Overclocking GeForce 4

DriveEuro · Oct 22, 2002, 06:17 AM

So I have a GeForce 4 PNY 64mb card. What is better for overclocking? Overclock the RAM or the GPU? I can't seem to get decent results...I overclocked the GPU to 300 and RAM to 550 and it made my games run smooth then sporadically studder. I can't get any good number going that give me a good 3dMark score. Does anyone have any good ratios or values to use for decent results? Thanks in advance.

Ryoko · Oct 23, 2002, 05:21 AM

clock both settings up until you start getting artifacts. clock it down 1 notch, then clock each one up individually (also until you get artifacts). basically, either of them will give you a speed increase, and they don't really have to be porportional. just overclock it till it bleeds

DLD · Nov 11, 2002, 02:31 AM

I think it would be better to maintain the existing ratio and to raise both values up for 10%. It should give you about 10% increase in fps and yet card won't get too hot.
If you have some good additional cooling device(s), you can go up to the 20%. I wouldn't go any further than that, 'cause it is not only the problem of whether the card can endure it or not but also the problem of the AGP's supply-line, motherboard controlers etc. .

[CTG]ChAoS · Jan 16, 2003, 12:49 AM

You're lucky. The highest I can attain is 290/500 if I go higher with the mem I get terrible artifacts.

Chaos · Jan 16, 2003, 02:20 AM

I found once I added a Tt Copper VGA cooler to the GPU and an old set of alluminum ram sinks ( my first online purchase ) things improved dramatically. The bigest difference was in the core overclocking I gained with the copper cooler. My MSI Ti 4200 maxes out @ 315/615 and my best 3DMark result was 11395

nz_skater · Jan 20, 2003, 04:24 AM

I'm also thinking about overclocking my Chaintech GF4Ti4200. Say I go up in 10% increments, will it start to become unstable before there's any risk of damaging the card?

DriveEuro · Jan 20, 2003, 06:12 AM

just keep going till it gets unstable. I have mine right now at 285/600.... I've ran it at 290/600 but it is LESS stable at that higher speed, even with an extra fan blowing on it.

skipparoo · Jan 21, 2003, 02:35 AM

avoid overclocking; way too many abnormalities when doing so

ToshiroOC · Jan 21, 2003, 03:00 AM

Well, if you overclock properly, then there won't be a problem... just keep going in small paces and pieces until you get unstable, then back down a notch or two...

DriveEuro · Jan 21, 2003, 05:00 AM

Right now 287/600 and it killls!!!! 12000 marks.

fornicatarachnid · Jan 27, 2003, 05:36 PM

I noticed you're using the older 41.09 drivers instead of the 4201's. Are the older set

faster for you ?

DriveEuro · Jan 27, 2003, 07:31 PM

Well.... When I run any drivers above the 41.09 they get weird in this little puzzle game I got....called snood. If I run above the 41.09 the snood game runs so slow....i don't know why.....No AA of AF. It's just a simple 2D puzzle game that you can play on a card with 2mb VRAM.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jan 27, 2003, 07:52 PM

better yet try the 42.70s

DriveEuro · Jan 27, 2003, 07:55 PM

But still.. I tried the 42.01 and the 42.70......they both did that to my games.....aside from that I see no worthwhile gain in games to keep anything beyond the 41.09.

fornicatarachnid · Jan 27, 2003, 07:57 PM

I did a bit of playing about with the clock settings of my Ti4600 today.

Running 3DMark 2001 with the standard settings of 300/650 I normally get around

13500 points. With careful O/Clocking I managed to get it up 14179.

This was with

the settings tweaked to 325/710. If I go any higher it becomes unstable and crashes.

Maybe with extra cooling I could squeeze more out of it but I'm more than happy with

my results so far.

sacrilius · Jan 27, 2003, 08:44 PM

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The_Neon_Cowboy · Jan 28, 2003, 04:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by sacrilius
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DriveEuro · Jan 28, 2003, 05:09 AM

Talk about spam.......geez. You guys are horrible.

ToshiroOC · Jan 28, 2003, 05:11 AM

You just posted a spammy one liner telling them that they were spamming DriveEuro - do you see a hint of irony anywhere?

DriveEuro · Jan 28, 2003, 05:14 AM

I'm mearly telling them that their post was pointless and needless. I'd PM them but when you are downloading on a 56k modem and surfing I can't. It takes 2-4 minutes to load up a PM page when I have 2 or 3 downloads going. I can't stand waiting that long.

fornicatarachnid · Jan 28, 2003, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DriveEuro
I'm mearly telling them that their post was pointless and needless..

How was it pointless ? They were only posting a link that some people might find

useful

DriveEuro · Jan 28, 2003, 04:13 PM

But they were posting it in a thread about GeForce 4 cards..... It had no purpose in here....see? AHHHH Nevermind.

