O/C'ing 9600pro

[Veritech]

Got a gigabyte 9600pro, i haven't got enough cash to splash out on a new gfx
card, besides i've only had this one for two months, lol. using ati tool i
get stable o/c's of 425 core and 540ddr mem, from the stock 398/402. The
card is passively cooled through a large heatsink, i was thinking about
getting an artic coolers to improve the numbers

http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=36&data=1&disc

How much further might i be able to o/c the card with the additional
cooling?


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"Blu-Ray"
2600+Sempron (O/C @2.046Ghz)
512Mb DDR 400
9600 pro 128 (O/C @ 425/540)
Gigabyte 7VT600P-RZ mobo with 400mhz fsb
Raidmax cobra case with 420w psu

 

[Simon Bussey]

Got a gigabyte 9600pro, i haven't got enough cash to splash out on a new
gfx card, besides i've only had this one for two months, lol. using ati
tool i get stable o/c's of 425 core and 540ddr mem, from the stock
398/402. The card is passively cooled through a large heatsink, i was
thinking about getting an artic coolers to improve the numbers

http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=36&data=1&disc

How much further might i be able to o/c the card with the additional
cooling?

You may get a few MHz more on both the core and mem.. but I think the real
world performance increase would be un-noticebable. You would have the cost
of the cooling plus the additional noise of another fan in your system.
Personally I don't think it would be worth it.. but if you want to squeeze
out every last FPS ..by all means give it a shot.

Simon

 

[Veritech]

Thanks

don't think i'll bother, just wait till i got some cash and go
"green"(6600gt)