increasing performance on video card

[Bad Ass]

I have a Sparkle GeForce FX 5500 256mb card. Its a budget card i know but so far i've been fairly impressed with it,...... to a limit, is there any way without spending a fortune on a new card of increasing the performance of it? I dont know about overclocking and/or if this would improve the card, however is there any way to push it that little further and get the very maximum i possibly can out of it?

If it requires further colling on the card I can sort that out, but is there anything I can do?

Cheers Martyn

 

[Bad Ass]

overclocked it now, figured out how with a little help from overclockers.co.uk

now hitting around 50-60fpswith detail on full

not bad for my budget card, will get some proper cooling on it and see how far i can push it!

 

[Kye]

now hitting around 50-60fpswith detail on full

thats ok, but depends on what game. i mean, that with Doom 3, thats somthing, but 50-60 with quake or somthing...

still, your lucky you can overclock at all good luck!!

 

[ChristopherP]

bet it wont overclock like my sisters 5700LE

READ HERE

 

[Bad Ass]

well after overclocking it, i think I'm gonna get a 9800pro anyway then flash the bios and make it an xt!

sound like a plan to u?