How to OC R9700pro?

[FunkySmile]

I have a Gigabyte R9700pro and I wanna OC it a bit (just to see). How can I do it?

Im gonna mod my case to have a 120mm fan (silent, of course) blowing onto my (future) Zalman HP80C vga cooler soon so I wanna OC the beast too.

THNX boys & girls

 

[mopeygoth]

http://www.omegacorner.com/

go for the softmod driver

Intel Pentium 4 - 400Mhz FSB - 2.4Ghz
- 1024mb pc-133 - Ati Radeon 9700@350mhz 128Mb@610mhz

 

[FunkySmile]

Tnx I found Radclocker and its very good.
R9700pro @ 351, 337.5 MHz.
I had 12340 in 3DMARK2001 (look below) 4xAA and VGA at stock speed (325, 310MHz). Now even OCd I cant get over 11000pts with Cat 3.8 drivers (we r talkin abt 4xAA and 3linear, Res 1024x768)
Athlon 2500+(2100MHz - 12*175), 1GB PC2700 Samsung ram (crap and I know it)

3DMARK2001 PROJECT FILE

PROJECT
Name My Benchmark
Description
Registration Name
Registration Key
3DMark Version 330

DISPLAY
Platform RADEON 9700 PRO
CPU Optimization D3D Pure Hardware T&L
Width 1024
Height 768
Depth 32 bit
Z-Buffering 24 bit
Texture Format Compressed
Buffering Triple
Refresh Rate 60 Hz
FSAA Mode 4 samples

OPTIONS
Show Title Screens Yes
Continuous Benchmark No
Benchmark Run Count 1
Demo Sounds Enabled Yes
Continuous Demo No
Game Sound Effects Enabled Yes
Game Music Enabled Yes
Game Detail Level High

RESULTS
3DMark Score 12340
Game 1 - Car Chase - Low Detail 173.8 fps
Game 1 - Car Chase - High Detail 72.7 fps
Game 2 - Dragothic - Low Detail 203.4 fps
Game 2 - Dragothic - High Detail 118.1 fps
Game 3 - Lobby - Low Detail 178.9 fps
Game 3 - Lobby - High Detail 83.9 fps
Game 4 - Nature 64.3 fps
Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 1467.3 MTexels/s
Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 2501.5 MTexels/s
High Polygon Count (1 Light) 57.9 MTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (8 Lights) 15.6 MTriangles/s
Environment Bump Mapping 209.9 fps
DOT3 Bump Mapping 134.4 fps
Vertex Shader 126.1 fps
Pixel Shader 241.6 fps
Advanced Pixel Shader 146.9 fps
Point Sprites 10.0 MSprites/s

SYSTEM INFO

System Info Version 2.2
Installation ID 0x00000000
OEM ID

CPU INFO
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNITS
Manufacturer AMD
Family Duron(tm)
Internal Clock 2.11 GHz
Internal Clock Maximum 3 GHz
External Clock 175 MHz
Socket Designation Socket A
Type <unknown>
Upgrade ZIF Socket
Capabilities MMX, CMov, RDTSC, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE
Version AMD Athlon(tm) XP
CPUID 0x000006a0

 

[mopeygoth]

that is nice man =). The great thing about the omega drivers is the actual game performance and loadtime increase. Don't worry too much about your ram, I have to settle with pc-133 =). I'd like to see you futuremark03 results on the default setting (of 3dmark03) though.

Intel Pentium 4 - 400Mhz FSB - 2.4Ghz
- 1024mb pc-133 - Ati Radeon 9700@350mhz 128Mb@610mhz

 

[speeduk]

I have the same processor and 3d card as you. With some pc3200 memory and a better motherboard, I get over 18,000 3dmarks easily....

I use rage3d tweak to o/c the 9700pro. 382/351 is the maximum I can go but I keep it about 370/340 for general gaming because it more than fast enough.....

Oh and stay away from the cat 3.8's if you can. Lots of people with overheating and stability problems from these. I use the omega 3.7's...

<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7000747" target="_new"> 3D-2001 </A>
<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=1284380" target="_new"> 3D-03 </A>
<font color=red> 120% overclocker </font color=red> (cheapskate)

 

[mopeygoth]

well, 3dmark01 is know for putting a lot of "marks" up to the ram and processor. If you two want to do an oc'compete, try a program that tests the graphicscard instead of the whole sytem. (ig. 3dmark03,x2,etc.)

Intel Pentium 4 - 400Mhz FSB - 2.4Ghz
- 1024mb pc-133 - Ati Radeon 9700@350mhz 128Mb@610mhz

 

[MrBurns]

Disable 4xAA. Then you should get at least 18000 points. Scores w/a AA are better compareable, because most benchmarks are made w/o AA and most people dont have any idea, if 12000 w/ AA is good for your system.

AMD Athlon XP 2700+
Epox 8rda+
Thermaltake Volcano 7+
2x256 MB PC2700
Creative GeForce 4 Ti 4800 (4600 Chip)
Chieftech Case
WD 80GB/8MB HDD
16x48 DVD-ROM
20x10x32 Burner

 

[MrBurns]

You can get the ZM-OP1 noiseless fan <b>additional</b> to the casefan. This should improve your temps a little bit (2-5°C approx.) and make your R9700 even more overclockable.

AMD Athlon XP 2700+
Epox 8rda+
Thermaltake Volcano 7+
2x256 MB PC2700
Creative GeForce 4 Ti 4800 (4600 Chip)
Chieftech Case
WD 80GB/8MB HDD
16x48 DVD-ROM
20x10x32 Burner