Increasing AGP frequency will improve performance?

[ytoledano]

I know that on boards which don't off the feature of changing/locking the FSB:AGPCI ratio the AGP might lower overclocking peak but what if I want to get more out of my video card by increasing the AGP frequency - would it work? How much should I increase the frequency? Would video RAM and or GPU be stressed? Is it best for me to STFU and settle for conventional RAM/GPU OC?

Got a nice overclocked overvolted system to keep you warm at night? That's great. Guess I'll have to settle for a woman...

 

[pIII_Man]

if you are running agp 2x it might be worth it...

In agp 4x or 8x i just cant beleive there would be any noticable gains...although there is no shame in trying, i would say for an ati card 70mhz would be a safe agp frequency (around 72mhz will be the max) for nvidia your guess is as good as mine, but i would imagine around 75-85mhz would be possible as nvidia cards have always been more forgiving to agp overclocking.


If it isn't a P6 then it isn't a procesor
110% BX fanboy

 

[pIII_Man]

haha no! Every r300 based card i have ever heard of someone trying to overclock the agp bus on has maxed out below 75mhz...you should give it a try.


If it isn't a P6 then it isn't a procesor
110% BX fanboy

 

[pIII_Man]

3d mark failed me at 72mhz
no boot at 82.66mhz


If it isn't a P6 then it isn't a procesor
110% BX fanboy

 

[Nibble]

Does anyone know of a nice third party cooler for a 9700pro? I've see a few that wrap around and such, but they all got bad reviews. And a good one that was fan less would be a nice change... i dunno, its all beyond me sometimes.

AMD XP 2000+, MSI K7N2, 1 Gig DDR 333 (512x2), ATi 9700 Pro, 20gig Western Digital, 80gig Western Digital, Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum, Klipsch ProMedia 5.1, LG 48/24/48/16, Antec TrueBlue 480w PSU

 

[Vapor]

Zalman HP80C-ZM with the silent fan option (OP-1 or something). It's probably as close as you'll get to silent (it is very quiet).

Maxtor disgraces the six letters that make Matrox.

 

[addiarmadar]

AGP bu boosting is not different than software boosting except you can get in more trouble with it. Just make sure you got very good cooling on it.

Barton 2500+ @ 2200mhz (10x220 vcore @ 1.8)
Asus A7N8X Dlx 440 FSB
1gb Geil GD pc3500 Dual Channel (2-3-3-6)
Segata 80gb SATA 8.5ms seek
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro(420/720)

 

[pIII_Man]

Honestly just mount a athlon xp or p4 heatsink on there...it took me an hour to mount a cpu heatsink on my 9500np and it performs flawlessly.


If it isn't a P6 then it isn't a procesor
110% BX fanboy