Overclcocking help

OK, i've heard numerous ways with numerous drivers and numerous tools to overclock our ati 9600 vid cards. Is there somebody out there that is competent in overclocking video cards able to make a "Overclocking for dummies" post and it'd be nice if it was a stick! To whoever makes this post, i thank you emachine god!

 

I'm not overclocking guru, but you could try installing the latest omega drivers, which also come with Radlinker. This is a simple tool which integrates into the control panel and allows you to eaily change the clock rate.
This is pretty simple and I'm a dummy too!
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If you look in the faq it tells you about ATI tools, run it and it will tell you your max stable overclock for your video card. Then just plug those numbers into your "Radlinker" from the Omega drivers. It is pretty much idiot proof. Just run the ATI tools for about an hour.

 

i need help with step 1 and 3

1- If you have the normal ATI drivers installed, uninstall the ATI Control Panel
BEFORE upgrading to these drivers, the Omega Drivers already have the CP
integrated and another CP will cause conflicts or other problems.


3- In Windows 2k/XP, ALWAYS disable DDC in the ATI "Displays/Monitor" CP after
installing drivers to be able to use ALL the refresh rates and resolutions
your monitor supports, also this is the best way to avoid the 60Hz RR bug.


How do i do these?

 

what is ddc? and what does the 60hz RR do? What should the Refresh rate be?

 

not sure what they are refering to with ddc, but 60hz RR bug is a bug in 2k and xp that doesn't let you have a visible refresh rate over 60fps.

zx5000 :: 2.4M :: 512 DDR :: 40gb 4200 RPM HD :: 15.4" :: Radeon 9600 Mobilty M10 :: Aquamark3 22,856

 

The omega drivers gave me a serious speed boost without overclocking, and gave me a handy utility. I reccomend them even if you are no enthusiast.

Okay, I tried overclocking my radeon 9600 pro turbo, and it didn't go far. I worked my way up to 371 mhz core and 253 mhz RAM, when it crashed, HARD. This is from 337/243, which got me a 21088 aquamark. After I lowered the speed to 361/253, It crashed again. I had previously been able to acquire this speed, but the 371 mhz trial did something and I was no longer able to run it with much stability. You probably are going to end up trying it on your own, but it is far from reliable for extended gameplay. The highest score I got ever was a 23048 with 361/261, but that was a really lucky shot. No time after that was I able to finish the test at that clock rate, I would have to hard reset.

I was stubborn enough to try overclocking on my own after hearing that notebook overclocking is a messy idea. I ended up getting marginal performance gains for huge costs in stability, not to mention huge scares when it locks up. Need another reason to stay away? The GPU is very close to the motherboard chipset. What does that mean? Even if you see no artifacts, and the video card works fine, the chipset may not, and you won't know it until it is fried.

Bottom line: Don't consider overclocking unless these things happen:
1. You are not able to play the latest games at decent framerates or resolutions.
2. You are willing to install an ACTIVE COOLING SYSTEM for the video card and any nearby motherboard chips (passive cooling of the video card does not prevent the motherboard chips from getting hot).
3. You are willing to buy a completely new video card if this screws up. If you just laid down a lot of money to get that video card, chances are you will play games just fine.
Don't overclock for the heck of it. The best time to overclock is when your video card is out of date. Then you can get a free performance boost, and if it screws up, a decent card replacement will be cheap

I hope this dissuades you. Many people overclock in desktops and say that there is very little risk, but it is a whole different world with notebooks.

Dell 8600
1.8 dothan SXGA+
128mb radeon 9600PRO TURBO
512mb RAM

 

can anyone please say how to change the refresh rate. i got the M6809 and installed the Omage drivers. still see only 60hz in the control panel??

 

Great post, Andrew! As to why you could not speed it up by far - I have read somewhere that ATI PRO/TURBO cards are basically fine tuned versions of regular cards. So, yours was already well tuned by ATI to squeeze maximum out of it while ensuring stability and there is no need for you to try do it again.

 

can somebody please post the original agp speed and memory speed for the radeon 9600? I moved the speed but I want to keep original...

thanks!

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<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by djbox

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by cxd

 

Changing the refresh on LCDs wouldn't do so much for your eyes like you think because of the way an LCD refreshes. The reason low refresh rates on CRTs hurt your eyes so much is because the screen is constantly being bombarded by electrons to keep the phosphors lit. Your eyes respond to the pixels being turned off and on rapidly, even if your brain doesn't pick up on it. In LCDs, once a pixel is turned on, it stays on until the graphics card tells it to turn off, so your eyes don't sense any flickering and don't get fatigued.