Soltek GF4 Ti4200 128MB AGP 8X - Highest I can clock it?
 

Just done a total system upgrade in the last couple of weeks, new board,
processor, ram and now a newer gfx card.

I've clocked my Nforce2 board up quite high now, along with my 2400+.

Now I'm looking at the gfx card.

Can anyone tell me whats the safest possible settings I can get out of my
Soltek Ti4200? Got it running at 280/550 at the moment, (Default was
250/500). Very stable at this point.

How high can I (safely) go with this card?

Cheers

Homer

evil Homer wrote:
Just done a total system upgrade in the last couple of weeks, new board,
processor, ram and now a newer gfx card.

I've clocked my Nforce2 board up quite high now, along with my 2400+.

Now I'm looking at the gfx card.

Can anyone tell me whats the safest possible settings I can get out of my
Soltek Ti4200? Got it running at 280/550 at the moment, (Default was
250/500). Very stable at this point.

How high can I (safely) go with this card?

Cheers

Homer




The max here with same card (Leadtek) is 305/620, higher, then the
trouble starts.
Now it run's at 290/600 about 1/2 a year, without any probs.
The Leadtek cards have a very good default cooling, don't know the Solteks.

--
Groeten Jeroen!

-Correct me, if I'm wrong-

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 18:58:33 GMT, "evil Homer"
wrote:

Just done a total system upgrade in the last couple of weeks, new board,
processor, ram and now a newer gfx card.

I've clocked my Nforce2 board up quite high now, along with my 2400+.

Now I'm looking at the gfx card.

Can anyone tell me whats the safest possible settings I can get out of my
Soltek Ti4200? Got it running at 280/550 at the moment, (Default was
250/500). Very stable at this point.

How high can I (safely) go with this card?

Cheers

Homer



You should try to overclock (only if you have the nerve) until you
start to get symptoms of bad behaviour...
Go up in increments of 5 on each scale, from your present setting, and
when you start to get ill behaviour, back off a few steps and call it
quits there. I would guess that you should be able to get over 300/600
with that card BUT = Don't take my word. This is an exercise in
"your" nerves, not mine...

You should run a game that demands a lot from your system, to really
test it out. Run it for about 5 minutes each time, while you pass
judgement on your card at that speed...

Be careful though. Symptoms could include..
White lines developing in your images - looking like a cracked mirror.
Graphics tearing - Images look like they are comming apart at the
seams..
Jumping - Images start to bounce around indicating instability.
Lockups - Self explanatory..
Rebooting - You guess..!!!
Funny smell - Overheating - The last warning before impending
self-destruct.

Any one of these (and/or more symptoms) and you should immediately
back off a few increments as you have found your limit...

"Bruce Tyler" wrote in message You should try to overclock
(only if you have the nerve) until you
start to get symptoms of bad behaviour...
Go up in increments of 5 on each scale, from your present setting, and
when you start to get ill behaviour, back off a few steps and call it
quits there. I would guess that you should be able to get over 300/600
with that card BUT = Don't take my word. This is an exercise in
"your" nerves, not mine...

You should run a game that demands a lot from your system, to really
test it out. Run it for about 5 minutes each time, while you pass
judgement on your card at that speed...

Be careful though. Symptoms could include..
White lines developing in your images - looking like a cracked mirror.
Graphics tearing - Images look like they are comming apart at the
seams..
Jumping - Images start to bounce around indicating instability.
Lockups - Self explanatory..
Rebooting - You guess..!!!
Funny smell - Overheating - The last warning before impending
self-destruct.

Any one of these (and/or more symptoms) and you should immediately
back off a few increments as you have found your limit...

Well, I've managed to get to 285/585 before encountering problems, so I
think this is the max this card is going to reach. Started to get tearing
and artifacts across screen, and any higher than that caused a system
lockup.