9600 Pro Overclocking Inquiry

Wrathman · Jul 8, 2003, 09:10 PM

Hi everybody... just new to this board here.

I just bought an ATI RADEON 9600 PRO and am currently using the OMEGA DRIVERS 2.4.60
Along with the drivers came the Radclock utility for overclocking the card. Before I go and play with the speeds, I just wanted to know if any of you have the same card and what kinds of successes you've had with overclocking.

Any info (driver and speeds) would be much appreciated. This is my first ATI vid card, so I'm not too sure what to expect in the overclocking field. I've tried doing research, but all the review sites I've been to all have sample boards

Well... thanks in advance. As soon as I get more experience with ATI boards, I'll hopefully be able to help you guys out as well.

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MOBO: MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2600+
RAM: 1x 512MB Elixir PC2700 DDR333
VIDEO: ATI RADEON 9600 PRO
SOUND: nForce2 onboard sound (Dolby Digital 5.1)

untweaked1 · Jul 9, 2003, 07:51 PM

I get 470/680 out of mine.

if you haven't already check out the forums at www.rage3d.com
it's all about ati!

Jul 11, 2003, 10:04 AM

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Originally posted by untweaked1
I get 470/680 out of mine.

if you haven't already check out the forums at www.rage3d.com
it's all about ati!

urgh rage3d, the flame fest board. There are PLENTY of people to help you here !

Zardon · Jul 11, 2003, 10:13 AM

Firstly welcome to Driverheaven, nice to see new faces.

Several applications you can use for this are either Rage3dtweak or powerstrip, which should once installed give you the accurate default clock speeds for both core and memory speeds. And both offer an overclocking tab for both these options. Remember that Powerstrip will throw up a reminder message to pay for and will become annoying after a while so rage3dtweak is probably your best bet for the meantime.

When overclocking I suggest you install 3dmark2001se if you havent already and set it to "bench" on nature test 4 as this is a good graphics card test and will quickly show any problems with overclocking.

Raise your core and memory speeds slowly and run nature test 4 watching out for graphic errors, sparklies or lines appearing in this test. This is a good indication you are overstressing the card and if you see these, just lower to the last settings.

The 9600 pro I have hits over 500 core 24/7 but of course every card is different and you will get different results, but the good news is the card you have is a great overclocker and runs reasonably cool due to the 0.13 arch and you will be able to hit alot higher speeds than the defaults.

Good luck and let us know how it goes !

~~craig588~~ · Jul 11, 2003, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zardon
Firstly welcome to Driverheaven, nice to see new faces.
The 9600 pro I have hits over 500 core 24/7 but of course every card is different and you will get different results, but the good news is the card you have is a great overclocker and runs reasonably cool due to the 0.13 arch and you will be able to hit alot higher speeds than the defaults.

Why did you buy an R9600pro?

Jul 8, 2003, 09:10 PM	#1
Wrathman DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	9600 Pro Overclocking Inquiry Hi everybody... just new to this board here. I just bought an ATI RADEON 9600 PRO and am currently using the OMEGA DRIVERS 2.4.60 Along with the drivers came the Radclock utility for overclocking the card. Before I go and play with the speeds, I just wanted to know if any of you have the same card and what kinds of successes you've had with overclocking. Any info (driver and speeds) would be much appreciated. This is my first ATI vid card, so I'm not too sure what to expect in the overclocking field. I've tried doing research, but all the review sites I've been to all have sample boards Well... thanks in advance. As soon as I get more experience with ATI boards, I'll hopefully be able to help you guys out as well. ==================== MOBO: MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2600+ RAM: 1x 512MB Elixir PC2700 DDR333 VIDEO: ATI RADEON 9600 PRO SOUND: nForce2 onboard sound (Dolby Digital 5.1)

Jul 9, 2003, 07:51 PM	#2
untweaked1 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	I get 470/680 out of mine. if you haven't already check out the forums at www.rage3d.com it's all about ati!

Jul 11, 2003, 10:13 AM	#4
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Firstly welcome to Driverheaven, nice to see new faces. Several applications you can use for this are either Rage3dtweak or powerstrip, which should once installed give you the accurate default clock speeds for both core and memory speeds. And both offer an overclocking tab for both these options. Remember that Powerstrip will throw up a reminder message to pay for and will become annoying after a while so rage3dtweak is probably your best bet for the meantime. When overclocking I suggest you install 3dmark2001se if you havent already and set it to "bench" on nature test 4 as this is a good graphics card test and will quickly show any problems with overclocking. Raise your core and memory speeds slowly and run nature test 4 watching out for graphic errors, sparklies or lines appearing in this test. This is a good indication you are overstressing the card and if you see these, just lower to the last settings. The 9600 pro I have hits over 500 core 24/7 but of course every card is different and you will get different results, but the good news is the card you have is a great overclocker and runs reasonably cool due to the 0.13 arch and you will be able to hit alot higher speeds than the defaults. Good luck and let us know how it goes !