Need help overclocking my FX 5200

[sriram]

I have a GeForceFX 5200 128MB Card running at 250/331 (Engine/Memory)...could anyone please suggest the best/safe overcloked speeds for my card...BTW,my card has got just a heatsink on it(no fan),so is it safe to overclock my card at all ?
Right now I'm getting an avg. FPS of 25 with most of the new games(at 800x600,32,high detail)..will overclocking my card improve my framerate to atleast a min. of 30 FPS ?

My PC : P4 2.4c,256 MB DDR,GeForce FX 5200 128,80 GB HD running Win 98 and Win XP

Thanks

 

[scottchen]

Tell you the truth it won't. Because the card itself is simply too week.

-Intel PIV 2.6C @ 3.575G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 275mhz 3-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800np @ 432/760 -SB audigy -120G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 S-ATA150 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

 

[twofruitz]

you probably could only get it up 10mhz which wouldnt change much.

<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6973142" target="_new">3dmark2001</A>

2.4C @ 3.0G
Asus P4C800
Corsair 2x512 3200
Sapphire 9600pro @ 500/700
80G Seagate S-ATA150

 

[HardWareBoss]

Wimpy card.

 

[HardWareBoss]

OCed my TI4200 300/550.

 

[spitoon]

I have my FX5200 (PCI :frown: ) running rock solid at 305/350. I've had it up to 310/360 but started to see some problem in a few games.

I've actually been pleasantly surprised by it's performance despite its PCI bus adapter. I've scored around 9700 in Aquamark, which according to their board filtered for my PIII CPU speed is the 2nd highest score overall! (7th overall for any AMD/Intel CPU in my speed range).

 

[tombance]

Got mine to 316/609. Im really let down by my non BGA 3.3ns mem, just wont go that far. If you wnt more try lapping the chip. I did that and it raised mr about 10mhz.

<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6752830" target="_new">Yay, I Finally broke the 12k barrier!!</A>

 

[HardWareBoss]

I'm staying with the stock kooler on the vid card. So what I have is good. Unless I try a few more Mhz.