Overclocking my gf4ti4200 128 mb

[alea35]

i got an aopen geforce 4 ti4200 128 mb. when i overclock the most i can get is 300/483.the site that reviewed this card said they got 310/550.so i think mine is incredibly slow compared to that.would getting ram sinks for my card help alot?i looked at the thermal take cooling kit but they only give 4 memory coolers. 2 front and 2 back.but looking at my card and theres 4 front and 4 back. how can i help my cause?i only get about 9400 in 3dmark with my system:

athlon xp 1900+
512 mb ddr ram
ecs k7s5a

thanks

edit:grammar

 

[Megatomic]

I find it odd that you can't get 500MHz DDR when you o/c your card. AFAIK all GF4 Ti 4200 come with 4ns or faster DDR chips and 4ns DDR chips are rated to up to 500MHz DDR for normal operation. I got the 500MHz with no trouble at all. I did attach ramsinks after the fact on my own 4200 but only because I had them.

What method are you using to overclock? I reflashed my video card's BIOS to 500MHz and don't need to use Coolbits. This took a small amount of work but it was relatively easy to do. Maybe you could try this. PM me if you need help with this if you are interested in trying.

 

[sep]

SeekingTao, I thought I read somewhere that the 128MB could come with 4.5ns allowing the 444MHz default memory speed? This has been one reason I wanted to make sure I got one that I know is at least 4ns.

Please post "What method are you using to overclock?"

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: sep
SeekingTao, I thought I read somewhere that the 128MB could come with 4.5ns allowing the 444MHz default memory speed? This has been one reason I wanted to make sure I got one that I know is at least 4ns.

Please post "What method are you using to overclock?"

I would have to say that a GF4 Ti 4200 with 4.5 nsec memory would be a sad card. I haven't seen one or seen one reviewed though that doesn't disprove their existance.

I have posted my overclock method as it's own thread right here!