9600 xt 256 mg o/c

[Jul]

Hello !

I have a 9600 xt 256 mb that I am overclocking with atitool. Stock values are 500/250 oc'ed at 570/340. Temp is 40c and around 50 under load ie. Doom 3. I have no auxilliary cooling besides a normal household blowing cool air in my case :p

I also have a P4 1.6 oc'ed at 1.8. My mobo won't let me o/c it more though and that sucks. Everything is extremely stable. However, I know that I could o/c it more. Since I am a noob when it comes to o/cing.

My question is are these values acceptable or should I try to increase them. Especially I'd like to know about other people who have the same vid card and o/c more than me. Thanks for your time and patience !

[sersalpha]

That's a pretty good overclock given stock cooling. I'd try one of the better vga coolers out there to see how far you can take your card.

[Ramine]

well to start with, just wondering, your card stock vaules should be 500/297, unless its a cut down XT, also u could try getting 580/345, which i do, and it is extremly stable, however as sersalpha says, a proper cooling system would be essential for the higher speeds

I just modded me case, so i have a 120mm fan blowing onto the card, should do the trick with modded ram sinks!

Ramine

[MooCow]

my 9600xt goes to 585/405 no v mods or ramsinks

[nick_t]

those are great results but you can please translate them into the fps you get in certain games, the ati tool cube test, or benchmarks? Thx. I also have a radeon 9600 xt 256 mb. I get a measly 100 fps on the cube test (default view, latest drivers, smartgart write fast is off, p4 2.4 GHz, 512 RAM).

P.S. Can I o/c my video card to the standard of the lowest 9800?

[Ramine]

my 9600xt goes to 585/405 no v mods or ramsinks

your ram is pretty high, ive never seen it that uch overclocked, most ive seen is 365,a nd that was with like massive ramsinks!

Ramine