Overclocking Athlon

[Gotti]

Has anybody here overclocked their Athlon computers? I was wondering how hard this is to do, cause i jus got Doom 3 an its runnin a little choppy in spots.

I got:

Athlon XP 2400+
512mb Ram
120gb hard drive

[Suislide]

moved to the technical forum.

[Neutrino]

Originally Posted by Gotti

Has anybody here overclocked their Athlon computers? I was wondering how hard this is to do, cause i jus got Doom 3 an its runnin a little choppy in spots.

I got:

Athlon XP 2400+
512mb Ram
120gb hard drive

the million dollar question is what videocard you have?

[Gotti]

Originally Posted by Neutrino

the million dollar question is what videocard you have?

nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4200

[Neutrino]

Originally Posted by Gotti

nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4200

and there lies your problem. Overclocking your CPU will accomplish nothing since its the videocard that is the bottleneck. Get at least a radeon 9600xt or a 9800pro or if you can afford it get a radeon x800 or a geforce 6800.

[Gotti]

Originally Posted by Neutrino

and there lies your problem. Overclocking your CPU will accomplish nothing since its the videocard that is the bottleneck. Get at least a radeon 9600xt or a 9800pro or if you can afford it get a radeon x800 or a geforce 6800.

Damn seriously? I didnt think my vid card was bad
and i just got the computer like half a year ago









fuck

[Gotti]

It's a 128mb GeForce.... I didnt think it was that old already?!

I cant afford a new video card

[Neutrino]

yeah its old its already two generations old unfortunatelly. And even among its peers it was only middle ground slower than a geforce 4600.


Sorry for the bad news. Look for a sale on radeon 9800 pro you should be able to get one around $150

[pre98zetec]

you can over clock nvidia cards, http://oc3dmark.octeams.com/tip02.html

Check that out.

I just overclocked my FX5200 256mb.

[Neutrino]

Originally Posted by sk8ter_in_ny

you can over clock nvidia cards, http://oc3dmark.octeams.com/tip02.html

Check that out.

I just overclocked my FX5200 256mb.

he might be a ble to get it up to the level of a 4600 which is still too low for doom3. Plus as a rule of thumb the few points you get from overclocking are generally not worth the potential instability or heat issues.

[pre98zetec]

and try this, I successfully ram doom 3 on my system last time, I just upgraded today.

I use to have 2200+ athlon (still have it)
352 ram
and a 64mb nVIDIA Geforce MX4000.

I could run consistent frame rate with all graphics options turned down and it ran fine and looked awesome.

But it was also overclocked to 200mhz over.

Try turning the graphics options down (and the advanced options too!) down and see how it works out. Overclocking is usually not the best awnser because if you overclock to much you have the risk of frying your card.

I now have :

Same processor
758mb ram
and a GeForce FX 5200 256mb, I can run full options and have consistent framerate with no slow downs or choppy ness

[Gotti]

Originally Posted by sk8ter_in_ny

and try this, I successfully ram doom 3 on my system last time, I just upgraded today.

I use to have 2200+ athlon (still have it)
352 ram
and a 64mb nVIDIA Geforce MX4000.

I could run consistent frame rate with all graphics options turned down and it ran fine and looked awesome.

But it was also overclocked to 200mhz over.

Try turning the graphics options down (and the advanced options too!) down and see how it works out. Overclocking is usually not the best awnser because if you overclock to much you have the risk of frying your card.

I now have :

Same processor
758mb ram
and a GeForce FX 5200 256mb, I can run full options and have consistent framerate with no slow downs or choppy ness

How'd u overclock your athlon? I wouldnt want to overclock it much, just like 200mhz. I heard Athlons are really good for overclocking, arent they?

Looks like i gotta get a new video card then

[Neutrino]

Originally Posted by Gotti

How'd u overclock your athlon? I wouldnt want to overclock it much, just like 200mhz. I heard Athlons are really good for overclocking, arent they?

Looks like i gotta get a new video card then

I believe he was talking about OC his video cand not his CPU.


On the older palomino cores to unlock the clock you had to insulate the little power draw circuit that amd installed then get some conductive paste and connect the L1 bridge.

Then you go in the bios and change the settings, you also have to make sure there is adequate cooling.

You have a 2400+ so you have a trourougbred core but i think the trick to unlock it is the same as a palomino.

However don't do it, what you need is a new video card.

[pre98zetec]

yep Neutrino was right, I was talking about overclocking my video card.

If I were you, and had around 100 bucks to spend, Look into a GeForce FX5200 256 mb, same one I got. I went from around 14fps (old card) in D3 to over 50fps solid.

[Gotti]

are radeon video cards better than GeForce?