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Old 07-17-2003, 05:51 PM   #1 (permalink)
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overclocking

I have a (MS-8815) MSI StarForce Geforce 2 GTS video card. Often, I have heard of people overclocking their cards. I was wondering if my card can be overclocked and if so, could someone point me in the right direction so I can learn to do so?

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Old 07-17-2003, 05:54 PM   #2 (permalink)
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look for a program called coolbits

personally i think with that card it wouldnt be worth trying. you wont see a noticeable difference

does your video card have a fan on it?
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Old 07-18-2003, 06:37 AM   #3 (permalink)
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yep, it has a fan. I am not dissatisfied with my video performance; gaming is not my thing so I really do not need allot of power. However, I do like to fool around with my 'puter (btw, that was not planned) and I thought it would be fun to try. So, a the experience would be worth more than a performance boost.

Thanks, I will check out that program.
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Old 07-18-2003, 06:40 AM   #4 (permalink)
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The easiest way is indeed Coolbits. It's not a program, just a registry setting as it is a feature provided by nVidia...

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak]
"Coolbits"=dword:ffffffff
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Old 07-18-2003, 07:45 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I just tried it. Took it from default to

218 Mhz core clock
395 Mhz Memory clock

My GLExcess scores went from 4552 (last page of results) to 9183 (first page of results. I ran the benchmark at 1024x768 @ 32 bits. I am totally blown away! It is hard for me to believe that a combined total of 80 Mhz would make that much differnce in anything. But, it is obvious it does, at least in benchmarking, that is.

Now, I have no idea what difference that will make in actual gaming performance. The only game I mess with is Star Trek Bridge Commander. However, as far as benchmarks is concerned, that is quite a significant jump. I mean, after reading the system specs of the fourteen results ahead of mine, those systems were way faster than mine with the lastest and greatest video cards on the market. So, that makes me smile.

Coolbits is a real easy little utility to work with. I like being able to set it, do my benchs or play a game, and then go back and reset it, all without having to reboot. Nifty! Thanks for leading me in that direction. I am a happy and satisfied customer.
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Benchmark it with 3DMark2001SE.
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Old 07-19-2003, 01:43 AM   #7 (permalink)
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I would like to try 3DMark2001 SE, but, everytime I try to open it, it says that I have to have DirectX 8.0 (Unfortunately, I upgraded to 9a before I d'loaded 3DMark)... Looked at the Mad Onion site and they said it was easy to fix. However, I did what they said and it did not fix it. No matter what I do, I cannot get it past that opening error. So, if anyone has a fix, lmk.

I was wondering how it would fair. Last time I did it, I was on the last page results wise. And, I was wondering if I would see as much of an increase with OC'ing as I did in GLExcess.
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Old 07-19-2003, 03:53 AM   #8 (permalink)
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hey ChrisK2972,
did u ever get my PM?
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no, I didn't. My 'puter crashed a while back and I have not been on much lately. I will go look right now.
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