simple video card overclock question

[fluxquantum]

hello. i own a gainward geforce 3 ti-200. i have been able to overclock to 220/480. i just want to get a little more out of this card. my cpu is a 1.6(a) overclocked to 2.0 on an asus p4t-e. does overclocking the cpu affect the ability to overclock the video card?

 

[AnAndAustin]

Well all you can do is raise the RAM and core speeds bit by bit and then back off a couple of notches when glitches appear. It's worth trying RAM first and then core and vice versa to see if there's any diff. Some people have found diff utils help to achieve a higher o/c, haven't a clue how.

Anyway, o/c'ing your CPU is very unlikely to limit the gfx card's ability to o/c. The main reasons why this could happen are excess heat (poor case airflow/ventilation or raising voltages) or PCI/AGP clock speed running very far from the standard 33/66. You could try setting your CPU back to defaults and see if you get a little more from your gfx card, unless the game is very CPU dependent most of the CPU o/c will be wasted anyway. Not to knock the GF3 they are still very fine cards and not really worth upgrading from yet.

 

[fluxquantum]

thanks for your reply. i have been able to push the video card a bit further. now i am at 225/492. i also flashed the p4t-e bios with the p4t533-c bios and things are great. i have been able to get my cpu to 2.3 GHz.