RS480 Owners: Can you Overclock the onboard graphics?

[SuperFreaky]

I'm testing out the MSI varient and was just messing with this setting in the BIOS. You can change it from 200Mhz to 350Mhz. The board seems to run fine at 350Mhz, but I don't really notice any improvements.

Admittedly, my testing method is just loading up HL2 at 1024x768 with Med/Med settings and watch the FPS counter, but I figured I should see a difference if this is really adjusting the GFX clock by almost double.

 

[The Green Bean]

use 3Dmark 05 to see the the difference...Or use fraps

But that I think is the AGP clock settings...not the core speed

 

[DanDaMan315]

Integrated is Integrated is Integrated.

 

[SuperFreaky]

Originally posted by: DanDaMan315
Integrated is Integrated is Integrated.

very insightful

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: SuperFreaky

Originally posted by: DanDaMan315
Integrated is Integrated is Integrated.

very insightful

But so true.

 

[SuperFreaky]

Well, I've never seen integrated graphics that can run a game as new as HL like this.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: SuperFreaky
Well, I've never seen integrated graphics that can run a game as new as HL like this.

well its bascially a x300 isnt it thats stuffed under the chipset HSF, yeah you would see an increase specially since you nearly doubled the clock but the problem is.....system ram

your severely limited by bandwidth simply because the onboard gpu uses system ram to store stuff DDR2 or not it wont be any where near as good as having its own dedicted memory on a 128bit/256bit bus

you have to share system ram, which have higher latencies, and share system bandwidth too.

doesnt matter how fast its clocked if the infomations not there for it to use on time

 

[ND40oz]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer

Originally posted by: SuperFreaky
Well, I've never seen integrated graphics that can run a game as new as HL like this.

well its bascially a x300 isnt it thats stuffed under the chipset HSF, yeah you would see an increase specially since you nearly doubled the clock but the problem is.....system ram

your severely limited by bandwidth simply because the onboard gpu uses system ram to store stuff DDR2 or not it wont be any where near as good as having its own dedicted memory on a 128bit/256bit bus

you have to share system ram, which have higher latencies, and share system bandwidth too.

doesnt matter how fast its clocked if the infomations not there for it to use on time

You don't have to share memory on Jetways 480 -Pro board, it has 32 megs on the mb dedicated to the video. Granted it's not a lot, but it should help out in 3d.

 

[SuperFreaky]

Originally posted by: ND40oz

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer

Originally posted by: SuperFreaky
Well, I've never seen integrated graphics that can run a game as new as HL like this.

well its bascially a x300 isnt it thats stuffed under the chipset HSF, yeah you would see an increase specially since you nearly doubled the clock but the problem is.....system ram

your severely limited by bandwidth simply because the onboard gpu uses system ram to store stuff DDR2 or not it wont be any where near as good as having its own dedicted memory on a 128bit/256bit bus

you have to share system ram, which have higher latencies, and share system bandwidth too.

doesnt matter how fast its clocked if the infomations not there for it to use on time

You don't have to share memory on Jetways 480 -Pro board, it has 32 megs on the mb dedicated to the video. Granted it's not a lot, but it should help out in 3d.

Is that true of all 3 of these?