Overclock my X700

[Bob369]

I just got a Sapphire Radeon X700 PRO PCIe card for my new system.

What are the benefits of OCing a graphics card?

Should I OC mine?

If so, how do i got about OCing it?

Any input and suggestions are appreciated.

My PC:
Abit AX8 Socket 939 VIA K8T890
AMD Athlon 64 3200 Winchester
Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro 256 Mb PCIe
WD Raptor 37 Gb SATA
Corsair 2x512 PC3200 DDR Dual-Channel Platnium Edition

 

[davemar14]

There are positives and negatives with oc'ing. By overclocking your card, you will gain performance. It won't be that noticeable unless you are benchmarking (3DMark 03 or 05). If you do get a good overclock, you will gain some FPS in games. I don't think you can flash BIOS on that card, so you won't be able to gain any more pipes, than the 8 you have already. The negatives are that the card will run hotter, and could shorten the life of your card. If you decide to overclock you can use either ATI Tool or Powerstrip. There are others out there, but these programs came to mind. When oc'ing, increase the core and memory slowly. GO up by about 2-3 Mhz at a time, but no more than 5 Mhz at a time. Then run 3DMark and see if you see artifacts or if the program crashed. If you see artifacts, back off a little until it is stable.

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