OCing my older video card

[SrGuapo]

I just built my new system (see sig) and I am using my ancient 9200SE until I get enough $$$ for a 6800gt. I figured to tide me over, I would OC the card a bit. I installed the omega drivers and Riva tuner, and I OCed my card's core to 300 MHz and the memory to 250Mhz (500 effective). I raised my aquamark3 score from 810 to 1287, but I notice tons of artifacting in that and LOTR:Battle for Middle Earth.

Basically, is there any way to stop the artifacting besides slowing the clock down? Is it possible to raise the video card voltage, and would that even help? This is my first graphics overclock, so be gentle. Also, are there any other things I could do to increase my graphics performance a bit?

Thanks!

 

[Kalessian]

Last thing you want to do if your card is already too hot is overvolt it.

The way I see it, your only choices are to bring the clocks back down or to get better cooling.

Please say that's 810 for gfx card score. Not 810 overall.... lol

 

[imported_MadMac]

I would take the passive cooler off, apply some good thermal paste, and add a active cooling solution. I would only do this if you had the parts laying around.

You need to just go out and get your self a OEM 9600 for like 80 dollars. That would blow the socks off the 9200se. Also it would bring you into the Directx 9 age.

 

[SrGuapo]

I will be buying a 6800gt in the next couple of weeks (payday is next saturday). I just want to tide myself over a little and learn a little without risking a $400 piece of hardware... I am running the ATI tool thing now to find the max core and mem clocks and see how that does...

Thanks for the advice!

Edit: Yes, that is 810 graphics. My overall score went from around 7800 to 11800...

 

[imported_MadMac]

Well if your getting a 6800gt then you can really play with that card.

Heck you could do what a friend of mine did. He just slaped on a 80mm fan to the top of the passive heatsink. Basically he just took some long cable ties and secured it to the card. It worked and the 9200se overclocked higher than it could before at a much lower temp. I don't remember how far he got it too though.

Ugly solution, but effective. He is not one of those people that likes windowed cases.

 

[mwmorph]

funny, because i have a 92mm case fan attached to my rage pro and it ocs to 2x core and 1.75x ram no problem. running at 150/175 now.

 

[SrGuapo]

Sounds like a cool idea, but I don't have any spae fans laying around and I really don't want to waste money on this card. ATITool set the max core and mem frequency to 265.5 Mhz, 235 Mhz (respectively). I will run Aquamark3 again and see if there are any artifacts and what my score is...