Overclocking Atlantis Radeon 9000

d0nquix0te · Dec 25, 2002, 11:35 PM

Every time I overclock the Radeon 9000 Atlantis, even the smallest amount, my computer crashes. I tried running the DDR only 6 Mhz higher, and five minutes later my computer rebooted. Is this normal, or am I just not doing something right? Are their jumper settings or card mods that I need to do first. Also, are OEM cards generall lower quality than retail, or is this just a myth?

digitalwanderer · Dec 26, 2002, 12:01 AM

ALWAYS! Don't feel bad, I had to learn it the hard way too. 32MB radeon DDR OEM, wouldn't overclock worth beans until I modded the card. ("modded the card"=changing the heatsin/fan on the GPU, adding heatsinks to the memory, increasing me cases air-flow, etc), then it gave me 183/183 up from it's 168/168 default. (Not really that good, but up to the retail versions speed.) Does your case have good air-flow? Have you modded the card at all?

ToshiroOC · Dec 27, 2002, 04:49 AM

Don, I was under the impression that you had to hack the bios on the non-9700-pro cards to get any overclocking... look around, I think there was a related thread around in this forum, if you can't find it ill research this and get back to you...

WyreTheWolf · Dec 27, 2002, 05:46 AM

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Originally posted by digitalwanderer
ALWAYS! Don't feel bad, I had to learn it the hard way too. 32MB radeon DDR OEM, wouldn't overclock worth beans until I modded the card. ("modded the card"=changing the heatsin/fan on the GPU, adding heatsinks to the memory, increasing me cases air-flow, etc), then it gave me 183/183 up from it's 168/168 default. (Not really that good, but up to the retail versions speed.) Does your case have good air-flow? Have you modded the card at all?

Dig, I cant agree with you... I have a Radeon 32DDR "LE" ... I have it clocked through the BIOS at 203/203 ... at 207/207 I have problems so I backed it down a notch.

Not all of the OEM cards are bad...

All I did was stick a fan on the standard heat sink (that came with no fan)

Dec 25, 2002, 11:35 PM	#1
d0nquix0te DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utah, USA Posts: 24 Rep Power: 0	Overclocking Atlantis Radeon 9000 Every time I overclock the Radeon 9000 Atlantis, even the smallest amount, my computer crashes. I tried running the DDR only 6 Mhz higher, and five minutes later my computer rebooted. Is this normal, or am I just not doing something right? Are their jumper settings or card mods that I need to do first. Also, are OEM cards generall lower quality than retail, or is this just a myth?

Dec 26, 2002, 12:01 AM	#2
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	OEMS=lower quality ALWAYS! Don't feel bad, I had to learn it the hard way too. 32MB radeon DDR OEM, wouldn't overclock worth beans until I modded the card. ("modded the card"=changing the heatsin/fan on the GPU, adding heatsinks to the memory, increasing me cases air-flow, etc), then it gave me 183/183 up from it's 168/168 default. (Not really that good, but up to the retail versions speed.) Does your case have good air-flow? Have you modded the card at all? __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Dec 27, 2002, 04:49 AM	#3
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	Don, I was under the impression that you had to hack the bios on the non-9700-pro cards to get any overclocking... look around, I think there was a related thread around in this forum, if you can't find it ill research this and get back to you... __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)