GeForce2 OverClocking...

Mauros Web · August 4th, 2003

I own a GeForce2 MX400 SDR and I was trying to OC with RivaTuner. I couldn´t go up from 225mhz and 70mhz Memory. And I get only 40 points more in 3DMark2001, so what should I do. Games run a little bit faster... but is a risk to oc a video card??? temperature goes up overclocking??? thx

Viperx25 · August 5th, 2003

Of course there's a risk, you could damage the card if you push it too far on stock cooling and it overheats. I'm not an expert overclocker here but i'd say you can't OC that card very far or far enough to make any kind of real diff in 3dmark or games.

Player-X · August 5th, 2003

Actuaily you can,just make sure the heatsink on the card can take that heat as well as you are ready to take careful steps and not do it in one go

**Demigod** · August 5th, 2003

Forget about overclocking the core, just focus on the memory. The GeForce 2 cards are bottlenecked by their memory so make that the focus of your overclocking efforts.

When overclocking go no more than 10 Mhz at a time (preferrably 5) and watch for any artifacts. Memory overclocking may produce snow (small, random, white dots) or texture corruption and if you encounter any of these then immediately desist and go back a few Mhz.

RF · August 5th, 2003

Thru overclocking my radeon I got about 550 points higher in 3dmark2001se. I found going step by step then running a session of 3dmark would help find out the best clock settings. Gradually I went up and up and hit the limit in my sig, any higher and artifacts would show in games. Now when I go from stock to the overclock artifacts appear in windows right away, but go away once the card has time to warm up. Of course always take you're overclock off when you dont need it.

edit: i also added cooling of my own. I made ramsinks out of an old pentium hs, then took the fan off of it and super glued it to my radeon hs.

GSDragoon · August 6th, 2003

Looks cool. How much better is it that the stock cooling?

RF · August 6th, 2003

Much better. I couldnt take it over 10mhz on the memory before artifacts would show up. The heatsink got really hot on normal rates, now you cant even feel the warmth.

GSDragoon · August 6th, 2003

Sounds like a fun project. I have some OLD comp parts laying around. I know there are some heatsinks. BTW, did you just break them, or did you have to cut it?

RF · August 6th, 2003

I used a sawzawll to cut them. To adhere them I used a drop of super glue in the cornors of the memory then put AS3 all over the remaining part of the memory. Then stuck the hs on.

Player-X · August 7th, 2003

Try not to put the glue on the center of the chip

GSDragoon · August 7th, 2003

There is always artic silver's adheasive.

Player-X · August 8th, 2003

True like new AS creamaq

August 4th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Mauros Web aka MsExPaNsIoN Join Date: May 2002 Location: Mendoza, Argentina Posts: 267	GeForce2 OverClocking... I own a GeForce2 MX400 SDR and I was trying to OC with RivaTuner. I couldn´t go up from 225mhz and 70mhz Memory. And I get only 40 points more in 3DMark2001, so what should I do. Games run a little bit faster... but is a risk to oc a video card??? temperature goes up overclocking??? thx __________________ MotherBoard: ASRock K7S41GX \| Processor: Athlon XP 1900+ (1.62ghz) \| Mouse: Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical \| RAM: Samsung 256mb DDR333 \| Video: XFX GeForce FX5200 128mb DDR \| Sound: C-Media AC97 5.1 \| CD reader: BenQ 56x \| CD recorder: Samsung 52x24x52x \| HD: 60gb \| OS: Windows XP Professional SP1 \| Display: Samsung SyncMaster 550v \| TV Tuner: Lifeview Flyvideo 2000 / Philips SAA7130 w/ remote control \| Speedy @DSL Connection 256K 32kb (download) / 16kb (upload) \|

August 5th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Viperx25 Technology Guru Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 285	Re: GeForce2 OverClocking... Of course there's a risk, you could damage the card if you push it too far on stock cooling and it overheats. I'm not an expert overclocker here but i'd say you can't OC that card very far or far enough to make any kind of real diff in 3dmark or games. __________________ My System Specs: Viewsonic E790B 19" Monitor MSI 865PE Neo2 - FIS2R P4 3.2Ghz HTT Thermaltake Spark 7 HSF 2x512mb Kingston HyperX DDR400Mhz Leadtek A350 TDH Ultra (FX 5900 Ultra) (480Mhz core, 930Mhz memory) 35GB Maxtor/Quantum Ultra160 SCSI Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Antec Performance Plus 660B case 400 Watt PSU WinXP Pro

August 5th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,110	Re: GeForce2 OverClocking... Actuaily you can,just make sure the heatsink on the card can take that heat as well as you are ready to take careful steps and not do it in one go

August 5th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,811	Re: GeForce2 OverClocking... Forget about overclocking the core, just focus on the memory. The GeForce 2 cards are bottlenecked by their memory so make that the focus of your overclocking efforts. When overclocking go no more than 10 Mhz at a time (preferrably 5) and watch for any artifacts. Memory overclocking may produce snow (small, random, white dots) or texture corruption and if you encounter any of these then immediately desist and go back a few Mhz. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66 Ghz (Yorkfield) Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 2048 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 PCIe w/ 1024 MB GDDR3 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 300 MB Maxtor & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)

August 6th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
GSDragoon Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,968	Re: GeForce2 OverClocking... Looks cool. How much better is it that the stock cooling? __________________ Athlon 64 754 Venice @~2625 MHz (10.5x250), DFI Lanboy NF3 250GB 1GB DDR @ 201.9 MHz, 128MB nVidia 6800 (350/700 MHz) Autigy SE.... XP pro SP3

August 6th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,571	Re: GeForce2 OverClocking... Much better. I couldnt take it over 10mhz on the memory before artifacts would show up. The heatsink got really hot on normal rates, now you cant even feel the warmth. __________________

August 6th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
GSDragoon Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,968	Re: GeForce2 OverClocking... Sounds like a fun project. I have some OLD comp parts laying around. I know there are some heatsinks. BTW, did you just break them, or did you have to cut it? __________________ Athlon 64 754 Venice @~2625 MHz (10.5x250), DFI Lanboy NF3 250GB 1GB DDR @ 201.9 MHz, 128MB nVidia 6800 (350/700 MHz) Autigy SE.... XP pro SP3

August 6th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,571	Re: GeForce2 OverClocking... I used a sawzawll to cut them. To adhere them I used a drop of super glue in the cornors of the memory then put AS3 all over the remaining part of the memory. Then stuck the hs on. __________________

August 7th, 2003	#10 (permalink)
Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,110	Re: GeForce2 OverClocking... Try not to put the glue on the center of the chip

August 7th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
GSDragoon Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,968	There is always artic silver's adheasive. __________________ Athlon 64 754 Venice @~2625 MHz (10.5x250), DFI Lanboy NF3 250GB 1GB DDR @ 201.9 MHz, 128MB nVidia 6800 (350/700 MHz) Autigy SE.... XP pro SP3

August 8th, 2003	#12 (permalink)
Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,110	Re: GeForce2 OverClocking... True like new AS creamaq

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