X700 LE Overclocking

[thewholeshow]

Core 400
Memory 700

http://www.newegg.com/OldVersion/app/Vi...Desc.asp?description=14-121-540&depa=1

How should I go about overclocking it?

I am also thinking if I should buy these, http://www.zalmanusa.com/usa/product/view.asp?idx=139&code=013, could I get a greater overclock on the memory with those. Will they even fit?

Any help appritiated, thank you.

 

[mwmorph]

ATi tool auto ocs.

 

[thewholeshow]

Any info about the ramsinks?

 

[thewholeshow]

Any other info?

 

[mwmorph]

It uses DDR1 so ramsinks will help some. Yes they will fit. most memory is about the same size.

 

[ElFenix]

has any test ever shown ramsinks to work? i thought the problem with memory was capacitance, not heat

 

[coomar]

i use atitool with that card but i have the 400/250 version from asus, got it from a guy on this forum who bought it from newegg, its a good card for its price

 

[mwmorph]

ddr1 runs very hot compared to DDR3 so it should add maybe 10-20mhz on the memory oc.

 

[thewholeshow]

One last question, I have a 20pin psu, should I get a 20-24 adapter before I put in the card?

 

[MDE]

Did you already buy the card? If not I'm sure there are much better options for that price range.

 

[Killrose]

Why dont you spend the few extra dollars and get this one:

here

The core is clocked @425MHz and it has DDR3 clocked @860MHZ too. Ramsinks for TSOP mem chips is harder to find these days, and with DDR3 you might find you don't need ramsinks. AND I would not waste my money on a Zalman vidcard fan, but invest in a higher tier video card/GPU instead.

 

[thewholeshow]

I already got the card, I live in canada, so the range of cards I could get was limited for the $100 price range. So do I need to buy an adapter?

 

[thewholeshow]

The core overclocked to 470mhz without artifacts, then I stopped. Never tried memory.

 

[mwmorph]

just let ati tool run. when it hits the top, back off 20-30mhz as a precautionary measure and just run it like that.

 

[thewholeshow]

Any chance the card can get damaged this way?

 

[mwmorph]

shouldnt be if you set the numers right. Cards rarely if ever get damaged by ocing unless you do it insainely.

 

[thewholeshow]

ATI Tool autooverclocking will stop before it can get damaged right?

 

[mwmorph]

it will stop it at the first sight of artifacts(slight visual corruption) which always happed far before physical damage begins.

 

[thewholeshow]

Alright, thank you.

 

[thewholeshow]

When the core got a little past 480, my computer restarted. Does that mean thats as far as it can go, or could it be something else?

 

[mwmorph]

It could very well be yuor power supply. My comp has never restarted because of ocing. Keep it at 475 though, that's the Unreleased X700xt speed or comparable to a 6600gt(a bit faster).

 

[thewholeshow]

Could it be that I need the 20-24 pin adapter?

 

[mwmorph]

do you have a 24pin mb? the 4 pins are supposed for extra power to the pci-e slot whgich may be your problem.

from the 24pin psu thread

(Q) (Q) the new "xyx" motherboard has a 24pin plug - so do i need a new 24pin PSU ?

Not necessarely. All the upcoming new boards (eg. Nforce 4) SHOULD be capable of running with an "old" ATX 1.3 20pin-plug equipped PSU as well as with a new ATX 2.0 24pin PSU.

The question here is rather whether the PSU itself is a good brand name PSU with sufficient wattage. Dont expect a recent high-end system with pci-express card(s) and A64 CPU to run flawlessly off an old 350W noname PSU.

(Q) but what about the extra 4 pins on the PSU plug/motherboard connector ?

These four extra pins on the newer ATX 2.0 PSUs are solely for providing power to the pci-express port . I guess the specs demanded a separation of the power-rails for CPU/motherboard and high-end graphics.
Therefore they put the additional rails on the plug/motherboard which provides +12V, +5V, +3.3 and GND to the pci-express slot.

 

[thewholeshow]

Yea, my motherboard has 24 pins, so could it be that its not getting enough power?

 

[mwmorph]

probably waht is the model of your power supply? what is it's +1V2 and +5V rails rated at/what is the wattage?
It's not required but with many power supplies, it's better to plug in the extra 4 pins, especially when drawing more power than usual like ocing.