Win2k SP1
Athlon 1.1GHZ (100 fsb)
256MB RAM
Abit KT7
Detonator 10.80
Default Properties (untweak3d)
OC'ed via Powerstrip

Do those scores sound about right to all you out there?

EtOH

 

[arod324]

Those scores look perfectly fine.
I wouldn't even bother to get 10mhz more from the memory if it means you need to buy ramsinks. The memory I'm guessing, is going to be rated 6 ns, meaning that it is produced to run @166. You are running it @ almost 200, meaning almost 5ns ram. Anyways, I think your system is fine right now, and the memory won't go too much further.