How offective are ramsinks, copper or aluminium. A. On Vid mem B. On RAM. Ive just ordered a 9600PRO How good is this card compared to other cards????? How would i overclock this whats the best program to use????? Also how far can i go with the standard stock cooling???? Intel P4 3.00GHZ HT 800MHZ FSB 1.5 GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM 128MB Radeon 9200SE 80GB 7200RPM SEAGATE BARRACUDA 4 GB Quantum Fireball 5400rpm

Well. http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030416/radeon_9600-07.html That will tell you everything you need to know.

1. Ramsinks are unnecessary & a waste of money. 2. You should ask about the videocard BEFORE you buy...but the 9600Pro is a decent midrange card 3. There's no "program" to overclock...you just start raising the FSB a little at a time http://www.cooltechzone.com/articles/ocingintelcpup1.html http://www.overclockersclub.com/overclockingfaq.php http://forums.overclockers.co.nz/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7041 4. I'm an AMD guy, but from what I've read in this forum, the stock P4 HSF is supposedly a very good unit Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @8x210mhz 512mb PC3200 Ti4200/8X 128mb WDC 60GB

Well, as far as RAM heat spreaders/sinks, or whatever else they've cooked up for cooling RAM, they do almost nothing. Heat isn't what limits RAM's capabilities, it never builds up a enough heat to overheat anyway. As for the 9600, I dont know too much about its overclockability(real word?), but I'd say its definately a good buy. You get a good bang for your buck with the 9600 series.

Damn Jam posted as I was typing mine out! tricky devil! =D one thing I dont think he meant overclocking the CPU Jam, he was talking about the videocard i think...

Silly me, i forgot to say WHAT to use for tweaking that 9600, I'd reccomend downloading the Omega Drivers ( www.omegadrivers.net ). They have built in overclocking features along with many other performance things. Thats what I run with my 9800pro =D man 3 post in a row...looks bad..

So will overclocking my video card with the built in tuner in the omega's, overclock everything else????? I.e. My memory, or will it JUST do the video card. I dont want to overclock any other componrnt, have i made myself look silly??? Intel P4 3.00GHZ HT 800MHZ FSB 1.5 GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM 128MB Radeon 9200SE 80GB 7200RPM SEAGATE BARRACUDA 4 GB Quantum Fireball 5400rpm