Video card not maintaining OC speeds

[SneakyStuff]

Hey everyone, im running the latest cats off the ATI website (the 4.12's I believe) and i'm overclocking using ATI tool. ATI tool tells me that the card is OC'd when I check it, but if I check AIDA32 after a restart or bootup, under GPU properties, it tells me my card is at stock speeds. Is this a misread on AIDA's part, or is something wrong here? Any ideas would be nice, and if you've had an experience like this, that would be even better.

 

[SneakyStuff]

I've had this problem twice, even with my old card, nobody responds to this thread... EVER!

edit: by anabling toe ATItool at startup, it seemed to fix the problem, but does anybody know what could have caused that in the first place? I started noticing it after I installed the 4.12 cats

 

[Fern]

Try the Rage 3D Tweak. Get it HERE

Can't comment about the ATI Tool, don't use it. But the above OC proggie definately works

Fern

 

[otispunkmeyer]

what about the omega drivers...they have radlinker built in them

check ur speeds with everest or sandra jus to check AIDA isnt messing up

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: SneakyStuff
I've had this problem twice, even with my old card, nobody responds to this thread... EVER!

edit: by anabling toe ATItool at startup, it seemed to fix the problem, but does anybody know what could have caused that in the first place? I started noticing it after I installed the 4.12 cats

i think thats the problem with all software OC'ing isnt it? if u dont have the program running then it wont overclock

 

[kamranziadar]

You need to install Omega drivers because factory drivers won;t let you overclock.

 

[SneakyStuff]

Originally posted by: kamranziadar
You need to install Omega drivers because factory drivers won;t let you overclock.

I thought that was only up to the 9600 series