grapics card OC

lancec2c30 · 07-13-2006, 01:45 PM

I have a chaintech geforce 6600 and I want to overclock it some. now the thing is I have not OC'ed anything before. I have read some guides on cpu OC's but havent found much on GPU's. now do I have to use BIOS or can I download something that will give me a simple menu that I can use to set my power and mhz ranges with?

I have PCI-E with 450watt PS (22amps on +12V rail)

boomstick666 · 07-13-2006, 02:14 PM

d/l Coolbits or Rivatuner. its very simple. just move the 2 sliders. thats all u have to do. even monkey can do this. mb thats why there isnt much info about it.

2fast4u · 07-13-2006, 02:25 PM

download atitool and use the artifact checker.. i think it works good... just watch ur temps and give it time inbetween u raising the mhz.... do small incroments.. take ur time.

lancec2c30 · 07-13-2006, 03:31 PM

I downloaded rivatuner now I have been searching through the program, for somereason I cannot find the slider bars to adjust the mhz?? can someone tell me where in the progrman to find them.

2fast4u · 07-13-2006, 03:50 PM

at the main menu, you should see a bar with ur video card on it, click the arrow on the bar underneither ur video card and then click the first icon that looks like a video card... then click enable low-level hardware overclocking.. then hit detect now, then move it in small incroments.. make sure u get atitool to test for artifacts....

lancec2c30 · 07-13-2006, 04:29 PM

well I got to it, now what does the atitool do and what are artifacts. also can you use rivatuner or atitool to check gpu temps, or is that something else I have to download?

lancec2c30 · 07-13-2006, 04:54 PM

sorry but one more thing. I have clocked only by like 4 mhz on each. now do I have to keep a ratio between the core and mem. clock? I downloaded atitool and ran the artifacts scan. didnt detect any ( a still have no idea what an artifact is.)

boomstick666 · 07-13-2006, 04:54 PM

d/l NVTemplogger to see the GPU temp.

lancec2c30 · 07-13-2006, 06:09 PM

what would be a good temp to set my alarm at?

2fast4u · 07-13-2006, 07:37 PM

atitool should display ur temps in there... y download a second program?? and u will know when u artifact with that test... and there really is no set ratio... just when u start to artifact set the mem back 5 mhz and run again.... if it still artifacts, turn ur mem back up 5 more and turn down the core 5.. if it still artifacts, bring down ur mem 5 so that the core and mem are brought down 5... but if u turn down ur mem and it stops artifacting, try to up ur core more.. and same the other way...

07-13-2006, 01:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
lancec2c30 Future ex-member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chehalis, WA Posts: 4,015	grapics card OC I have a chaintech geforce 6600 and I want to overclock it some. now the thing is I have not OC'ed anything before. I have read some guides on cpu OC's but havent found much on GPU's. now do I have to use BIOS or can I download something that will give me a simple menu that I can use to set my power and mhz ranges with? I have PCI-E with 450watt PS (22amps on +12V rail) __________________ XP Pro \| Vista Home Premium \| Linux Ubuntu 7.10 s939 X2 3800 Toledo @ 2.6ghz \| evga 7900gs \| 320gig + 80gig wd \| 1gb Ram \| Abit KN8 SLI 3.1ghz achieved. 70K F@H member..............still waiting for the "iRACK" Norcent will not be forgotten.

07-13-2006, 02:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
boomstick666 Ultra Techie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 701	d/l Coolbits or Rivatuner. its very simple. just move the 2 sliders. thats all u have to do. even monkey can do this. mb thats why there isnt much info about it. __________________

07-13-2006, 02:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
2fast4u Ultra Techie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 837	download atitool and use the artifact checker.. i think it works good... just watch ur temps and give it time inbetween u raising the mhz.... do small incroments.. take ur time. __________________

07-13-2006, 03:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
lancec2c30 Future ex-member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chehalis, WA Posts: 4,015	I downloaded rivatuner now I have been searching through the program, for somereason I cannot find the slider bars to adjust the mhz?? can someone tell me where in the progrman to find them. __________________ XP Pro \| Vista Home Premium \| Linux Ubuntu 7.10 s939 X2 3800 Toledo @ 2.6ghz \| evga 7900gs \| 320gig + 80gig wd \| 1gb Ram \| Abit KN8 SLI 3.1ghz achieved. 70K F@H member..............still waiting for the "iRACK" Norcent will not be forgotten.

07-13-2006, 03:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
2fast4u Ultra Techie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 837	at the main menu, you should see a bar with ur video card on it, click the arrow on the bar underneither ur video card and then click the first icon that looks like a video card... then click enable low-level hardware overclocking.. then hit detect now, then move it in small incroments.. make sure u get atitool to test for artifacts.... __________________

07-13-2006, 04:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
lancec2c30 Future ex-member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chehalis, WA Posts: 4,015	well I got to it, now what does the atitool do and what are artifacts. also can you use rivatuner or atitool to check gpu temps, or is that something else I have to download? __________________ XP Pro \| Vista Home Premium \| Linux Ubuntu 7.10 s939 X2 3800 Toledo @ 2.6ghz \| evga 7900gs \| 320gig + 80gig wd \| 1gb Ram \| Abit KN8 SLI 3.1ghz achieved. 70K F@H member..............still waiting for the "iRACK" Norcent will not be forgotten.

07-13-2006, 04:54 PM	#7 (permalink)
lancec2c30 Future ex-member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chehalis, WA Posts: 4,015	sorry but one more thing. I have clocked only by like 4 mhz on each. now do I have to keep a ratio between the core and mem. clock? I downloaded atitool and ran the artifacts scan. didnt detect any ( a still have no idea what an artifact is.) __________________ XP Pro \| Vista Home Premium \| Linux Ubuntu 7.10 s939 X2 3800 Toledo @ 2.6ghz \| evga 7900gs \| 320gig + 80gig wd \| 1gb Ram \| Abit KN8 SLI 3.1ghz achieved. 70K F@H member..............still waiting for the "iRACK" Norcent will not be forgotten.

07-13-2006, 04:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
boomstick666 Ultra Techie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 701	d/l NVTemplogger to see the GPU temp. __________________

07-13-2006, 06:09 PM	#9 (permalink)
lancec2c30 Future ex-member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chehalis, WA Posts: 4,015	what would be a good temp to set my alarm at? __________________ XP Pro \| Vista Home Premium \| Linux Ubuntu 7.10 s939 X2 3800 Toledo @ 2.6ghz \| evga 7900gs \| 320gig + 80gig wd \| 1gb Ram \| Abit KN8 SLI 3.1ghz achieved. 70K F@H member..............still waiting for the "iRACK" Norcent will not be forgotten.

07-13-2006, 07:37 PM	#10 (permalink)
2fast4u Ultra Techie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 837	atitool should display ur temps in there... y download a second program?? and u will know when u artifact with that test... and there really is no set ratio... just when u start to artifact set the mem back 5 mhz and run again.... if it still artifacts, turn ur mem back up 5 more and turn down the core 5.. if it still artifacts, bring down ur mem 5 so that the core and mem are brought down 5... but if u turn down ur mem and it stops artifacting, try to up ur core more.. and same the other way... __________________

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