Oct 22, 2002, 06:17 AM	#1
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Overclocking GeForce 4 So I have a GeForce 4 PNY 64mb card. What is better for overclocking? Overclock the RAM or the GPU? I can't seem to get decent results...I overclocked the GPU to 300 and RAM to 550 and it made my games run smooth then sporadically studder. I can't get any good number going that give me a good 3dMark score. Does anyone have any good ratios or values to use for decent results? Thanks in advance. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Jan 16, 2003, 12:49 AM	#4
[CTG]ChAoS DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	You're lucky. The highest I can attain is 290/500 if I go higher with the mem I get terrible artifacts. __________________ http://www.botanicbeauty.co.uk/FLASH/SIGNATURES/chaossig.jpg

Jan 16, 2003, 02:20 AM	#5
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	I found once I added a Tt Copper VGA cooler to the GPU and an old set of alluminum ram sinks ( my first online purchase ) things improved dramatically. The bigest difference was in the core overclocking I gained with the copper cooler. My MSI Ti 4200 maxes out @ 315/615 and my best 3DMark result was 11395 __________________

Jan 20, 2003, 06:12 AM	Thread Starter #7
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	just keep going till it gets unstable. I have mine right now at 285/600.... I've ran it at 290/600 but it is LESS stable at that higher speed, even with an extra fan blowing on it. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Jan 21, 2003, 03:00 AM	#9
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	Well, if you overclock properly, then there won't be a problem... just keep going in small paces and pieces until you get unstable, then back down a notch or two... __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

Oct 23, 2002, 05:21 AM	#2
Ryoko American Soldier Join Date: May 2002 Location: Williamsburg, VA Posts: 1,725 Rep Power: 0	clock both settings up until you start getting artifacts. clock it down 1 notch, then clock each one up individually (also until you get artifacts). basically, either of them will give you a speed increase, and they don't really have to be porportional. just overclock it till it bleeds

Nov 11, 2002, 02:31 AM	#3
DLD DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: I do live Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	I think it would be better to maintain the existing ratio and to raise both values up for 10%. It should give you about 10% increase in fps and yet card won't get too hot. If you have some good additional cooling device(s), you can go up to the 20%. I wouldn't go any further than that, 'cause it is not only the problem of whether the card can endure it or not but also the problem of the AGP's supply-line, motherboard controlers etc. .

Jan 20, 2003, 04:24 AM	#6
nz_skater DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NZ Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	I'm also thinking about overclocking my Chaintech GF4Ti4200. Say I go up in 10% increments, will it start to become unstable before there's any risk of damaging the card?

Jan 21, 2003, 02:35 AM	#8
skipparoo DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 31 Rep Power: 0	avoid overclocking; way too many abnormalities when doing so

Jan 21, 2003, 05:00 AM	Thread Starter #10
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Right now 287/600 and it killls!!!! 12000 marks. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Jan 27, 2003, 05:36 PM	#11
fornicatarachnid Clanless Join Date: May 2002 Location: On the web, England UK Posts: 714 Rep Power: 0	I noticed you're using the older 41.09 drivers instead of the 4201's. Are the older set faster for you ?

Jan 27, 2003, 07:31 PM	Thread Starter #12
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Well.... When I run any drivers above the 41.09 they get weird in this little puzzle game I got....called snood. If I run above the 41.09 the snood game runs so slow....i don't know why.....No AA of AF. It's just a simple 2D puzzle game that you can play on a card with 2mb VRAM. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Jan 27, 2003, 07:52 PM	#13
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	better yet try the 42.70s

Jan 27, 2003, 07:55 PM	Thread Starter #14
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	But still.. I tried the 42.01 and the 42.70......they both did that to my games.....aside from that I see no worthwhile gain in games to keep anything beyond the 41.09. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Jan 27, 2003, 07:57 PM	#15
fornicatarachnid Clanless Join Date: May 2002 Location: On the web, England UK Posts: 714 Rep Power: 0	I did a bit of playing about with the clock settings of my Ti4600 today. Running 3DMark 2001 with the standard settings of 300/650 I normally get around 13500 points. With careful O/Clocking I managed to get it up 14179. This was with the settings tweaked to 325/710. If I go any higher it becomes unstable and crashes. Maybe with extra cooling I could squeeze more out of it but I'm more than happy with my results so far.

Jan 27, 2003, 08:44 PM	#16
sacrilius Evil Je$ter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA. Born in Brooklyn, NY Posts: 127 Rep Power: 0	Matrix Reloaded trailer For those of you that missed the Matrix Reloaded trail during the SuperBowl here it is http://www.ntfs.org/index.php?action...tid=2#news2963 __________________ ASUS A7N8X E Deluxe MOBO Rev. 2.0 AMD Athlon XP 3200+ ATI Radeon 128MB DDR 9800 Pro Ultra MEMORY 1.5GB PC-3200/400MHz WD Raptor 36GBX2 SiI Raid 0 & WD 40GB HD Windows XP Pro SP2 Corporate

Jan 28, 2003, 05:09 AM	Thread Starter #18
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Talk about spam.......geez. You guys are horrible. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Jan 28, 2003, 05:11 AM	#19
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	You just posted a spammy one liner telling them that they were spamming DriveEuro - do you see a hint of irony anywhere? __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

Jan 28, 2003, 05:14 AM	Thread Starter #20
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	I'm mearly telling them that their post was pointless and needless. I'd PM them but when you are downloading on a 56k modem and surfing I can't. It takes 2-4 minutes to load up a PM page when I have 2 or 3 downloads going. I can't stand waiting that long. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Jan 28, 2003, 04:13 PM	Thread Starter #22
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	But they were posting it in a thread about GeForce 4 cards..... It had no purpose in here....see? AHHHH Nevermind. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024