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Is this an insane enough overclock, or should I keep going?

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BatmanNate

Lifer
PNY GeForce3 Ti200:

Stock: 175/400

Now: 250/550

Ti500: 240/500

I kid you not. No extra cooling added, perfectly stable, no artifacts yet. 21.88's, WinXP. Should I keep going? I haven't been able to hit the ceiling for this card yet, and I'd like to get a feel for common Ti200 overclocks before I go on ahead and accidentally set my vid card en fuego. 🙂 Thanks!
 
A while ago there was an artifact testing program floating around, you might run that & see if it's genuinely artifact free. My GF2 that I was OCing at the time had no visible artifacts, but the program said otherwise. I reduced it to the highest artifact free speed & left it at that.

Also be careful with the memory OCing, you can permanently damage it (to the point it won't even run at stock speed) if you're not.

Sounds like a sweet card though, if I was a gamer I'd be drooling.

Viper GTS
 
Thanks for the info, Viper. Do you remember the name of the artifact testing program? And is it possible to damage your memory beyond repair like you said with it running reasonably cool, considering the machine is still stable and all? Just curious. 🙂
 
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I can't tell if the link still works, my work proxy blocks it.

Some people said it reported 0 artifacts but 3D had snow, others were like me & 3D looked OK but it reported artifacts. Your mileage may vary, no guarantees to it's accuracy (or even if it works).

What speed memory does the card have? If it's 4.0 ns it should be good for 500 MHz without breaking a sweat, 4.5 should go to 444, & 5 to 400.

Viper GTS
 
Ive got that same card coming in the mail. What exactly is an artifact? I take it its kinda like a hang and the program is like a burn in test?
 
An artifact is a little black or white spot that appears and disappears at random on your 3d images. It's better described as like snow on tv(on a channel that has nothing being broadcasted), but to a lesser extent.
They start to appear when the memory can't keep up, or the chip has reached its limit.

zs
 
Thanks thats exactly what I wanted to know. What have pny ti200 topped out at so far? I was planning on clocking mine to stock ti500 settings.
 
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