Overclocking my graphics card

deadmoap · Post by **deadmoap** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:18 pm

Is overclocking my card from 76 MHz to 83 MHz a good performance boost? I hardly know anything about graphics cards. I could probably overclock it much higher but they scared me with the "WARNING: MAY CAUSE ABNORMAL VOLTAGE AND EXCESSIVE HEAT" crap, so I don't know what a good limit is or if I should even do it at all.

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:58 pm

I'm not sure what card would start at 76 MHz...
More info on the card and i can explain how to get the best performance out of it.

deadmoap · Post by **deadmoap** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 8:33 pm

It's a 128 MB GeForce FX 5200.

Num3 · Post by **Num3** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 11:23 am

Just get yourself RIVA TUNER to tweak Nvidia boards

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 7:17 pm

your FX 5200 should be running core of 250 MHz, getting it upto 360 MHz is about as high as they'll go without modding them. (which isn't easy)
i'll see if I can make available the nPrefHUD 2.0 as it'll allow you to overclock your card safely.

we use it to monitor games and see if we can't edit the speed in game to make things run faster

there maybe a version in http://developer.nvidia.com

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 7:20 pm

hey seems like you know about this stuff. i have an old geeforce 2 mx Combo Deluxe. is it a good idea to clock it a little?

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:26 pm

Couldn't find the tool so here the .reg to edit. As this is part of your drivers.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak]
"NvCplExposeWin2kDualView"=dword:00000001
"NvCplTvLocaleAutoDetect"=dword:00000001
"NvCplAllowForceTVDetection"=dword:00000001
"OverlayPageState"=dword:00000000
"CinematicPageState"=dword:000000ff
"DisableApplyColorsAtStartup"=dword:00000000
"CoolBits"=dword:ffffffff

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak\NVDisplayPanelServer]
"DisktopManagementServer"="{002B9E07-2E10-438F-AF1E-40E6A96F1EE4}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak\State]
"GlobalStartupDefaults"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak\State\DXVersion]
"MSVersionFlag"="4.09.00.0902"
"CurrentNvDXVersion"=dword:00000900

open notepad and save that all as a .reg, then double-click.
When you next open your NVIDIA panel located in your drivers:

(*Older Forceware 54.xx<) Display Properties / [Settings] / (Advanced) / [Geforce <your card> ] / Clock Frequencies

(*Newer Forceware 55.xx>) right-click on desktop / Analog or Digital Display (depending on what your using) / Clock Frequencies

You may have to reboot before it becomes active.
By using the Auto-Detect it finds the safest and fastest settings for your card.

Though be warned OpenGL has been known to act funny with overclocked cards.

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:54 pm

Hi

thanks for the answer. But before running the registry file, i want to ask if anything can go wrong with it, or the registry files just enables the overclocking function in display propeties?

also, does this also work for a normal geeforce 2 MX card?

(i know geeforce 2 cards are old, but i love them and they actually run both dungeon siege and c&c Generals ZH very fine in 1024*768 with 32 bit colours. also farcry actually run ok)

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:10 pm

ok ran the registry file.
but i cant find the auto button, only a Test Changes button.
it says that the clock is on 200 and the memory speed is on 150.
what is the best to put it at.?

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:14 pm

Yes, it'll run fine on any Geforce card.
It won't damage your hardware unless you manually change the values, even then there is a safety measure in the drivers to prevent anything that a reboot won't fix.

Go with what Auto sets it to

as it'll set it to the best you card can do without corrupting textures. To finish just click Apply/OK