With my new Sapphire 9800np after 24 hours of non-stop 3dmark03 I've decided to overclock the memory. Since it's 2.86ns Samsung it's rated 355mhz effective but it's only clocked at 290. So a simple push on the slider got me 357mhz right away. The GPU was simply amazing as well, after pushing 379 showed no problem at all and the back of the GPU was only 31C, i pushed further 420mhz still perfect no artifacts or anything. This is a 9800np overclocked higher than the freq of a 9800XT. This was done of course after new cooling, I attached a copper based generic CPU cooler, and hacked up the other half of my 1700+ processor heatsink and used it as ramsink on the front side. Then used Thermaltake ramsinks on the back. I'm going to borrow my friend's digital camera so i'll try to take a couple pics of the card and post it here. But i still don't think i'm at the limit of my card yet, the back of the GPU's never past 38C. I'm sure i could push further. I just did Aquamark3 and got 52000 Aquamarks i was VERY happy.

-Intel PIV 2.6C @ 3.51G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 270mhz 2.5-4-4-8 -Geforce2 MX400(i know i know) -SB audigy -120G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 S-ATA150 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

Nice OC for your 9800NP. Does it look like a Vid Card or a big fan?

Looks like a big fan.

-Intel PIV 2.6C @ 3.51G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 270mhz 2.5-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800np @ 420/740 -SB audigy -120G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 S-ATA150 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

I'm facing another problem the card's too heavy so it's already bending on the inner side of the card. So now i gotta find a way to support it from snapping.

-Intel PIV 2.6C @ 3.51G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 270mhz 2.5-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800np @ 420/740 -SB audigy -120G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 S-ATA150 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

I'm at 432/380 i'm not sure how much further i can push this thing, temp's not an issue, i think it's the voltage that's limiting me.

-Intel PIV 2.6C @ 3.51G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 270mhz 2.5-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800np @ 420/740 -SB audigy -120G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 S-ATA150 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

See what happens when you don't leave well enough alone.

I promised myself never to try a voltage mod, but i think i might try it when i get extremely bored.

-Intel PIV 2.6C @ 3.575G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 275mhz 3-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800np @ 432/780 -SB audigy -120G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 S-ATA150 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

When tonight?

Uh oh. Wouldnt recommend a volt mod on air cooling lol. You said a generic copper based cooler? I hope you mean a cpu cooler not a gpu one. If so, how did you attach it?

My system spec: Fast PC<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7000747" target="_new"> 3D-2001 </A>
"It's not the spoon that bends, it's only yourself."

Of course CPU 1, i drilled 2 holes and used some industrial epoxy, stuck two screws in there which went through the mounting holes on the video card and i also put a little bit of epoxy on the shim just to make sure 100% contact, with the GPU.

-Intel PIV 2.6C @ 3.575G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 275mhz 3-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800np @ 432/780 -SB audigy -120G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 S-ATA150 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

If you have some spare cash then try the volt mod. Even if it goes wrong its all experience. I bet you could get it over 450mhz without too much trouble. Then you could sell that for loads more than you payed for it lol.

My system spec: Fast PC<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7000747" target="_new"> 3D-2001 </A>
"It's not the spoon that bends, it's only yourself."

I'm too chicken, i don't feel like wasting my card. That's my final decision.

-Intel PIV 2.6C @ 3.575G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 275mhz 3-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800np @ 432/780 -SB audigy -120G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 S-ATA150 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

Smart choice. Its more than fast enough anyways!

My system spec: Fast PC<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7000747" target="_new"> 3D-2001 </A>
"It's not the spoon that bends, it's only yourself."

buy a old ti4200 to practise on... if you stuff it up try it on your new card.

btw how many 3dsmark2001 and 2003 do you have, 30000 and 10000???????

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Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.0G \
Asus P4C800 \
Corsair 2x512 3200LL memory \
Radeon 9600pro @ 500/700/1.35 \
SB Live 5.1 \
80G Seagate S-ATA150 \
430 Antec 1080AMG