how many o/c their GF4 Ti4200's?

[Megatomic]

Here's another question: if you are able to overclock the GPU/memory without having to up the voltage or make a physical change to the card is it possible for the o/c to damage the card? If so, what is the mechanism that wouldl lead to the damage?

 

[MatthewF01]

i think overclocking a card without the addition of voltage is less 'volatile' an endeavour than overclocking a card + adding voltage.

Its just putting even more crap out of spec.


I dont think that added voltage is an issue of damaging a high clock, but rather helps in MAINTAINING that high clock (a la 'stability').

 

[Egrimm]

Palit Daytona Ti4200 128Mb 305/526, have ran it so for 4 months.

 

[EXman]

What methods are you all using to OC your cards?

just coolbits or what?? coolbits does not work with the 41.09 driver correct?

Lastly Adding ramsinks like the nice thermaltake ones that come with the memory (system) heatspredders do much good? and AS epoxy the best way to apply it?

TIA

 

[Megatomic]

I used Coolbits for testing but my longterm o/c was accomplished by reprogramming the BIOS to set my GPU/mem clocks.

The ramsinks can't hurt, especially if your RAM chips get warm. My ramsinks actually get warm after a round of UT2003 so it has be beneficial.

 

[dxkj]

In answer to upping the voltage, I will let you know if it helps me or not


I think right now its base at 1.5, and i can go up to 1.8

 

[MatthewF01]

Originally posted by: dxkj
In answer to upping the voltage, I will let you know if it helps me or not


I think right now its base at 1.5, and i can go up to 1.8

thanks, i need another opinion on my theory

and yes, default voltage is 1.5, heh my bios goes all th way up to 2.00v.
Ive been running it at 1.7, I figure thats not too far out of spec to mess things up badly

 

[pcmax]

Albatron Ti4200 Turbo @ 305/690 for about 6 months now. Using coolbits but I think you need coolbits+ version to work.

 

[MustangSVT]

pny 4200 128mb agpx8

290- 570 (< so far perfect)

i get lot of artifacts and snow effect when im over 575 for memory and tried gpu at higher speeds but it just freezes .

maybe it needs "burn-in"

even if it doesnt go higher, im satisfied with my $79 dvi videocard

(anyone have DVI to VGA adaptor they dont neeed?)

 

[bergenvr6]

Visiontek GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB

oc'd to 305/540. stable as a rock.

 

[Schadenfroh]

mine is a asus gefore4 ti4200 8x

overclocked to 285/576
stable

 

[pelikan]

Agp voltage just goes to the agp slot. The card still pulls 1.5V. If there is voltage fluctuation so that it drops below 1.5V at the agp slot, then raising the agp voltage can fix that, increasing stability.

 

[RichC]

I've got a MSI KT3-Ultra. I'm running an Athlon 1600+ @ 145 MHz FSB = 1.523 MHz. My PNY 4200 got up to 287/580 before I get artifacts in 3DMark03. However, my AGP bus and my PCI buses are over normal. Any way I can bring those back to 66/33? I know some motherboards allow you to lock the AGP and PCI bus speeds. I haven't figured out how with my MSI. I think I can push my 4200 up some more if my AGP bus was lower.

Edit: Never mind, only nForce motherboards can do that. Dammit.

 

[Viremia]

Albatron Ti4200 Turbo 128 (3.3ns RAM)

300/640

No problems or artifacts. I haven't tried to push it any further as I'm happy with it right now.

 

[RandySavage]

Leadtek ti4200 64mb - 305/595 - no problems whatsoever. I love the winfox program that comes with the cards.... incredibly easy to use for overclocking.

 

[MadTom]

Originally posted by: EXman
What methods are you all using to OC your cards?

just coolbits or what?? coolbits does not work with the 41.09 driver correct?


TIA

I'm having a GF3 Ti200 (I know, I know - not a Ti4200) and using the 40.41 coolbits version with max settings (my card goes a little bit over those settings, but I think it's good enough - but couldn't reach 10.000 3DMarks...). Everything works fine, even with the 41.09 Detonators.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Good thread I jumped on the 79$ hot deal and this gives me a good reference of what I can expect to achieve ahead of time from it.

 

[Lonyo]

I know it's not a Ti 4200, but my 4400 goes 310/625, but won't touch anything higher without crashing in games (ie: 315/630 is too much), but it doesn't get artifacts, which seems a bit odd, it just goes from being 100% fine to locking up, anyone else have that? It's a card from April last year, Creative 4400, no mods/ramsinks.

 

[Uclagamer_99]

VisionTek GF4 Ti 4200 128MB
310/580 using Rivatuner

question about rivatuner guys... for some of the values under software overclocking I select say 590...but underneath that it says 580.5, this value stays constant when i set it from 580 until i hit 600...which then shows 594.0...i don't really get it...

 

[SpideyCU]

Aw, I wonder how many of these cards are like mine, gotten during the Black Friday deal @ BB? Doesn't seem like too many yet.

Anyhow, BFG Tech Asylum 128 MB card set all the way @ Coolbit's max (315/560 for this version). Been in two different systems at this speed since December '02, all seems well, no oddities.

 

[CraigRT]

I run my 128MB MSI TI4200 @ 315/560 since I got it about 5 months ago. not a single problem ever, and no artifacts.

 

[HoMeZ]

Originally posted by: SpideyCU
Aw, I wonder how many of these cards are like mine, gotten during the Black Friday deal @ BB? Doesn't seem like too many yet.

Anyhow, BFG Tech Asylum 128 MB card set all the way @ Coolbit's max (315/560 for this version). Been in two different systems at this speed since December '02, all seems well, no oddities.

I'm not sure if I asked you this before, but are you using stock cooling or did you add in heatsinks or a new fan?

 

[SpideyCU]

The GPU cooler on the card is the stock one, but I added RAMsinks just in case. I used those Thermaltake ones that SeekingTao is also using. Since the RAM chips are so far apart on this BFG card and appear on both sides (maybe this is true for all 4200's, I haven't had any other than this one) I had to saw the two long RAMsinks into separate pieces in order to get all the different chips. You can see what I'm babbling out here. That's actually a picture of an older setup from a few months ago, but you can see the RAMsinks, which is what I'm talking about. I'm not sure if they make a noticable difference, but I had them lying around and I wasn't gonna use 'em for anything else.

 

[dbwillis]

Leadtek 128mb Ti4200 A280 version....havent oc'd it yet, gonna top out the CPU first..then do the vid OC

 

[holdencommodore]

MSI Ti 4200 TD64, running at 315/600. Not too bad considering there's no heatsinks on the memory.

Cheers