GeForce 4 Ti4200 Overclocking

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Anyone know what a safe core and mem clock for this is? I am running the 64MB.(See system spec for info)

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Shane, Before I got rid of it I was running my Gainward 4200 @ 305/600.Just slowly bump it up till you start to get visual anomalies and than back it down a bit.

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Thanks Bobby.I was going to bump it up to 265/525.

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You're OK with that Shane. Almost any 4200 can safely run the 4400 clock speeds of 275/550. Mine lets go a little sooner than Bobbie's did. I start to see problems at 285/590 but it will sometimes run clean as high as 290/600. As Bobbie said, just back it off a bit when things start to look wrong (you'll know when that is) and you should be fine.Trip

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I clocked it up to what you suggested trip, and i started to notice anomalies like Bobby said, So I backed it off to 250/500 and now they are still there, could I possibly damaged the card? :'(

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HelloIf I may go a wee bit off topic here. I noticed you arerunning an Asus A7N8X and a SoundBlaster 16 PCI.On Tom's Hardware they tested a bunch of sound cardsand onboard sound chipsets. They were looking atgame frame rates and how different audio systems helpedor hurt rates. The onboard A7N8X audio chipset beateverything it sight by a good margin.Sorry if I strayed off topic.DaHoov

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Hey thats good info! I may try that, but are they thinking of the deluxe? The 100% Main reason I didnt buy a deluxe is all the places I went said they are CPU fryers.

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I doubt that the card's damaged from running 275/550. But all mileage is variable. How long did it run OC'd? It sounds like a memory problem. Who made the card and how old is it?Trip

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I ran it for about 15 minutes OC'd.I bought this card in May.03, and PNY makes it.

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What are you seeing on the screen that doesn't look right Shane? There's always the possibillity the card had a marginal (defective) memory chip and it just got pushed over the edge. If so, better to find out now with a fresh warranty as it would ultimately fail anyway.Trip

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>I may try that, but are they thinking of the deluxe? Are they not using the same audio chipset?>The 100% Main reason I didnt buy a deluxe is all the places I>went said they are CPU fryers.I have never heard that. As far as I have read the A7N8X is noworse than other AMD boards. Un-overclocked, some boards run a coupleof degrees hotter for some reason but your Athlon XP cpu lists90C as the "cooked" point. I am running one of the hottest Athlonsthe 2200+ and I have no trouble keeping it between 48C-52C whileusing FS2K2.DaHoov

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>I may try that, but are they thinking of the deluxe? Are they not using the same audio chipset?>The 100% Main reason I didnt buy a deluxe is all the places I>went said they are CPU fryers.I have never heard that. As far as I have read the A7N8X is noworse than other AMD boards. Un-overclocked, some boards run a coupleof degrees hotter for some reason but your Athlon XP cpu lists90C as the "cooked" point. I am running one of the hottest Athlonsthe 2200+ and I have no trouble keeping it between 48C-52C whileusing FS2K2.DaHoov