trying to OC AIW9600 n/p (for BF2) any help?

jmc7676 · Jun 9, 2006, 07:49 AM

PC> Asus A7n266-vm, AMD Athalon xp2000(1.67ghz), 1gig Kingston valuram, ATI AIW 9600 n/p (AGPx4)

I've been trying to OC my AIW 9600 non-pro for best performance (for BF2) and was looking for some pointers. I've read through pages of threads on various forums and done a little OC testing w/ new Omega ATI OC tool, d/l ATI OC utility, and been using 3dMark03 to test. I currently have my card set to 400mhz core/ 230mhz mem.

With ATI tray tool bench results were: 850.99
With 3dMark03 got score of around 3300 (I think)

When I tried BF2 I joined an empty server and was flying a heli and got some "black ground" patches but I think it was because I tired to use AA and shadowing settings when normally(default settings for vid card) I wouldn't. Other than that no problems except heat!
Can anyone inturpret these scores for a noob? (I believe in ever-noobness as there is always more to learn) Or maybe help point me in a good direction? Thx in advanced.

jmc7676 · Jun 9, 2006, 08:01 AM

P.S. any clue what "too" hot is for this card? It runs between 38-48 Celsius (w/no extra cooling just lots of fans)when testing w/ 3dmark03 and BF2 . good/bad?

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jun 9, 2006, 02:41 PM

Temperatures are good.

3300 is fine for a 9600 don't expect too much more out of it.

jmc7676 · Jun 9, 2006, 08:26 PM

thx hexdec...it's my first build pc and OC on anything. any clue if I could OC my cpu or would it even be worth it? I'm limited by my mobo on what I can OC (I think)

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jun 11, 2006, 01:50 AM

I'll assume your 2000+ is a Palomino from the temperatures and suggest not overclocking it, Palomino's run hot enough as it is and you won't get much headroom out of it

jmc7676 · Jun 11, 2006, 05:04 AM

yeah it's a Palomino core....had to use Sandra 2007 lite to find out....thx for the help if u can think of anything....OC memory (running PC3200 DDR400 Kingston ...i know it's cheap)? U Know anything about the drivers for this board > Asus A7N266-vm< trying to be sure that I got the best that I can...lol...hard to make a rock shiny though....thx again.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jun 11, 2006, 06:31 PM

As long as you've got the latest chipset drivers and you've made sure the video drivers are OK, short of spending a little money on the thing you won't get too too much more out of it.

One thing I could suggest is to put the RAM 1:1 with the FSB, most boards prefer that (except KT400 - KT600's). But I wouldn't try to OC the RAM.

Actually if you wanna get into it, you could try unlocking the CPU (easily done for Palomino's) then start wailing on the mobo and get the FSB and RAM up then OC the CPU as high as it will go. But that requires having a spare machine incase it all goes wrong

jmc7676 · Jun 12, 2006, 04:01 AM

the spare is a FreeBSD guinea pig....that ain't gonna work....I just though since it's my first build/first OC that I'd see just how far I could go before I see smoke

...thx again for the help Hex....u play BF2? If so hope to see ya on the 'field.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jun 12, 2006, 09:50 PM

Nah BF2 isn't much my style... once in a while at LAN parties but other than that I don't BF2 much. Right now I'm really into Guild Wars again

Jun 9, 2006, 07:49 AM	#1
jmc7676 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	trying to OC AIW9600 n/p (for BF2) any help? PC> Asus A7n266-vm, AMD Athalon xp2000(1.67ghz), 1gig Kingston valuram, ATI AIW 9600 n/p (AGPx4) I've been trying to OC my AIW 9600 non-pro for best performance (for BF2) and was looking for some pointers. I've read through pages of threads on various forums and done a little OC testing w/ new Omega ATI OC tool, d/l ATI OC utility, and been using 3dMark03 to test. I currently have my card set to 400mhz core/ 230mhz mem. With ATI tray tool bench results were: 850.99 With 3dMark03 got score of around 3300 (I think) When I tried BF2 I joined an empty server and was flying a heli and got some "black ground" patches but I think it was because I tired to use AA and shadowing settings when normally(default settings for vid card) I wouldn't. Other than that no problems except heat! Can anyone inturpret these scores for a noob? (I believe in ever-noobness as there is always more to learn) Or maybe help point me in a good direction? Thx in advanced. Last edited by jmc7676; Jun 9, 2006 at 07:55 AM.

Jun 9, 2006, 08:01 AM	Thread Starter #2
jmc7676 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	P.S. any clue what "too" hot is for this card? It runs between 38-48 Celsius (w/no extra cooling just lots of fans)when testing w/ 3dmark03 and BF2 . good/bad?

Jun 9, 2006, 02:41 PM	#3
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Temperatures are good. 3300 is fine for a 9600 don't expect too much more out of it.

Jun 9, 2006, 08:26 PM	Thread Starter #4
jmc7676 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	thx hexdec...it's my first build pc and OC on anything. any clue if I could OC my cpu or would it even be worth it? I'm limited by my mobo on what I can OC (I think)

Jun 11, 2006, 01:50 AM	#5
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	I'll assume your 2000+ is a Palomino from the temperatures and suggest not overclocking it, Palomino's run hot enough as it is and you won't get much headroom out of it

Jun 11, 2006, 05:04 AM	Thread Starter #6
jmc7676 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	yeah it's a Palomino core....had to use Sandra 2007 lite to find out....thx for the help if u can think of anything....OC memory (running PC3200 DDR400 Kingston ...i know it's cheap)? U Know anything about the drivers for this board > Asus A7N266-vm< trying to be sure that I got the best that I can...lol...hard to make a rock shiny though....thx again.

Jun 11, 2006, 06:31 PM	#7
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	As long as you've got the latest chipset drivers and you've made sure the video drivers are OK, short of spending a little money on the thing you won't get too too much more out of it. One thing I could suggest is to put the RAM 1:1 with the FSB, most boards prefer that (except KT400 - KT600's). But I wouldn't try to OC the RAM. Actually if you wanna get into it, you could try unlocking the CPU (easily done for Palomino's) then start wailing on the mobo and get the FSB and RAM up then OC the CPU as high as it will go. But that requires having a spare machine incase it all goes wrong

Jun 12, 2006, 04:01 AM	Thread Starter #8
jmc7676 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	the spare is a FreeBSD guinea pig....that ain't gonna work....I just though since it's my first build/first OC that I'd see just how far I could go before I see smoke ...thx again for the help Hex....u play BF2? If so hope to see ya on the 'field.

Jun 12, 2006, 09:50 PM	#9
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Nah BF2 isn't much my style... once in a while at LAN parties but other than that I don't BF2 much. Right now I'm really into Guild Wars again