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Old 20-11-2004, 06:03 PM   #1
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i think thats wot i have done lol

the are 2 clocks in the performance settings in the xpert tool and i have set these to just before the yellow par on the markers.

has anybody done this and is it worth doing it? i know the card onli has a heat sink so what about heat?

is it safe or does it become unstable if ya whack it up 2 full,cos i feel the card is pretty slow even tho its onli 64mb lol

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Old 20-11-2004, 07:12 PM   #2
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That REALLY was not a good idea!

Best to leave at defaults unles you know what you are doing

Still, it didn't catch fire so i guess you got lucky...

Run some games, see if it crashes or gets white dots all over the place, or crashes.
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Old 20-11-2004, 10:00 PM   #3
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wel ill just turn it down a bit

its not into the red, its still in the green

it says core clock is 282 and the memory is 436 so ill tak it down a bit

the compuer jst feels the same really no differances when playing games. (if there is its not noticable)
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Old 21-11-2004, 06:51 PM   #4
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Your lucky, you can cause serious damage doing things like that.
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Old 22-11-2004, 05:12 PM   #5
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ok m8 thanks for the advice. its right down now to safe setting.
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Old 22-11-2004, 05:32 PM   #6
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general rule of thumb: dont mess with things you arent sure about!
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no kidding, flaming cards are not good for your computer.
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understatement of the year there...
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on that card, your fine at those speeds you had it to, I know from experience, but when you do bump up your speed, make sure you wath your temps... but unless you push high yellow... your not gonna see any diff.
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Hmm, maybe not the answer your looking for, but how about a cheap 128mb card?? Usually can find real cheap online, and it should look better than any over clocking done to a 64 MB one.
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