OVerclocking Gpu questions

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couple questions

1. is it safe to use software that was made for nvidia cards on ati?

2. how come nobody uses catalyst control center that comes with the ATI card to overclock? is it ******?

3. what is flashing? heard something about flashing a gpu

4. well i suppose this question really depends on what card you have, but on average about how many mhz can you overclock your core clock and memory clock? ive been doing some snooping in the crysis oc section and seems to be around 100-150 more mhz then default.. true? i have a MSI ATI 4850 by the way



Answer them all and i will fedex you a cookie
 
1. yes rivatuner works fine for ati cards.

2. yes the controll center is crap, use atitool instead

3. flashing is replacing the Bios of the video card to unlock extra pipes, or get extra performance for free, (unless u really feel like screwing the card up, dont even try it)

4. yeah it depends, the core will ALWAYS overclock much much more than the ram, everyones overclock is different, yours may be less or more than what others got. just take it slow, and be safe about it so u dont ruin your shiny 4850


You will need to use ATI tool, (it has a little thing that scans for artifacts, and really stresses the GPU core for heat), and use Riva tuner, (either to monitor temps , or to overclock AND monitor temps)

then raise the core by 5mhz each time, scan for artifacts for a good 10-15 min between boosts

once you find your maximum stable core OC, drop it back down to stock, and do the same thing with ram

then just put the 2 numbers together and test it with 3dmark06, and visually inspect it for artifacts and tearing
 
1. yes rivatuner works fine for ati cards.

2. yes the controll center is crap, use atitool instead

3. flashing is replacing the Bios of the video card to unlock extra pipes, or get extra performance for free, (unless u really feel like screwing the card up, dont even try it)

4. yeah it depends, the core will ALWAYS overclock much much more than the ram, everyones overclock is different, yours may be less or more than what others got. just take it slow, and be safe about it so u dont ruin your shiny 4850


You will need to use ATI tool, (it has a little thing that scans for artifacts, and really stresses the GPU core for heat), and use Riva tuner, (either to monitor temps , or to overclock AND monitor temps)

then raise the core by 5mhz each time, scan for artifacts for a good 10-15 min between boosts

once you find your maximum stable core OC, drop it back down to stock, and do the same thing with ram

then just put the 2 numbers together and test it with 3dmark06, and visually inspect it for artifacts and tearing

so this flashing.. will it upgrade graphics card performance a significant degree?
 
yes it will but only with specific models


certain cards (for example the radeon 9550) was just a gimped out 9700 with disabled pipelines, and they relabeled it

and you could flash the bios, the system would read it as a 9700 and unlock the pipes for you (but theres a reason those pipes were disabled, 30-40% of the time it worked, the other 60-70% had bad pipelines in the card, and had to reverse the process.)
 
yes it will but only with specific models


certain cards (for example the radeon 9550) was just a gimped out 9700 with disabled pipelines, and they relabeled it

and you could flash the bios, the system would read it as a 9700 and unlock the pipes for you (but theres a reason those pipes were disabled, 30-40% of the time it worked, the other 60-70% had bad pipelines in the card, and had to reverse the process.)

interesting... i wonder if the msi ati 4850 series has something like that going on. where can i check?
 
flashing a BIOS is simply replacing the firmware of your GPU with one you've modified with changed clock (and fan... for the 4850) settings and in some cases cards can be crossflashed with other BIOS... this is most commonly just to make the GPU OC at a card level instead of just software
 
What bios would you have to flash on your 4850 with? The 4870 is higher clocked and GDDR5 so you would just have a higher clocked 4850 if you used 4870 bios.

Unless you had one of the new 4830's you'd have no reason to even bother with it.
 
exactly, its pointless unless you just happen to get very very specific cards

some of the x1600's, some of the 9xxx series ATI cards, the geforce 6200 (by certain manufacturers)

those are what im talking about, and it will happen again, the cycle repeats itself

just be on the look out for budget cards that are just crippled higher-cost versions=)
 
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