Almost No gains from overclocking GF4 4400

[sninja387]

I overclocked my PNY geforce4 4400 to 4600 speeds (300/650)
However, I only had an increase in 3DMark2001 from 8555 to 8572. In Quake3, I saw no increase at all. I thought I would get at least 5-10% in most 3D apps.

Here is my setup:
Amd TBird 1400 @1466
MSI K7 Master(6341) Motherboard (Amd751 Chipset)
512MB PC2100 DDR CL2
PNY Geforce4 TI4400
SB Live! Value
LinkSys 10/100 NIC

How come I had no gains from overclocking?

 

[The_MaguS]

I was gonna buy a 4400 and overclock to 4600......but maybe not now. Sorry bro =(



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[sninja387]

Don't hesitate in buying this car because of the #D Mark score. I am able to run all games at 1280x1024 in 32bit color with best image quality and highest in-game graphics options perfectly smooth. Includes Tony Hawk 3, Unreal tournament, SuperBike2001, Freespace 2, Homeworld.

I can run these games at 1600x1200x32 best image quality and highest in-game graphics options perfectly smooth too:Quake3, Max Payne, Need For Speed Porsche, Motocross Madness 2, Midtown Madness2.

These games only run at 640x480x16, but run perfectly smooth with the highest AA setting and look pretty good, Wing Commander Prophecy, Sega GT (looks almost as good as Grand Tourisom 3)

 

[DDR64]

It's probably that your platform(CPU+mobo) is not faster enuf for that card so as to be not responsive to overclocking video card. In other words, your benchmark is bottlenecked by the platform, not by fill rate(GPU) or memory bandwidth. CPU just ran out of steam before Geforce4 although G4 can process more. That is one powerful video card. You should be proud.

 

[williamc]

The TI 4400 and 4600 are both held back by the proc speed. IF you dont have a 1.7 or faster p4 or athlon equivalent you will NOT see gains from overclocking one. I overclocked my TI 4600 from 300/650 to 325/700 and only got an increase of 250 points in 3dmark2001SE, i overclocked my fsb to take my 1.7 up to 1836Mhz and got an increase of 650 points on top of the 250. GF4 is definitely held back by your proc speed. That being said, the idea that you wouldnt be a TI4400 cause you cant get a 10% increase by overclocking it is absurd in the utmost as its the most card for your money on the market today...

Edit: just talked to a friend who has almost that exact same setup (only difference is he has a Gigabyte board instead of MSI) and he gets 9600 3dmarks, with nothing overclocked... Same score my p4 1.7 with a TI4600 gets with nothing overclocked. So, you might be looking for some bottlenecks somewhere, fiddle with your bios settings some etc....

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[chuck232]

You could try o'cing your comp and seeing if you get better results, then maybe you'll know if it's the CPU speed or something else.

 

[phsstpok]

To confirm what the others are saying about the CPU holding you back re-run your benchmarks at 1280x1024 (or higher if your monitor can handle it) instead of the default 1024x768. I'm sure you will see a difference.

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