Overclocking?

[buddhika]

How to overclock a Riva TNT2

what softwares can be used to overclock a Riva TNT2????
can a VGA killed by O/c ing? or how can I know the limit of overclocking for this card?
Please give instructions to Overclock this Card
Thanks

 

[Cheetah8799]

Not sure how to OC that model, but you can kill a video card by overclocking. When it gets too hot, it can die. You'll know when you are too hot because you will see artifacts or glitches in the display, or it might stop working in the middle of a 3D intensive game/app. When that happens, you need to lower your overclock settings.

 

[Cheetah8799]

Not sure how to OC that model, but you can kill a video card by overclocking. When it gets too hot, it can die. You'll know when you are too hot because you will see artifacts or glitches in the display, or it might stop working in the middle of a 3D intensive game/app. When that happens, you need to lower your overclock settings.

 

[imported_NoGodForMe]

On a card that old, you may want to replace the fan with a new one. Fans on older cards usually stop working, and then the card fries. Compusa sells a chipset fan with heatsink and paste for $10.
Since that card is a TNT2, I imaging the default Nvidia drivers will work with it. To OC it, you use the "Coolbits" hack to unlock the overclock utility. To do this, you edit the registry, or you download a .REG file and run it, which adds the key to the registry for you. Search Yahoo or Google for the word "Coolbits" and you'll find it. Once you have the hack done, you click on Display, Settings, Advanced, the NVidia tab. and a menu should appear to the side of the window. One of the choices is Overclocking Frequencies.