hi i need some help about overclocking/flashing a radeon card. i have a 9800 pro 128mb and i know it has to have a r360 core then u can flash it to a xt (which i have) but you can only do this if u can overclock it to 412/365 but i have a artic cooler on my card and i an only get 395/345 with the newest ati driver and ati tool 0.22 is it that the ati driver wont let u overclock the card if so what drivers do i need. i have tryed the omegadriver and there is not that much of a difference.i have tryed powerstrip to overclock my card and im not sure how to overclock safly using it.if someone could help me and tell me what to do and what to download or if there is any link to tell me how to do this it would help loads thanks for help guys

I just got through reading 3 different links about that subject and personally I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole. Looks like you're outa luck to me. That is unless you have plenty of money and aren't worried about risking your setup for a small performance improvement IMO. YO

Overclocking a good card is to me not really worth the time and effort put into it, you do not get any quantum leap in performance, plus you may risk killing the card, unless your card has a lifetime warranty and even if it does the replacement card ain't gonna be there the next minutes. You may earn more bragging rights with your benchmarks scores though. I recall replacing the OEM HSF on my 9700Pro and even got rid of the thermal pad for some "brand name" thermal grease and I did pretty well with benchies but with extended gameplay I had to tone things down to avoid severe artifacting. Take the above as an advice and NOT a dissuasion. B4 you criticize a bigger man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, you're a mile away, and you have his shoes.

ok thanks guys im just gonna leave it now then its just people where gettin 440/385 with the arctic cooler and i have 1 on my card and im finding som newer games jumpy but i think i will take your advice and just leave it thanks