Overclocking p2.4c

[ronnn]

My system: Asus p4p800, 2 x 256mb kingston 3500 hyperx, p2.4c, Audigy 2 oem, Seagate iv 80gb, viewsonic 95f+, monsoon mh 205 speakers, Radeon 9700pro oem(at default speeds), antec sonota case.

I locked the AGP at 66/33, fbs at 250 at 5/4 memory. timings at 2-3-3-8, my cpu showed at 3000 cycles. Prime 95 ran well. I ran 3dmark 2001 se, scored 15825 - my previous high not overclocked was 15,200. I played nfshp2 and had a funny slow down when I changed cars and it felt like I was driving slow when at high speeds, but rebooted the game and all worked well. I then set the 9700 pro at 351/351 and scored 5250 on 3dmark 2003, previous high not overclocked was 4800.
cpu temp 47 load and 30 idle, mb temp 30, but I do not place much stock in the accuracy of the asus probe. I had q fan on, so none of my fans were running at full speed.

I want to get a zalman hsf and heatpipe for the video card and then overclock on a regular basis - as nsfhp2 did run better.

my questions are - do the results on 3dmark seem reasonable.
Was the slow down on nfshp2 oc related?
Are my settings ok.
Should I be running any other stability tests (ie memory)?
Anything else I should know, before I burn out my system?

 

[Kenny1234]

your overclocked 2k1 scores seem a little low. Your problem in nfshp2 might be heat related. Your ram should run at that speed easily but if you want to make sure you can un memtest.

 

[ronnn]

thanks, 2001 se was taken with only the cpu overclocked, not the video card. I think I score a little low in it in general, not sure why. I agree heat may be a problem - so I will get a zalman cnps 7000 hsf - so I can get better cooling without the noise.