Using Radlink to Overclock Help PLZ

usmarine · Jun 6, 2005, 01:58 PM

Hello,

I have a Gateway laptop with the fiollowing specs:

AMD Athlon 64-bit 3200+ Mobile Processor Operates at 2.0GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache; HyperTransport technology up to 1600MHz Full duplex
L2 Cache 1 MB
333 MHz PC2700 DDR SODIMM 1 GB
ATI® Mobility RADEON™ 9600 w/64 MB memory Supports 2.0 shaders

Now I have played SH3 with full graphics, SWAT 4, UT2004, Brothers in Arms, Call of Duty, HL2 etc..without any slow down in video preformance.

Now I want to know if using Radlink will boost the memory and overall preformance.

Battlefield 2 states that you need a 128mb card. Based on the above info can overclocking this card give me the boost I need to run BF2? If so what should I set the setting to without damaging my card?

Thanks

thegave · Jun 6, 2005, 03:38 PM

overclocking your videocard will definitely not give you the performance boost that an extra 64mb of vram will, but every little bit helps. I think your processor is powerful enough to compensate though. What that does mean is that you will have to make a lot of compromises to visual quality in order to get a reasonable fps. I'm pretty sure there will be very thorough tweaking guides available shortly after the game's release to help you squeeze every last frame out of any computer

Aligokalppeker · Jun 7, 2005, 01:36 PM

Yes,in fact using tweak guides related with game increases performance more than card tweaks.That also has other benefits , tweaking your card may cause incompabilities with other games but tweaking a game's engine doesn't affect other games.Also tweaking games doesn't have risk to damage your hardware.Nowadays most released games with powerful engines (DOOM3 engine,Unreal 2,Half Life 2) includes tweaks related with your hardware,also some of other games have.For example SWAT4 is made with Unreal2 engine with some improvements.

redsolar · Jun 7, 2005, 04:36 PM

You still should be able to play BF2, I would highly doubt the 128MB would be a requirement, more likely "recommended" specs. There are still a lot of people with 64MB cards, and I am sure Electronic Arts would not want to lose those customers.

Jun 6, 2005, 01:58 PM	#1
usmarine DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Using Radlink to Overclock Help PLZ Hello, I have a Gateway laptop with the fiollowing specs: AMD Athlon 64-bit 3200+ Mobile Processor Operates at 2.0GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache; HyperTransport technology up to 1600MHz Full duplex L2 Cache 1 MB 333 MHz PC2700 DDR SODIMM 1 GB ATI® Mobility RADEON™ 9600 w/64 MB memory Supports 2.0 shaders Now I have played SH3 with full graphics, SWAT 4, UT2004, Brothers in Arms, Call of Duty, HL2 etc..without any slow down in video preformance. Now I want to know if using Radlink will boost the memory and overall preformance. Battlefield 2 states that you need a 128mb card. Based on the above info can overclocking this card give me the boost I need to run BF2? If so what should I set the setting to without damaging my card? Thanks

Jun 7, 2005, 04:36 PM	#4
redsolar Off duty Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, USA Posts: 1,242 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	You still should be able to play BF2, I would highly doubt the 128MB would be a requirement, more likely "recommended" specs. There are still a lot of people with 64MB cards, and I am sure Electronic Arts would not want to lose those customers. __________________ Real_Men_Do_Not_Use_Space_Bar Main rig: Intel Core i7 930 @ 4.0 Ghz \| Corsair H50 Push/Pull \| 12GB OCZ DDR3 \| ASUS Radeon HD 5850 \| 3x 1TB Samsung F3 RAID5 on Dell PERC 5i SAS + 1TB Hitachi \| MSI X58 Pro-e \| 850W Antec Truepower Quattro \| RocketFish by Lian Li Full Tower Case \| Gateway XHD3000 30" LCD \| Dell 2408WFP 24" LCD \| Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD \| Logitech Z-5500 Speakers \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Laptop: Samsung x360-34P \| Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4 GHz \| 4GB DDR3 \| 128GB Samsung SSD \| Intel 4500M w/ HDMI \| WiFi \| Bluetooth \| 13.3" WLED 1280x800 \| Windows 7 Professional x64

Jun 6, 2005, 03:38 PM	#2
thegave -=[DHzer0point Team]=- Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 96 Rep Power: 0	overclocking your videocard will definitely not give you the performance boost that an extra 64mb of vram will, but every little bit helps. I think your processor is powerful enough to compensate though. What that does mean is that you will have to make a lot of compromises to visual quality in order to get a reasonable fps. I'm pretty sure there will be very thorough tweaking guides available shortly after the game's release to help you squeeze every last frame out of any computer

Jun 7, 2005, 01:36 PM	#3
Aligokalppeker DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: TR Posts: 184 Rep Power: 0	Yes,in fact using tweak guides related with game increases performance more than card tweaks.That also has other benefits , tweaking your card may cause incompabilities with other games but tweaking a game's engine doesn't affect other games.Also tweaking games doesn't have risk to damage your hardware.Nowadays most released games with powerful engines (DOOM3 engine,Unreal 2,Half Life 2) includes tweaks related with your hardware,also some of other games have.For example SWAT4 is made with Unreal2 engine with some improvements.