software ocing a vid card?

[milkman4_hi_r]

the only way ive found to oc my vid card, or change the speeds at all is through software. all i did was get the reg edit for the nvidia control panel and the speeds are in there. i posted in another thread about this but noone has replyed so im thinkin its in the wrong place! my card is a chaintec 6600gt agp. the clock was set at 500 and ram at 900 but i wanted the ram to go to 1000 and with this progam it finds the most stable speed but it wanted to oc the core speed to 570 and i dont have a stress test or temps on the card so i dont want to ruin it so i just set it at 500 and the ram at 1000 with this software. is there any other way or is this a good way to change clock speeds? also in my bios, for the graphics card there is an option to change the frame rate buffer size, or something like that, and i put it all the way up to 128mb, is that where its supposed to be? i couldnt find any info on that.

oh and if there are anyother good ocing programs, if software oc is good, what are they? and a nice stress test would be great if anyone knows of one.

[Alaron]

Checkout <a href="http://entechtaiwan.net/util/ps.shtm">Powerstrip</a> for overclocking. It is shareware but once you get the speeds as high as you can you don't need the program anyway.

When overclocking the card, go slowly, 5-10mhz at a time. For a stress test, run a version of <a href="http://www.futuremark.com/">3dMark</a>. Check for any artifacts or obvious crashing. If its clean, bump it up again and check. Repeat until you find the maximum speed that maintains stability.

:)

[tom1379]

I think on your graphics card, only software overclocking is possible, usually that buffer setting in the bios goes up to 256mb which is apparantly best for o'clocking. Rivatuner is a very popular program which i have found to get good results for o'clocking. Alaron56 is right go in small steps and also i find that even when i dont get any artifacts or any problems in 3dmark i may still get some in games so if it happens just back off a bit :)
Good luck

[trowand]

It took me MONTHS of experimentation to finally find my GPU's overclocking sweet spot. But I'm finally confident that I found my card's maximum. I'm using Powerstrip which I highly recommend. Get as many benchmarking programs as you can (Aquamark3, 3DMark, etc.) and run them all every time you up the speeds. It'll take a lot of time but it's fun. I'm running my X800XT PE @ 560/580.

[milkman4_hi_r]

are there anyother stress tests that are less than 50mb dl?? i only have dial up so its hard for me to keep a connection long enough to dl aquamark3 and especialy 3dmark.

[Tin]

are there anyother stress tests that are less than 50mb dl?? i only have dial up so its hard for me to keep a connection long enough to dl aquamark3 and especialy 3dmark.
just play your favorite game for a little while and see if you get any artifacts.