How to OC a 9700 Pro?

SupaBeast · Mar 28, 2003, 04:11 AM

How would I go about overclocking a 9700 Pro? (yes im noob)

Desert_Siege · Mar 28, 2003, 05:06 AM

But I would suggest that once you find a "comfortable" speed, that you look in to modding the current BIOS on your video card and reflashing it with the higher speeds so you don't need the software mod anymore. Mine is BIOS flashed to 360/340 and works flawlessly but its watercooled so your mileage may vary. Good luck and be careful. Most of the memory I have seen on these on stock cards craps out between 350 and 370 and the cores between 360-400, depending on the cooling. 340 Core and Memory is a good starting point. Try that first and play some games and run some loops of 3DMark looking closely for any artifacting. That is your first sign of stress/heat. If all is well you can go up 5Mhz at a time, but I wouldn't recommend running the memory long term over 350Mhz if you do alot of gaming. Nothing like being in the middle of a frag match and crashing back to the desktop. An all stock card will usually do 340/340 all day long with no problems, but all cards are not created equal...heh.

Good luck and be careful. Better slow and playing than fast and RMA'ing!

~~shai~~ · Mar 28, 2003, 06:41 AM

i think he meant how
use riva tuner(it works with rads right?)

SupaBeast · Mar 28, 2003, 07:54 AM

Thanks for the semi detailed information DG.

SupaBeast · Mar 28, 2003, 07:55 AM

Oh and shai, I think I can figure that out by myself

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Desert_Siege · Mar 30, 2003, 02:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by shai
i think he meant how
use riva tuner(it works with rads right?)

Maybe I should have put it in really big letters instead of just putting it at the top of my post. I forgot how to do that though....heh.

philterlecki · Apr 30, 2003, 10:28 PM

use a software or hardware mod, i think the software mod gives you better results and is more easy.

http://www.maxdownloads.com/~ian/wizzard/

Euphoria · Apr 30, 2003, 10:42 PM

If you want to get some good OCing results you also need some proper cooling.
Use RivaTuner from Guru3d.com, and increase the core and mem clocks in small steps.

KuRe · Apr 30, 2003, 11:13 PM

Try using PowerStrip. Its one powerful piece of software that allows you to do almost anything with your video card.

http://www.entechtaiwan.com/ps.htm

Mar 28, 2003, 04:11 AM	#1
SupaBeast DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 26 Rep Power: 0	How to OC a 9700 Pro? How would I go about overclocking a 9700 Pro? (yes im noob)

Mar 28, 2003, 05:06 AM	#2
Desert_Siege Professional Slacker Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: KY Posts: 274 Rep Power: 0	Radeonator, Powerstrip, RivaTuner, and Rage3D Tweak will all do that I believe.... But I would suggest that once you find a "comfortable" speed, that you look in to modding the current BIOS on your video card and reflashing it with the higher speeds so you don't need the software mod anymore. Mine is BIOS flashed to 360/340 and works flawlessly but its watercooled so your mileage may vary. Good luck and be careful. Most of the memory I have seen on these on stock cards craps out between 350 and 370 and the cores between 360-400, depending on the cooling. 340 Core and Memory is a good starting point. Try that first and play some games and run some loops of 3DMark looking closely for any artifacting. That is your first sign of stress/heat. If all is well you can go up 5Mhz at a time, but I wouldn't recommend running the memory long term over 350Mhz if you do alot of gaming. Nothing like being in the middle of a frag match and crashing back to the desktop. An all stock card will usually do 340/340 all day long with no problems, but all cards are not created equal...heh. Good luck and be careful. Better slow and playing than fast and RMA'ing!

Apr 30, 2003, 10:28 PM	#7
philterlecki DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	use a software or hardware mod, i think the software mod gives you better results and is more easy. http://www.maxdownloads.com/~ian/wizzard/ __________________

Mar 28, 2003, 06:41 AM	#3
~~shai~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 613 Rep Power: 0	i think he meant how use riva tuner(it works with rads right?)

Mar 28, 2003, 07:54 AM	Thread Starter #4
SupaBeast DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 26 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for the semi detailed information DG.

Mar 28, 2003, 07:55 AM	Thread Starter #5
SupaBeast DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 26 Rep Power: 0	Oh and shai, I think I can figure that out by myself .

Apr 30, 2003, 10:42 PM	#8
Euphoria DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: California Posts: 27 Rep Power: 0	If you want to get some good OCing results you also need some proper cooling. Use RivaTuner from Guru3d.com, and increase the core and mem clocks in small steps.

Apr 30, 2003, 11:13 PM	#9
KuRe DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	Try using PowerStrip. Its one powerful piece of software that allows you to do almost anything with your video card. http://www.entechtaiwan.com/ps.htm