ATI TOOL Help - Overclock.net

Niklas · 06-10-05

Could someone please explain to me how ATI Tool works, and how to use it. I have never overclocked before so I need some help getting started.
My home rig is:

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 1mb L2 Cache @ 2.0 ghz.
Asus K8V Motherboard
1 gig Corsair PC-3200 RAM XMS Series
ATI 9800 Pro 256mb @ default clock speeds
Thermaltake Silent Purepower 480 watts
2 Maxor SATA HDDs 7200 rpm RAID 1

Leprachuan · 06-10-05

run the program and click the find mem button and let it run for an hour or so when its done click close and ull have the max mem overclock do the same with the max core button

zokus · 06-10-05

Read the guide in the FAQ

Niklas · 06-10-05

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Originally Posted by Leprachuan

run the program and click the find mem button and let it run for an hour or so when its done click close and ull have the max mem overclock do the same with the max core button

What is an artifact? Also, is it ok to go with whatever the max mem + max core gives you? It is really that simple?

zokus · 06-10-05

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Originally Posted by Niklas

What is an artifact? Also, is it ok to go with whatever the max mem + max core gives you? It is really that simple?

Basically, yes.

EDIT: And an artifact is a glitch caused by the overheating of the core of your GFX card. You might see such things as 'sparkling' white dots or triangle shaped fragments in the 3D graphics in a game.

DataX · 06-10-05

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Originally Posted by Niklas

What is an artifact? Also, is it ok to go with whatever the max mem + max core gives you? It is really that simple?

An artifact is an error, a glich that you get when your gpu-mem has reached it's limits. After that it will keep testing that overclock and if more artifact appear it will lower your gpu-mem speed until you have a 100% stable overclock. I recommend to keep an eye on the progress of your overclock just in case there is any reboot, Atitool will report your last overclocked gpu-mem speed, then go setting, overclocking, use safety range and set it to that last detected speed, so that it will never pass the overclock that caused the reboot.

Btw, if your card has a temp sensor, you can activate it at settings, temp monitoring. Keep an eye on you temps, no more than 70°C is good, it will start to cause artifacts on stable overclocks.

Chim3ra · 06-10-05

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Originally Posted by zokus

Basically, yes.

EDIT: And an artifact is a glitch caused by the overheating of the core of your GFX card. You might see such things as 'sparkling' white dots or triangle shaped fragments in the 3D graphics in a game.

so it's kind of like your trippin....hehehe

Niklas · 06-10-05

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Originally Posted by DataX

An artifact is an error, a glich that you get when your gpu-mem has reached it's limits. After that it will keep testing that overclock and if more artifact appear it will lower your gpu-mem speed until you have a 100% stable overclock. I recommend to keep an eye on the progress of your overclock just in case there is any reboot, Atitool will report your last overclocked gpu-mem speed, then go setting, overclocking, use safety range and set it to that last detected speed, so that it will never pass the overclock that caused the reboot.

Btw, if your card has a temp sensor, you can activate it at settings, temp monitoring. Keep an eye on you temps, no more than 70°C is good, it will start to cause artifacts on stable overclocks.

Thanks so much for the explanation of the aritfacts

Ok, I activated the temperature monitor, but it doesn't say whether it is C or F.

I would guess Celsius, but please clarify.....

Also, I assume the GPU temperature is much more important than the chip itself, since it is listed as the icon when ati tool is minimized, am I right?

O yes, I was thinking about this last night......

Would it be a good idea to modify the AGP voltage in the bios? I'm pretty sure my motherboard allows a .2 volt increase. Also, how does CPU and MEM tie in to overclocking you Video Card? Are they overclocked when the GPU speed increases?

Another Thing: Considering I have 6 case fans (controlled by my nifty fan controller :santasmil ) do I need to buy a new cooler such as an Artic VGA Cooler? Thanks!

DataX · 06-11-05

-Yes, temp is displayed as celsius. The temp is displayed on the atitool icon as an option, go to settings, temp monitoring, tray icon, and you can change the icon from gpu temp, environment, default icon....
-IMO, don't increase agp voltage, unless it starts to reboot to easily while overclocking.
-The mem & cpu are not linked to the gpu, the only thing linked is the agp port, the more you overclock your cpu, agp will have a higher bus speed, which can cause errors and data corruption. Bios must have an option to lock it to it's default speed, 66Mhz.
-About a new cooler, just keep an eye on your temps, if it goes above 65°C while gaming, I'd say add another fan and check that your rig is clean(no dust on heatsink). If temps don't drop, you should consider a new cooler.

xie67 · 06-11-05

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Originally Posted by Niklas

Could someone please explain to me how ATI Tool works, and how to use it. I have never overclocked before so I need some help getting started.
My home rig is:

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 1mb L2 Cache @ 2.0 ghz.
Asus K8V Motherboard
1 gig Corsair PC-3200 RAM XMS Series
ATI 9800 Pro 256mb @ default clock speeds
Thermaltake Silent Purepower 480 watts
2 Maxor SATA HDDs 7200 rpm RAID 1

check out here http://www.overclock.net/showthread.php?t=12415

it is from this forums FAQ's

cheers

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