Overclocking ti4200's
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Is it safe to just download rivatuner and slap in the highest values that dont crash or is there anything else I should know that is really important (No "Warranty will be void" )
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Nope, nothing beside that, just remember to start slow, and
pay attention to the airflow of your case.
Laterz m8
Yngwie II
pay attention to the airflow of your case.
Laterz m8
Yngwie II
i agree with YngwieII
basically set the clocks up about 15 % then run games / benchmarks for a bit. if u see gfx probs like dodgy textures.. flashing whiter dots then back down / if not keep increasing till ya do.
If its any guide i got my Albatron Ti4200p Turbo to hit 305/700.. but it does use 3.3 BGA ram
Peav
basically set the clocks up about 15 % then run games / benchmarks for a bit. if u see gfx probs like dodgy textures.. flashing whiter dots then back down / if not keep increasing till ya do.
If its any guide i got my Albatron Ti4200p Turbo to hit 305/700.. but it does use 3.3 BGA ram
Peav
I got the old style Albatron Ti4200 w/128MB. Supposedly the regular 128MB Ti4200's are clocked at something like 444 (memory), but mine was clocked at 500 right out of the box.
I have since clocked it up to 270/520. This isn't anything close to pushing this card...I don't know how long I will have it (potentially for a year or two). I don't want to ride it too hard.
Supposedly, silicon chips have a 'life span'. The harder you push it, the shorter the life.
I think at stock speeds, most silicon is supposed to last a couple decades. So you have some room to play with. ;p
But, I don't know how fast the life goes down the closer you go to the heat and speed limit of your chips.
For instance, I had an old Geforce2 GTS-V before this. I clocked it as hard as it would go when I had it, and then gave it to a friend afterwards who kept the aggressive settings. The GPU died a couple weeks ago, I guess from stress. It was running as hard as I could get it to go without causing problems for about two years. Maybe this is normal, maybe this is a rare case. I don't know.
I'd go about 5 or 10mhz below whatever the most aggressive setting is, unless you're going to get a new Geforce FX in about a year anyway.
I'm a wuss,
G
I have since clocked it up to 270/520. This isn't anything close to pushing this card...I don't know how long I will have it (potentially for a year or two). I don't want to ride it too hard.
Supposedly, silicon chips have a 'life span'. The harder you push it, the shorter the life.
I think at stock speeds, most silicon is supposed to last a couple decades. So you have some room to play with. ;p
But, I don't know how fast the life goes down the closer you go to the heat and speed limit of your chips.
For instance, I had an old Geforce2 GTS-V before this. I clocked it as hard as it would go when I had it, and then gave it to a friend afterwards who kept the aggressive settings. The GPU died a couple weeks ago, I guess from stress. It was running as hard as I could get it to go without causing problems for about two years. Maybe this is normal, maybe this is a rare case. I don't know.
I'd go about 5 or 10mhz below whatever the most aggressive setting is, unless you're going to get a new Geforce FX in about a year anyway.
I'm a wuss,
G
i own a leadtek ti4200, and i'm able to overclock my card to 300 core, 550 memory, i can go as high as 580 memory without artifacts. i'm going to buy the albatron 4200p turbo card because the leadtek one died after a bios flash.

OP
Well thanks for your help. Now one last question, as I'm not computer illeterate, but I'm scared I might burn my card if I go too....optimistic. What would you say I can overclock my PNY Verto ti4200 card ? (64Mb, 4xAGP). And I think it might have already been answered, but will I need any extra cooling ? Oh and another question - Does using the RivaTuners "test" option actually mean its safe or does it just mean my card can take it...for now ?
DarkJedi you don't have to buy a new card because the card can be recover if die from flashing bios. If you think you are interested, fell free to drop a message at my e-mail squall_ng@hotmail.com.I'll give you the solution.
thanks squall, i sent u an e-mail. to answer ur question killer, i never really liked riva tuner. try using power strip, or even a tool that pny has (if any, i know leadtek has winfox, and a couple others have there own), but i've had best results at 300 core, and like 550 memory, best scores, and best performance.

OP
Well I got Rivatuner. Started in small steps. Got up to 285/555...
Needless to say I am now very scared. No problems in the 10 seconds that followed. Then the screen came off. The back on. Then a reboot. I managed to start windows up. Then it rebooted again. I came back into windows and quickly slapped in the default values before it rebooted again.
Now I'm worried about two things :
Have I damaged my PNY ti4200 ?
Have I damaged anything else ?
And the other question :
What can stock cooling take it to and/or what have I done wrong in this case ?
Needless to say I am now very scared. No problems in the 10 seconds that followed. Then the screen came off. The back on. Then a reboot. I managed to start windows up. Then it rebooted again. I came back into windows and quickly slapped in the default values before it rebooted again.
Now I'm worried about two things :
Have I damaged my PNY ti4200 ?
Have I damaged anything else ?
And the other question :
What can stock cooling take it to and/or what have I done wrong in this case ?
MY ASus 4200TI is overclocked in my bios to 300Core 600 RAM no problems with splintercell, but when i clock 325 620 splintercell doesn't
run al other games do run withouth problems.
P4 2.4 @2.8 GHZ
run al other games do run withouth problems.
P4 2.4 @2.8 GHZ

OP
So you're saying that with stock cooling and a new video BIOS (*.rom) I can go to 300-600 with no problems whatsoever ?
Aslong as you have a good air flow