Overclocking my mx440

[BeSerKa2]

Hi I'm still fairly new to these forums so please go easy on me,

I currently have a 64MB Geforce 4 MX440 running in my system, and i
have some software that will allow me to change its Clock frequency
and memory frequency of some sort...

Can someone please tell me if it is safe to just amp up both of the
settings without worry, or is there specific settings I need to
know?

Also how much of a difference will it make?

 

[DaveW]

Remember, it's also a great way to toast your video card...

 

[Bob Knowlden]

My personal preference is to use the drivers from www.nvidia.com, and a
registry patch called Forceware Coolbits:

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=815

that unlocks a number of settings that are built-in to the standard drivers.
One of the features automatically sets the core and memory frequencies,
although I found that the settings were a little too optimistic: my card, a
6800GT AGP: it would lock up after heavy use in 3D games.

Overclocking the card may void its warranty. I suppose that it is smart to
question the wisdom of risking damage to a piece of hardware that cost
several hundred dollars.

On the other hand, I haven't had a graphics card fail since an old TNT2
card. (That failure may have been caused by overclocking, I admit. The
graphics memory failed.)

Newer nVidia cards have built-in thermal protection, so I expect that the
likelihood of causing a hardware failure due to overclocking is slight.
Whether that extends to an MX440, I have no idea.

Do you feel lucky? ;-)


Address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

 

[BeSerKa2]

well ive had the card for a good 3 years now(So the Warranty becoming
void isnt an issue, and I'm reluctant to part with it by upgrading to
the recommended 6600gt's as the mx440 does the trick and the 6600gt's
are still freaking expensive...

I just wanna know if there are specific ratio's for the gpu clock and
the GFX memory clock when overclocking?

Or can I just put random numbers in and hope for the best...

I think I'll end up having to trial and error, I'll do some GFX
benchmarking tests and report back with the before and after here
(Provided I dont fry my card)