My GF4 Ti4200 numbers...do I need to break the card in?

MrMiyagi

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I was reading a really good thread here earlier about OC'ing Ti4200's. It helped me get a perspective as to what numbers I might try out and expect. Anyway, I was just wondering, can I OC this piece right away to the max? I know some people stated they were "working their way toward" higher numbers. Is this breaking in recommended for saftey, and for higher numbers?

It's a BFG tech 128 mb GF4 Ti4200 I got at BB for cheap. Stock it runs at 250/513 . I know that in the other thread somone had this card at 315/560. Right now I've put it at 280/540 without problems. I could prolly go higher in the core, but RivaTuner wont let me go past 540 for the mem. I hit "test" and it does fine, but when I hit "apply" it shoots back down to 540 mem (core sticks though). Does this mean that's where I'm stuck permanently for the mem??

Thanks!

Miyagi
 

MrMiyagi

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I've got coolbits, but haven't tried it yet. I was under the impression (from the posts on this board) that RivaTuner was the best. Anyone else have any info re: my original post?

Thanks Cerberus, I'll need to try that.
 

Jeff7181

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I use EXPERTool... utility that came with my Gainward Ti4200... I'm running at 273/546 stable... use to have it at 280/550 but it wasn't stable.
 

GUN

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I'm sceptical about breaking-in a piece of silicone. It has no will...it works or it doesn't.

Save yourself time, go to the max, see if it works, if it doesn't, back down.

 

MrMiyagi

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I was playing with RivaTuner some more and realized that it's not stuck at 540 mem. I just can't clock it anywhere between 540 - 567. I put it at like 455, and it made it go to 567. Works fine, but I'm wondering how much further I can push this ;)

nothing wrong with it though at 288/567
 

Viremia

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BTW, don't trust the "TEST" feature of Rivatuner to ensure a stable o/c. Run a program that is hard on the GPU like 3DMark, UT2k3 or BF1942. If it is stable on those programs, then it is stable.

I gotta love my Albatron 4200 Turbo: 310/650 (with headroom)