GF2 Ti overclock settings won't stick

[Jeff7]

I just did a fresh reformat and reinstall of Win98SE. It's been updated completely; running DX 8.1, and I'm using the 27.70 Detonators.

Problem: I enable overclocking via Coolbits, and I tick the box to make it apply the settings at startup, but when I reboot, the box is unticked, and the core/mem clocks are at default.
Any idea what is going on here??

 

[BFG10K]

Use Riva Tuner to overclock your card. Some of nVidia's leaked drivers don't handle overclocking too well.

 

[Jeff7]

I did try Rivatuner. And GeforceTweak.

If I use the "low-level" overclocking with Rivatuner, I get an mfc42.dll extension error on reboot. If I use the standard driver level option, it just reverts to the default clock settings at reboot.

 

[chickendinner]

power strip works better.hit me it will stick when you reboot

 

[Sabbathian]

Yap, powerstip rules !

I`m using it for centuries now, and it`s the best

 

[rimshaker]

YOu have to click the button to test the new settings first, then check the apply at startup checkbox. Shouild work after that.

 

[Jeff7]

You have to click the button to test the new settings first, then check the apply at startup checkbox. Should work after that.

Did already. It's weird though - in Rivatuner, I click test, then the option to restore the clockspeed at reboot, hit Save, then Apply. I then exit Rivatuner and immediately start it again - that box is unticked.

 

[EdipisReks]

try powerstrip, it's a good program. nVMax has also worked very well for me.

--jacob

 

[Jeff7]

It's solved now I think. I tried to hack the BIOS of the card to overclock it; apparently Gainward cards don't like reference Bios's; reflashed it with a Gainward BIOS then, and reinstalled the drivers, and now the overclock settings are sticking. For now.

 

[mjolnir2k]

But if you are using a Gainward card, Doesn't it already have an OC'ing utility that came with it? Mine did and it works like a charm, easy as pie!