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Name: Gigz
Date: October 5, 2003 at 16:18:35 Pacific
Subject: is this a good oc for vid card
OS: xp pro sp1
CPU/Ram: 256mb pc2700
Comment:

hello,
I have a PNY mx440 card which I overclocked using coolbits to 305mhz core and 446mhz memory. Now keep in mind this is a card with no fan, it is pci, and it has SDram.
Also I ran 3dmark2001 and got a score of 3287. I know this is not a good score but is it good for this card. BTW I have 256MB pc2700 memory and P4 2.4Bghz. I could probably get my core to about 320mhz but I wanted to play it safe, also my memory as soon as it hits 480mhz it shows artifacts the highest I have gotten it without artifacts is about 479. My cpu temp is maximum load=37C and idle= about 29-32C.
Was this a good OC? Thank You for your time.
Gigz


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Response Number 1
Name: Gigz
Date: October 5, 2003 at 21:33:49 Pacific
Subject: is this a good oc for vid card
Reply: (edit)

Well now the core is at 305mhz and the memory is down to 409Mhz because I was starting to notice little not a lot of artifacts. Also Sisoft Sandra says that the card's latency is too high and I should change it from the PCI/Agp section of my BIOS but there is no section like that. So what did you think of the OC? Looking forward to your posts.
Gigz


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Response Number 2
Name: heatsinkguy
Date: October 6, 2003 at 04:37:42 Pacific
Subject: is this a good oc for vid card
Reply: (edit)

Once again the greatest superhero alive, The Heat Sink Guy, comes to the rescue.

First of all letme congratulate you because that was a good overclock.
Secondly PCI video cards just cannot compare with AGP video cards because AGP is faster.

I would attach a small 60mm fan to the heatsink of the videocard(just paste it in with glue) and then you can overclock more just make sure it pushes alot of air.
Hope this helps :)


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Response Number 3
Name: gigz
Date: October 6, 2003 at 08:51:02 Pacific
Subject: is this a good oc for vid card
Reply: (edit)

Thanks heatsinkguy. I will go out and buy me a good 60mm fan. I can't wait till I save enough dough to buy a radeon 9600pro or 9500np. Technically according to benchmarks 9500 does better than 9600 but 9500 is DX8 and 9600 is DX9. Tell me which one is better. looking forward to your posts.
Gigz


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Response Number 4
Name: heatsinkguy
Date: October 6, 2003 at 10:26:19 Pacific
Subject: is this a good oc for vid card
Reply: (edit)

In some tests 9500 blew away 9600. I dont think 9500 is available anymore.
I would suggest 9600 because it has more overclocking potential than 9500 and its a DX9 card and new games like doom 3 is optamized for DX9.
Hope this helps :)


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Response Number 5
Name: gigz
Date: October 6, 2003 at 11:43:30 Pacific
Subject: is this a good oc for vid card
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Thank you for your response. Now the hard part comes- saving up the dough.


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Response Number 6
Name: macdaddy
Date: October 6, 2003 at 15:12:25 Pacific
Subject: is this a good oc for vid card
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The 9500pro is dx9 supported and has 8 pixel pipelines compared to the 4 on the 9600pro.Here's a link to one:

http://www.allstarshop.com/shop/product.asp?pid=6180&sid=PBRCJUV40M038MDK72S3UDSV05P125FA



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Response Number 7
Name: Adam
Date: October 6, 2003 at 18:03:23 Pacific
Subject: is this a good oc for vid card
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Forgive me if I'm wrong, I don't know all that much about ATI cards, but isn't anything from the Radeon 9000's series fully dx9 compliant? As with the 8000 series being dx8?


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Response Number 8
Name: Tom
Date: October 7, 2003 at 10:17:56 Pacific
Subject: is this a good oc for vid card
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Just a question is the card a gforce 4 440mx?

and if so was the base core clock at 250mhz
and the base mem at 333mhz?

Im just curious because thats my card, and would like some insite on o/c it

Thanks


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Response Number 9
Name: Tom
Date: October 7, 2003 at 12:13:34 Pacific
Subject: is this a good oc for vid card
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I o/c mine and I have the core clock now at 343mhz vrs 250 mhz

and the memory is not at 406mhz vrs 333

my 3dmark score 2001 before oc 3265, and after 3869

running on a P4 3ghz 800fsb, 512 ddr400 dual channel hyperX



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Response Number 10
Name: gigz
Date: October 7, 2003 at 14:51:26 Pacific
Subject: is this a good oc for vid card
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Tom,
yes this is a geforce 4mx440 pci version card.
gigz


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Response Number 11
Name: rooster
Date: October 8, 2003 at 03:21:02 Pacific
Subject: is this a good oc for vid card
Reply: (edit)

with agp you would see over 4500 marks o/ced- i did!


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