Hi i've been trying to OC my GeForce FX 5200, but i keep losing monitor signal every time i try to OC Memory Clock (GPU Clock OCs fine), having no choice left but to reboot. Its a FX 5200 128MB DDR 128bit card, 266 MemClock. I keep reading about ppl OCing their FX 5200, and how good it gets... i wonder if this problem happened with any1 else =/ Any ideas? ^^
Do you lose the signal: a) even if you try to o/c 1 (one) Mhz? (aka from 266 go to 267?) b) even if u underclock? (aka rom 266 go to 233)
I started out trying to raise it by 5MHz (to 271), lost signal Then tryed raising 1MHz (to 267), lost signal I hadnt tryed to reduce mem clock, but now that u mentioned i tested it and it works >< I set 265, 260, 245.. they all worked. I can get from any value lower than default (266) back to 266, but if i try to raise it any higher i lose signal =/ *btw, im using RivaTuner 2.01 and Forceware 93.71
it could be it, but then again, it does test when i change it to lower than default values and it works. Could it be some kind of blocking? Althought if it were, i wouldnt be able to OC GPU clock either, so thats probably not the case here... I saw several POWER USER settings on RivaTuner regarding DDR Memory Clock... does any1 knows if one of those might help here? I was gunna test it one by one, but the fist one ****ed up my screen, that turned all light blue and locked up my computer so nastly that i had to unplug the energy cable from the power supply. Oo So i dont think randomly testing is a very good idea ^^
is that possible? i realy need this to work... =/ im playing Cabal Online, and its barely playable, even with all settings set to minimum. After i OCed my Sempron from 1.5 to 1.8 and my GPU core from 250 to 300 it became a lot better. But im not quite there yet (full frames) ^^ And i head that on VideoCards OCing, Memory Clock is what matters the most. Any ideas? ^^
That's not true. It depends on the particular bottleneck of the application. For example, in Quake3, the quaver benchmarked showcased the need for 64mb graphic cards, not the need for faster ram or more pipelines. In your case I think it's time for you to think to an upgrade. A great resource is: http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/11/the_best_gaming_video_cards_for_the_money/page4.html http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html
Thanks for the links Kakaru2 Nways, theres no way im getting any new HW for now... so i gotta deal with what i have ^^ Its not impossible, as i've read a lot 'bout ppl OCing their FX5200, so theres hope. I fear for losing my card trying out those power user settings randomly... i've allready ****ed up my CPU thermal control (lol now it shows crazy stuffs like.. 130 negative °C... or high values like 180 °C, while i feel no heat near the processor) ^^
Yes, but every card is different. I bought some years ago a card that I had to downclock some 20 Mhz in order to make it stable.
