Overclocking a TNT2 Ultra?

[Mosh]

I know the card is a little old but my previous cpu wasn't able to push my Diamond v770 TNT2 Ultra to its limits. I'm using 'coolbits' and the sliders have a default setting of 150/183 speed wise.
Anybody know how far I can push these and stay stable?

Thanks,
Mosh

 

[mitaiwan82]

how did you get those crazy numbers? it almost looks like a GF2 MX @ 175/166...I didn't know TNT2 went up that high. Try another program like Powerstrip and see if that says the same thing...you can also overclock w/ Powerstrip

Edit: Nevermind!!! I was being stupid and just read that the TNT2 Ultra's have a 150/183 default clock...my bad

 

[Biggs]

Try putting on a better HSF and adding ramsinks to get even higher gains.

 

[PliotronX]

Unlike the GeForce line of cards, overclocking the cores of the TnT2s are more important than overclocking the memory. So it's completely luck of the draw on how good of a core you got. My Creative Labs TnT2U made it up to 180/235 completely stable with a Tennmax Lasagna BGA cooler. Some people have gotten their TnT2 cores up to above 200Mhz. So there's no way of knowing until you try it. Just keep in mind artifacts are a sign of overheating so don't leave your core/memory at a clock that artifacts show up even if it's stable as a rock. Good luck.

 

[Guygye]

i got mine up to 190/220 stable but I don't run it at that because I don't really see the benefits in the games i play.