Newbie question about GF3!

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A GF3 ti 200, ti 500 & a regular GF3 are all identical in terms of performance except for their clock and mem right? So, if you overclock a gF 3 ti 200 to 240/50 it will be exactly the same as a GF 3 ti 500 (not including any extra features that may be specific to a vendor like 3d glasses included with it or vivo)? I think this is the case but I need to know for sure

 

[jonmcc33]

Yes, but not all GeForce3 Ti 200s are capable of that core clock speed.

I have a Visiontek Xtasy 6564 4401 release (with 3.8ns RAM) and my core only reaches 225MHz stable. My memory however has reached 535MHz stable.

 

[boyRacer]

Maybe you need better cooling? Mine couldnt reach 240 until i put a blorb on it... i know the memory could probably go higher but i kept it at 500 specs.

 

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I'm running 215/500 on each now. I haven't tried any higher (I have the MSI card) because other than running a loop of 3dmark2001 I don't really know how to test for total stability. I've been playing war3 so far with no problems on this card but I'd hardly call that much of a way to push the card.

 

[Jman13]

Like jonmcc said, you are correct. You will almost certainly be able to reach original GF3 levels with a ti 200 (200/460), but the ti500 realm is more of a toss-up. My Visiontek reaches 230/530 stable. I figure that the 10MHz on the core is probably close to made up for by the 30 MHz on the mem, so it is essentially ti500 levels.

However, I don't run at that speed because I don' t need it right now, so I run between the original GF3 and the ti500 levels (I call it ti400 levels). I run at 215 core 490 mem, except when I benchmark.

 

[Comp625]

Does the theory that overclocking the core doesn't help performance much, still exist with the GF3/GF4 cards?

Because on my GF2, overclocking the core only increases performance by like 1 or 2 fps. O/Cing the mem is much better because of my GF2's memory bandwith bottleneck. Why can't you leave your core low and have your mem high (eg 200/550 instead of 225/535).

 

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Here is what anand has to say about clock vs mem on the GF3... here