help a noobie out! Ocing mx440 past the max

[chitocobo]

ok im only 16 and dont have alot of cash to spend.. so spare me the you need a better card crap.. first of i have a msi geforce4 mx440 (the 8x one with passive heatsink)

i know it has horible 5ns memory and is clocked lower than other mx440's... TIME TO OVERCLOCK!

Most reviews i read said that they maxed out coolbits and rivatuner... so i figured this must be ok.. and 8k 2001se isnt to shabby considering my last card got 2k...

1) what tool is best for overclocking and if i max out coolbits then how can i go further... especially since they maxed on that passive cooling and im proboboly gonna stick a golden orb or something laying around...

2) What are the chances of me frying it.. and if i do fry it can i bring it back for waranty... my case is running 30C right now so im not sure how i am for airflow but i can pick up a tornado for 10 bucks today...

Im just trying to get the most out of my burger flippin money.

NOTE: i actually work at kfc... where we take pride in knowing that we shorten your life span substantialy. (kinda like OCing)

EDIT: whats a good heatsinkfan/memorysink to get for fairly cheap... noise doesnt really matter.. as long as it cant be hear through the cealing.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by chitocobo on 06/22/04 07:04 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Ned_Flanders]

lol, 16yo - PURE NERD!

Regarding your o/c question - What games do you play, becuase i cant see you getting more than 10-15 fps more out of your o/c

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[scottchen]

F*ck you, i'm 16 too. And hey guess what, this hobby got me a job

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[jammydodger]

Your 16! Jesus Christ, when did u start posting here?


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[scottchen]

Last year...

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[PukePile]

Where do you work Scott?

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[scottchen]

In a shithole computer store in vancouver.

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[PukePile]

Do you get parts at cost?I was thinking about leaveing my job and working at a computer shop.

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P4b2.4@2.8||1024mb DDR@392mhz||9800pro@414/732||Viewsonic UltraBrite 19"||Panisonic DVD-RW<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by PukePile on 06/30/04 08:36 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[scottchen]

I get stock price, which is how i got my FX5900 for 149CAD.

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[justaguy]

I like Riva Tuner as a oc utility. Has good functionality. Some have said that RAM sinks don't help. Just what I heard, don't know if it's true or not. The rated speed of your ram may be a hard ceiling. Even vmods won't overcome slow ram. I wouldn't invest a lot in cooling on that card, because if you watch the Newegg refurb pile, you could probably get a Ti4200 for around $65-it's a refurb, so mileage may vary-just kinda puts a $30 cooling solution in perspective, because the Ti would kill anything the 440 could get to. BTW, what are your stock speeds?

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[Johanthegnarler]

I oc'ed that same card to the max. I can't remember what the numbers were, but that thing can't go much further than it is stock. I even did a volt mod and had extra cooling on their that was pure copper heatsink for a cpu.

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46,510 , movin on up. 48k new goal. Maybe not.. :/

 

[Mitch007]

A couple og guys here I know have this card and tried overclocking, with very little success, but you never know untill you try your self.

I picked my Ti4200 up on Ebay, upgrade from a GF3Ti200, (which is a great card and will slaughter a MX440.

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[Mitch007]

http://www.vr-zone.com/guides/NVIDIA/MX440VMod/

may help with overclock, if you dare! and care to get any level ov OC from the card.

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