Overclocking with rivatool

[Dobbe1]

I got a old school computer that im building to sell. Specs are....
SY6be+ soyo MOBO. I got 383 ram pc 100 and a PIII 500 overclocked to 550. Its a pretty lame setup but i got this vid card. Its a geforce 4 440mx. A pretty good card. and since the guy was selling it for 10 bucks i couldn't pass it up. I also noticed that it was 2x compatable. so i put it in. no worrys. but ive been overclocking it with riva tool. i was just wondering if 2x agp would really slow it down that much? and if not how could i get the perfect overclocking settings for riva tool. I just need hints on how this geforce card can wake up this old school computer.

[bob05]

AGP 2x really wouldn't be the bottleneck here, it's the other parts. Overclocking might increase your speed a little, but don't expect miracles. Here's a good guide on overclocking your video card: http://www.sysopt.com/articles/VCOGuide/index.html

[Dobbe1]

Really! I need to possibly run unreal2004 demo. i doubt it will work. but if so what kinda steps i need to take to make my computer faster. Im thinking of getting a new mobo and prosseser later but i still want to make this one work

[bob05]

You could try updating all your drivers. What Windows version do you have?

[Dobbe1]

im cool with all the updates. i just got service pack 2. I just was talking about hardware. Im getting a PIII slotA for my board. Its a 733 and im going to try to overclock to 950 or a ghz. would that help?

[iceblue]

A PIII would work with Unreal 2004, but it would be in the minimum requirements range. The graphics card is fine for this game.

[bob05]

Originally posted by Dobbe1
im cool with all the updates. i just got service pack 2. I just was talking about hardware. Im getting a PIII slotA for my board. Its a 733 and im going to try to overclock to 950 or a ghz. would that help?

Yeah, that would be real nice for UTK2004. Just don't turn details so high. I have a 1.2 ghz celeron with a Geforce FX 5200 and I run UTK2004 at 1024x768x16 with shadows on and I get smooth game play. You should probably be able to run 800x600x16 with ease. How many memory slots are still available on your motherboard? More memory could be a help with game performance.