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zokus · 02-18-05

There are mound, heaps and piles of GPU (graphic processing unit) overclocking software available on the internet. Below is the step by step process by which I have found my successful overclocks:

1. The first thing you want to do is locate the latest and/or best drivers for your particular video card. These can be from ATI's website ( http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html ) or my personal favorite ( www.omegadrivers.net ), the latter which is an easy way to get quality overclocking software as well as quality modified drivers.

2. Now on to the downloading. You need to pick out some software. In my opinion, the necessaries are ATI Tool ( www.guru3d.com ) and radlinker (also at guru3d.com or comes with omega drivers).

3. On to overclocking. Our first step will be to install ATI Tool, and then use that to find your clocks. You can use the automatic highest core and mem button if you have the time, takes about 4 hours. If not, you can adjust the values yourself.

4. Adjusting the values: The first step is to open the 3D window, so you can see the spinning cube. This will allow you to watch for artifacts, little white dots that mean your GPU is heating up too much. Now, start moving the two sliders up about 5Mhz at a time. Keep doing this until dots begin to appear on the cube. Stop, and lower the memory slider until the dots dissappear. You should now be able to continue moving the core slider until more dots appear. When they do, lower the core slider until they are gone, then press the 'Scan for Artifacts' button. Let the artifact test run until either the 'no errors' timer resets, you start to see artifacts, or it has run for 10 min to an hour with no problems. If the first two conditions occur, lower the mem, and or core a little and try the test again. Repeat until you have a stable overclock.

5. Now that you have a stable overclock, you are going to apply it to your system using radlinker. I do this because I have had in game problems while using both ATI Tool and Rivatuner, and radlinker is invisible and efficient. To do this, install radlinker then right click on the desktop, select the radlinker button, and on the window that pops up select "Enable Clock Rate Change". Move these memory sliders until you have set the same values we found with ATI Tool. Once you have done this, click the "Use Current" button, then click "Apply" and "Ok". You have just successfully overclocked your GPU, and the settings will automatically come into play as soon as you start boot into windows. All that is left now is to uninstall ATI Tool and start playing games.

Good luck!

EDIT: The latest versions of ATI Tool have fixed many compatibility errors, so it is not necessary to use Radlinker if you do not want. ATI tool is quite sufficient to maintain any overclock you may want. It also now comes with many neat features such as a temperature monitor and dynamic fan control for your video card.

Sloth_Boy · 03-05-05

i would'nt say it takes 4hours for ATI tool to find the highest clocks. Only took me about 10mins for GPU and Memory. You must of set your heatup phase to run for a really long time which is unnescasary.

zokus · 03-05-05

4 Hours is safe, thats why I mentioned that time. Thats what I've heard to be the best and safest reccomended, and I get some heavy gaming going on and wanted to be sure that I wouldn't get any artifacts partway through a session. You can take whatever time you believe is safe,

complainin' foo · 03-22-05

Im sorta confused, what are those stringy looking things on the cube?

zokus · 04-07-05

Those are just stringy looking things, part of the graphical interface that uses a large amount of pocessing power, therefore allows for an accurate represention of the processing power required by a game. Thus allows for the artifacts to show up also accurately.

fogsam6 · 04-17-05

Picked up your advice and after following the directions, I was doing back flips. Very impressed by the info. Thank you very much!!!

*CyberDruid* · 05-30-05

Know what you mean about problems when in 3d--I will try the omega driver 5.4 now--the AIW9600 is kind of buggy so if it blows up I'll have CompUsa replace it 4 free... (Insurance-- it's not just 4 soccer moms anymore)--by the way you might want to mention that when the card starts getting too hot it happens pretty quick, mytemp probe showed an exponential increase as i approached maxclock speeds in ATI tool--with the probe I was able to backoff before that"funny smell"...without a probe only the nose knows

Pythagoras · 06-26-05

Another program that you can use to overclock (after finding your clock speeds with ATITool) is Rage3d. Easy to use and it has a lot of other tweaks for adjusting your card for various games.

