What does Overclocking a video card do?
 

I oc my GF2mx400 does it increase fps or what?

It can increase the performance of your video card, which in turn increases your FPS.

But be careful. you can make your video card unstable thus hindering your FPS.

This will also increase the temp. on the card. Make sure you have adequate cooling inside your PC.

Take baby steps to see where you hit your sweet spot.

Increase it by about 5 mhz, and then play a test game of MOHAA. Repeat until it's unstable, or once you get to about 30mhz above the original speed.

How does one do this?

You download some software. I wouldn't know what to use for Nvidia cards, but for my Radeon 8500, I use Rage 3d Tweak.

any idea what i should use on my vodoo 3 3000?

[quote="Sargent_Scrotum":bc223]any idea what i should use on my vodoo 3 3000?[/quote:bc223]

A sledge hammer.

Von - you will not get too much out of that card. I was only able to get minimal out of my GF2pro, but it is better than nothing. I used a program called riva tuner. Make sure you have the latest version of detonator drivers (30.something) also. Like someone else said, take it in small steps and back it down when it max's out the video card. It may take several days to tweak.

Huh? Several days? It only took me about an hour.. Anyways, if at some point your computer crashes or freezes up, just bump it back down some.

Maybe I'm more patient than you, or maybe less. I just bumped it up 5 everyday and left it. I did that everyday until it crashed and then went back a couple settings. No reason that you couldnt do it in a hour or so.

It doesn't really matter. As long as you test it out and make sure it doesn't crash.

COOLBITS IS WHAT U DOWNLOAD FOR NIVIA CARDS. Its justa redgistry patch that allows for u to change the clock speeds. When u install coolbits, right click desktop, properties, settings, advanced, your card name, additional properties, then clock frequencies. All you from there.....

Very well said. My GForce 4 4600 comes at 300 and 660. It runs stable at 330 and 730. I might be able to get a little more out of it but really why. bigzooka:

I overclocked my gf2mx400. It was 200 and 334 i oc it to 210 and 350. I have two fans running on it right now so i dont have to worry about frying my chips! ed: evil:

[quote="Sargent_Scrotum":33098]any idea what i should use on my vodoo 3 3000?[/quote:33098]

Found some site that may help you but your going to need to mod your card

[url="http://www.penstarsys.com/Reviews/v33kheat.htm"]http://www.penstarsys.com/Reviews/v33kheat.htm[/url]

http://www.hyperformance-pc.com/voodoo.htm

Be carefull and good luck

[quote="=[DOA]=VonMeyer":eb2bd]I overclocked my gf2mx400. It was 200 and 334 i oc it to 210 and 350. I have two fans running on it right now so i dont have to worry about frying my chips! ed: evil:[/quote:eb2bd]

I was able to tune my gf2pro to 225 and 401. Original was 200 and 320, so I got a 12.5% and a 25% increase. If that was direct relationship with my fps (I know it isnt), that would bump my 30 fps to 33-38fps. Probably not enough to make a difference. Now some of the gains I have seen on some processors are pretty incredible. My buddy was able to oc a 1 gig thundrbird to 1.4

Where can i find a program to overclock my processor?

That's hardware based, Use
http://www.google.com
to find some good sites about how to overclock your processor.

Be warned you can fry the thing very easily if you get carried away

Yes, you can cook a processor easily. Some processors are much better suited than others. Read up on it before trying at home.

Most of the GF cards have the overclocking utility that you can download from NVidia, or it's built into the drivers. My suggestion is that you don't mess with it. Overclocking your GPU isn't like overclocking a CPU. The video card can be alot more unstable than the processor can, and can cause hangs, freezes, or even screw up your card physically. Don't do it unless you are prepared to purchase a new card, because there's a chance you may need to.

My opinion is not to overclock anything if you are not prepared to replace it. Overclocking, IMO, is best suited for extending the life of an otherwise, outdated or borderline piece fo hardware. Our server is running on dual overclocked celerons. We were able to get a 50% increase in performance out of processors that would have been too slow otherwise.

You download files for this kinda thing at http://www.guru3d.com (or it might be http://www.3dguru.com)

But, its painfully obvious you have no idea what you're doing (no offense) so do yourself a favor and do research first. Figure out what you're doing, or you'll be replacing your hardware. And, NO, asking us is not research!!

IMO, the gains you actually see in games by overclocking your vid card are minimal at best...

Re: What does Overclocking a video card do?
 

[quote="=[DOA]=VonMeyer":6fe13]I oc my GF2mx400 does it increase fps or what?[/quote:6fe13]


Increase a little bit . You will maybe crash more and have some bad graphics sometimes.




i won 200 pionts in 3dmark when i have OC my G4ti4400.

I have win 2000 pionts for OC the CPU(amd).