OC GF2MX with BlueOrb? [NEW Q]= MAJOR artifacting, clipping, etc. at all settings! :(

[joshdoe]

Wow, did that make me nervous. I've never done much hands on work with OC'ing, except for putting a FOP-32-1 on a Duron with a thermal pad. I just got a BlueOrb, affixing it with thermal grease and pushpins. I think I'm ready to OC this baby. Anyone have any recommendations on how far to go? It's just a OEM Visiontek geForce2 MX. Thanks to all

GO down for new QUESTION, please

 

[tweakr]

The GF2 MX's are held back by their memory. Start off by overclocking the memory by 10mhz each step, testing each new speed with a level of QuakeIII/UT/Half life or whatever. Once you get "snow", back down to the previous speed and leave it be. If you notice any artifacts, turn the memory clock down again. Overclocking the Mx core doesn't really afford much performance improvements, but if you want to overclock it anyway, go up in 10mhz bumps again, until the card hangs in-game, or "snow" appears again. Clock it back down to a stable level, and play on ....

cheers
tweakr

 

[joshdoe]

Thanks, I'll try that.

NEW QUESTION
I've tried out the settings in 'Coolbits.' I've gone both settings to the max, which hangs my computer, and to the min. At any setting I have it, Quake 3 Arena goes all screwy. After underclocking it to 155/145, I get some major artifacting, clipping, etc. Checkout some snaps here:

http://www.sover.net/~copcvt/shot0001.jpg 52k

http://www.sover.net/~copcvt/shot0006.jpg 57k

It has this same result from min to max(without crashing). What is going on? I thought a blue orb would fix the artifacting I'd been experiencing, in both Q3A, UT, etc. Anybody? This is frustrating me to no end.

 

[Maverick2002]

how to OC mod it you mean? eheheh.....just so happens i just got done posting a How To guide on my hardware site using a blorb and some ramsinks (pics included)

this is the main page
here you will find a link to the how to guide .... hope you like it....