Overclocking Utilities

[scomeau1]

I just build a DFI Landparty with EVEA 9600 GT Video Card and would like to know how to overclock the system and any utilities out there to do so.

Thanks For any help you can give me.

SCOTT

[BipolarBill]

RivaTuner is one.

Search Google for nVidia overclocking. You will see more than one. The problem is that there is no universal setting for the various models. What you should do is read the forums (the search will find them) and get some idea what works or doesn't with the 9600 GT.

[mobo57]

Need to a lot more about the system, i.e. specifics as to hardware, OS, etc. Problem is some utilities work well with some hardware combos and not so well with others. For instance many mobo manufacturers have a software overclocking utility that comes with the board. These are generally ok for basic overclocking, but for fine tuning or the serious overclock, they just don't cut the mustard.
And there are a lot of other factors to take into consideration as well. For instance you may have hardware that can be soft or hard modded to increase it's performance significantly.

[BipolarBill]

Well, he's just trying to OC the video. I believe that nVidia drivers some help with that.

[Midknyte]

Moved to CPUs and OC forum.

If you're gonna OC the motherboard, I'd do it in the bios.

Rivatuner is probably the best utility for Nvidia cards.

[scomeau1]

Moved to CPUs and OC forum.

If you're gonna OC the motherboard, I'd do it in the bios.

Rivatuner is probably the best utility for Nvidia cards.

There's not realy a overclock utility that I can see for the DFI Landparty 48x

So what's the best one to use for DFI Landparty X48 ?

Thanks Scott

[BipolarBill]

None - use the BIOS to OC directly.

Does DFI include an overclocking utility on the CD? If not, use hardware.

[scomeau1]

Need to a lot more about the system, i.e. specifics as to hardware, OS, etc. Problem is some utilities work well with some hardware combos and not so well with others. For instance many mobo manufacturers have a software overclocking utility that comes with the board. These are generally ok for basic overclocking, but for fine tuning or the serious overclock, they just don't cut the mustard.
And there are a lot of other factors to take into consideration as well. For instance you may have hardware that can be soft or hard modded to increase it's performance significantly.

I'm running windows XP with Intel Duo Core 3 Ghz E8400 - Memory Corsair Domintor 4 GB TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF DDR2 1065

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Scott

[BipolarBill]

http://www.fransatech.com/whats-news/2008/1/27/overclocking-e8400-wolfdale-how-to-reach-43ghz-with-air.html

[Midknyte]

Here's a video card OC article:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclock-graphics-card,1916.html

It seems that the 9600Gt would be more of a bottleneck for your system. Don't OC both at the same time. OC the cpu/ram then do some benchmarks. then oc the video card and do benchmarks. or vice versa.

[mobo57]

Have you ever overclocked before? Whats your system cooling information? Here's a couple of threads on overclocking:
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=194693
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showthread.php?t=195828
Adjust the suggestions for your mobo's BIOS.
The most stable overclock you will get is doing it through the BIOS settings. I would avoid any third party, even though I know of no general ones, overclock software. nTune is a decent software for doing your card. Rivatuner is good for more advanced settings.