overclockin

[raiyanb]

hey every1 im new 2 overclokcin but would like my pc 2 run games faster

when i play vice city or nfs underground the game usually stutters

my pc stat is:

amd athlon xp 2800+
1GB DDR SDRAM PC2700
Gigbyte GA 7n400 Pro 2
geforce fx 5200 128MB (planning to upgrade to radeon 9600XT 128MB)
120GB HDD
Soundblaster audigy 2

When i look at my motherboard manual it shows the different frequencies i can set my FSB frequency from 100mhz to 200mhz. currently its at 133MHz giving at resulting frequency off 266mhz. would there be any problem makin it to 200MHz with my current pc stats.

there is also a setting in my bios called AGP frequency and i can set it 2 normal or from 50MHz to 100MHz. default is ormal. what does this setting doe?? How would i chnage my AGP aperture size from 64MB to 128 MB cos i cant find the setting in my BIOS.

[butch81385]

just as a note, i feel that the reason your game stutters is because of the 5200 only. if you upgraded to 9600xt the problem would be fixed.

as for overclocking, i do not know much, but i do know that you should go in small incriments and not just jump into it. as for large overclocks you will need better cooling. also, memory quality can be a factor.

[raiyanb]

i think the slowdown is probably due to the graphics card mainly and my FSB rate and agp aperture size (64mb). cos my HDD is 7200rpm so its about average and i run disk defrag once a week

[raiyanb]

HERE ARE MY SETTINGS


Motherboard Properties:
Motherboard ID 07/14/2003-nVidia-nForce-6A61BG0IC-00
Motherboard Name Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2

Front Side Bus Properties:
Bus Type DEC Alpha EV6
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 166 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 333 MHz
Bandwidth 2661 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties:
Bus Type HyperTransport v1.0
Bus Width 8-bit

Motherboard Physical Info:
CPU Sockets/Slots 1
Expansion Slots 5 PCI, 1 AGP
RAM Slots 4 DIMM
Integrated Devices Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394
Form Factor ATX
Motherboard Size 240 mm x 300 mm
Motherboard Chipset nForce2-U400
Extra Features DualBIOS, EasyTune 4, Ultra-ATA/133, Serial-ATA/150, RAID

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CPU Properties:
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP-A, 2079 MHz (6.25 x 333) 2800+
CPU Alias Barton
CPU Stepping A2
L1 Code Cache 64 KB
L1 Data Cache 64 KB
L2 Cache 512 KB (On-Die, Full-Speed)

CPU Physical Info:
Package Type 453 Pin PGA
Package Size 4.95 cm x 4.95 cm
Transistors 54.3 million
Process Technology 6Mi, 0.13 um, CMOS, Cu
Die Size 101 mm2
Core Voltage 1.65 V
I/O Voltage 1.6 V
Typical Power 53.7 - 60.4 W (depending on clock speed)
Maximum Power 68.3 - 76.8 W (depending on clock speed)


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Graphics Processor Properties:
Video Adapter nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
GPU Code Name NV34
PCI Device 10DE / 0322
Transistors 47 million
Process Technology 0.15u
Bus Type AGP
Memory Size 128 MB
GPU Clock 250 MHz
RAMDAC Clock 350 MHz
Pixel Pipelines 4
TMU Per Pipeline 1
Vertex Shaders 4 (v2.0)
Pixel Shaders 1 (v2.0)
DirectX Hardware Support DirectX v9.0
Pixel Fillrate 1000 MPixel/s
Texel Fillrate 1000 MTexel/s

Memory Bus Properties:
Bus Type DDR
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 165 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 331 MHz
Bandwidth 2648 MB/s

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