Is the ATI Radeon 7200 32MB DDR Overclockable???

MtX · 01-05-2003, 11:30 AM

Hello,

I currently have an ATI Radeon 7200 32MB DDR as my video card.. It's quite old, I bought it for $300 Canadian in it's first weeks of release (I know, I'm stupid, what a waste of money...). I've used it for around 2 years now, and it's not quite up to par with newer games (WarCraft III, UT2k3, Mafia, RTCW). In fact, it's not even as fast as it should be with Half-Life Counter-Strike (I get an average of 30-40 FPS with D3D). I want to overclock my video card to have at least an average of 40-50 FPS constantly. Wish I had the money to go buy a new video card, but I don't.

Does anyone know a costless, SAFE, and efficient way of overclocking this old card? I don't want to spend money buying multiple fans (my basement is cold enough), and I don't want to explode my motherboard either.

Thanks.

[My System Specs]

AMD Duron 600
Asus A7V133
ATI Radeon 7200 32MB DDR
450 MB SD RAM
30GB Quantum HD 7200RPM
ESS Solo 1938 Sound Card

ikellen · 01-05-2003, 01:30 PM

It should be as far as I know. Before you overclock though, make sure you have the latest catalyst drivers, and make sure your DirectX is the latest version supported by your card. You should see a performance increase just with that. Understand that overclocking a card like that wont get you tremendous FPS improvements. To overclock it, look for an app called "Powerstrip" I believe. Good OC tool for Radeons.

MtX · 01-05-2003, 01:47 PM

Yea I tried DirectX9 with the newest Catalyst drivers which claim to boost performance by a lot because of DirectX9.. However, my frame rates in Counter-Strike drop 5-10.. I had to revert back to previous drivers and DirectX8.1

Martin · 01-05-2003, 06:51 PM

http://www.rage3d.com/radeon/cooling/

^ good article right there on overclocking and cooling the Radeon 32MB DDR

MtX · 01-05-2003, 08:22 PM

****...... That looks risky and complicated..... Is it worth risking this old video card which I spend $300 Canadian on?

Disciple · 02-20-2003, 02:25 PM

Not that hard, if u just take ur time and read it properly... But if u don't want to screw it up... Maybe u could just buy a new one for $300... U could get a 9700 pro... just a thought

Turbo-Athlon5 · 01-13-2004, 07:02 PM

7200 didnt know that existed

Cile · 01-15-2004, 11:56 PM

i actually used a 7200 for years and recently got a 9500 pro

Martin · 01-16-2004, 12:57 AM

It has been around since the release of the 7500 and 8500, in an effort fill in the lower-end of the market spectrum, and also to sell off the remaining stockpiles of R100 chips.

01-05-2003, 11:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
MtX Newb Techie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 18	Is the ATI Radeon 7200 32MB DDR Overclockable??? Hello, I currently have an ATI Radeon 7200 32MB DDR as my video card.. It's quite old, I bought it for $300 Canadian in it's first weeks of release (I know, I'm stupid, what a waste of money...). I've used it for around 2 years now, and it's not quite up to par with newer games (WarCraft III, UT2k3, Mafia, RTCW). In fact, it's not even as fast as it should be with Half-Life Counter-Strike (I get an average of 30-40 FPS with D3D). I want to overclock my video card to have at least an average of 40-50 FPS constantly. Wish I had the money to go buy a new video card, but I don't. Does anyone know a costless, SAFE, and efficient way of overclocking this old card? I don't want to spend money buying multiple fans (my basement is cold enough), and I don't want to explode my motherboard either. Thanks. [My System Specs] AMD Duron 600 Asus A7V133 ATI Radeon 7200 32MB DDR 450 MB SD RAM 30GB Quantum HD 7200RPM ESS Solo 1938 Sound Card

01-05-2003, 06:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
Martin Monster Techie Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: California Posts: 1,423	http://www.rage3d.com/radeon/cooling/ ^ good article right there on overclocking and cooling the Radeon 32MB DDR __________________ Martin's Page of Stuff I judge you when you use poor grammar.

02-20-2003, 02:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
Disciple Junior Techie Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 52	Not that hard, if u just take ur time and read it properly... But if u don't want to screw it up... Maybe u could just buy a new one for $300... U could get a 9700 pro... just a thought __________________ \"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.\" -Matthew 6:19-21 <html> <url>http://www.hhbc.com</url> <url>http://www.wwjd.com</url> <url>http://www.tigerdirect.com</url> <url>http://www.pricewatch.com</url> </html>

01-15-2004, 11:56 PM	#8 (permalink)
Cile Newb Techie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 9	heh i actually used a 7200 for years and recently got a 9500 pro

01-16-2004, 12:57 AM	#9 (permalink)
Martin Monster Techie Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: California Posts: 1,423	It has been around since the release of the 7500 and 8500, in an effort fill in the lower-end of the market spectrum, and also to sell off the remaining stockpiles of R100 chips. __________________ Martin's Page of Stuff I judge you when you use poor grammar.

01-05-2003, 01:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
ikellen Junior Techie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 90	It should be as far as I know. Before you overclock though, make sure you have the latest catalyst drivers, and make sure your DirectX is the latest version supported by your card. You should see a performance increase just with that. Understand that overclocking a card like that wont get you tremendous FPS improvements. To overclock it, look for an app called "Powerstrip" I believe. Good OC tool for Radeons.

01-05-2003, 01:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
MtX Newb Techie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 18	Yea I tried DirectX9 with the newest Catalyst drivers which claim to boost performance by a lot because of DirectX9.. However, my frame rates in Counter-Strike drop 5-10.. I had to revert back to previous drivers and DirectX8.1

01-05-2003, 08:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
MtX Newb Techie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 18	****...... That looks risky and complicated..... Is it worth risking this old video card which I spend $300 Canadian on?

01-13-2004, 07:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
Turbo-Athlon5 True Techie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 104	7200 didnt know that existed

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