Need Help overclocking Radeon 8500DV

[Darkhsun]

Hi, I jst got the Radeon 8500 All in Wonder card, and I'm really disappointed at the slow clock speeds.

I need someone who has had experience with this card, to help me get the most out of this card.

I traded up an original Asus Geforce3 for this card, now I'm wondering if that was a mistake?

thanks.

Rig:
Dual AMD Athlon 1700+ MP Processors
Tyan Tiger S2460 Mobo
Lian-Li PC70 Full tower Aluminum server case
Enermax 465watt "Whisper" switching PSU
512MB Crucial PC2100 266mhx DDR RAM
ATI Radeon 8500 All in Wonder
Sound Blaster Live! Audigy Platinum
Lite-on 16X DVD-ROM
TDK 12x10x32 CD-RW
Windows XP Pro

 

[Mltsao]

PowerStrip

Wow you got a really nice trade. That Radeon 8500DV is worth at least 100 dollars more

 

[Darkhsun]

Well, i didn't mean it literally........I didn't actually give the Geforce3 to someone, and they gave me the 8500 in return........it's just a figure of speech. I bought the 8500.

 

[Darkhsun]

Anyone? come on, there's gotta be someone with experience in this area.

 

[Pabster]

I run 260/210 with no trouble. Just use PowerStrip.

 

[mrman3k]

Go to Rage3D http://www.rage3d.com/radeon/r3dtweak/, they have this tweak program that will allow you to overclock the 8500 or any Radeon card, just try testing to see how high you can go. I would recommend buying some copper ramsinks and ASII Epoxy to put on the RAM chips. Then you can put it up to probably 275/275, would be my guess. The Radeon's tend to run fairly cool so it has a lot of potential.