ArgyrE · 07-21-05

good info thanks...

snugglealufacus · 07-30-05

ati x300se 128mb agp
my core was rated at 324 when i first opened the program before any tweaks, i let it run for 3 and a half hours and it set itself to 438. i didnt want to put too much pressue on it so i backed it down to 425..i was wondering if it is okay to leave it at 438? i opened the case right after i aborted the test and got close to burning myself on the heatsink on the vid card..will it always be that hot or is that just testing?

sorry about all the questions..im a noob

02-18-05	#1 (permalink)
zokus Audiophile Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 2,209 Rep: 186 Unique Rep: 131 FAQs Submitted: 4 Folding Team Rank: 2408 Hardware Reviews: 3 Trader Rating: 1	Info: Overclocking my ATI card? There are mound, heaps and piles of GPU (graphic processing unit) overclocking software available on the internet. Below is the step by step process by which I have found my successful overclocks: 1. The first thing you want to do is locate the latest and/or best drivers for your particular video card. These can be from ATI's website ( http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html ) or my personal favorite ( www.omegadrivers.net ), the latter which is an easy way to get quality overclocking software as well as quality modified drivers. 2. Now on to the downloading. You need to pick out some software. In my opinion, the necessaries are ATI Tool ( www.guru3d.com ) and radlinker (also at guru3d.com or comes with omega drivers). 3. On to overclocking. Our first step will be to install ATI Tool, and then use that to find your clocks. You can use the automatic highest core and mem button if you have the time, takes about 4 hours. If not, you can adjust the values yourself. 4. Adjusting the values: The first step is to open the 3D window, so you can see the spinning cube. This will allow you to watch for artifacts, little white dots that mean your GPU is heating up too much. Now, start moving the two sliders up about 5Mhz at a time. Keep doing this until dots begin to appear on the cube. Stop, and lower the memory slider until the dots dissappear. You should now be able to continue moving the core slider until more dots appear. When they do, lower the core slider until they are gone, then press the 'Scan for Artifacts' button. Let the artifact test run until either the 'no errors' timer resets, you start to see artifacts, or it has run for 10 min to an hour with no problems. If the first two conditions occur, lower the mem, and or core a little and try the test again. Repeat until you have a stable overclock. 5. Now that you have a stable overclock, you are going to apply it to your system using radlinker. I do this because I have had in game problems while using both ATI Tool and Rivatuner, and radlinker is invisible and efficient. To do this, install radlinker then right click on the desktop, select the radlinker button, and on the window that pops up select "Enable Clock Rate Change". Move these memory sliders until you have set the same values we found with ATI Tool. Once you have done this, click the "Use Current" button, then click "Apply" and "Ok". You have just successfully overclocked your GPU, and the settings will automatically come into play as soon as you start boot into windows. All that is left now is to uninstall ATI Tool and start playing games. Good luck! EDIT: The latest versions of ATI Tool have fixed many compatibility errors, so it is not necessary to use Radlinker if you do not want. ATI tool is quite sufficient to maintain any overclock you may want. It also now comes with many neat features such as a temperature monitor and dynamic fan control for your video card. Last edited by zokus : 02-06-06 at 02:13 AM

03-05-05	#3 (permalink)
zokus Audiophile Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 2,209 Rep: 186 Unique Rep: 131 FAQs Submitted: 4 Folding Team Rank: 2408 Hardware Reviews: 3 Trader Rating: 1	allo 4 Hours is safe, thats why I mentioned that time. Thats what I've heard to be the best and safest reccomended, and I get some heavy gaming going on and wanted to be sure that I wouldn't get any artifacts partway through a session. You can take whatever time you believe is safe,

03-22-05	#4 (permalink)
complainin' foo Overclocker Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2 Rep: 0 Unique Rep: 0 Trader Rating: 0	allo Im sorta confused, what are those stringy looking things on the cube?

04-07-05	#5 (permalink)
zokus Audiophile Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 2,209 Rep: 186 Unique Rep: 131 FAQs Submitted: 4 Folding Team Rank: 2408 Hardware Reviews: 3 Trader Rating: 1	allo Those are just stringy looking things, part of the graphical interface that uses a large amount of pocessing power, therefore allows for an accurate represention of the processing power required by a game. Thus allows for the artifacts to show up also accurately.

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