Overclocking the Ti 4200

[Guest kilo_sierra17]

Hey Guys, I need some help, I was thinking of overclocking my graphics card, I have the GeForce 4 Ti 4200 128 MB Version, it currently runs at 250/460, what I would like to know is, If I increase the 250 to 255, what do I have to increase the 460 too? Also, what are some safe running numbers with this card? Some help would be greatly appreciated.

[Guest FPSFREAK]

As far as overclocking one does not have to be set the same as the other. (Core/Mem). I was able to get my 4200 when I had it as high as 305/590-600 depending on cooling and room temperature. Each card will differ as far as the effective ceiling as far as Overclocking goes. Experiment. it's the name of the game. If it has the factory HS on it try running around 280/500 for a little performance boost.Bobby

[Guest Delta_747]

Watch your cooling. I wouldn't try inside one of those Dell XPS T cases.It may work for only a 5Mhz increase though since it's that small of a amount.

[Guest kilo_sierra17]

Well I turned the card from 250-260, tried that for about 1 hour, noticed some difference in the games, little bit smoother, so I turned it up to 270 and I have been running that for about 1 and half hours now and it's been running fine, no problems at all, I might try to turn the Memory speed up later, I will keep a close eye on the computer to make sure we dont over heat, but my computer seems to do well for cooling, I got a fan on the processor, one for the power supply, one for the card, and one to just suck air out, so I think I will be O.K.

[Guest ucanfly]

I wouldn't want anyone to repeat this experiment, but I got carried away trying to increase frame rates with RIVA Tuner with my new Video card and OCd from 249/513 MHZ to 306/629 MHZ (Chaintech Ti4200 64 MB) with stock cooling and Dell XPS T500 case. Got a good 4-6 FPS more in FS2002 and almost 8% increase in 3DMARK2000. I read the Riva tuner readme and stayed within the documented blue (safe?) range for overclocking GPU and GMEM.Next day I browsed internet and saw some overclocking reports on my card and realized I could probably melt down my graphics system - back to stock speeds and small steps! Whew! :-walksmile Dell Dimension T500 -> 1.4GHZ Powerleap640 MB SDRAM, 100MHZ FSBSE440BX-3 Motherboard, A11 BiosChaintech GF4 Ti4200 64 MB (4X)DVD ROM, CD R/W, Zip100Windows 98

[Guest kilo_sierra17]

My Card is currently running at 270/500 and everything working fine, And I am feeling the back of my computer where the air comes out and its not hot, I checked the card and nothing looks damaged, so far so good!

[Guest ucanfly]

What brand of GF4 Ti4200 are you using. I noticed that although mine (the CHaintech) has a GPU fan it is not a very big one, and has no heat sink for memory. I know the Gainward and other brands seem to have more agressive coolong on theirs. On mine I think I'm going to leave stock for awhile until I figure out a better place to put the tower (not ideal for ventilation right now) cause I want this baby to last me.Dell Dimension T500 -> 1.4GHZ Powerleap640 MB SDRAM, 100MHZ FSBSE440BX-3 Motherboard, A11 BiosChaintech GF4 Ti4200 64 MB (4X)DVD ROM, CD R/W, Zip100Windows 98

[Guest kilo_sierra17]

My card is made by XFX, the fan on my GeForce 3 Ti 200 went on me, went to futurehsop and they had no problem exchanging the card and for about the same amount of money, I got a Ti 4200, here is the card belowhttp://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetai...id=&newdeptid=1This card has a good size fan and heatsinks, so I think it will be fine for temperature for what I am running.