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8500LE, Overclocking, and gaming

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RancidWAnnaRIot

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Hello,

Here's the situation:

I currently have a RADEON 8500LE, i plan to upgrade to a 9800pro in about a month and a half. I currently am playing Rainbow six 3. i can run the game at max resolution and max detail, but on occasion i get some lagging.

When i run 3dmark, i get some snow during one of the parts (the one with the trolls jumping off ledges and hitting the ground). i get some slight snow not much.. i tried overclocking the card, i remember jacking up the clock and mem speeds somewhere around 50 MHz, i didn't get any snow except in the same part on 3dmark. Just a little little bit more than when i wasn't overclocked.


Should i overclock the card with ATItool, so that in the meantime before i get the 9800pro i can play rainbow six pretty decent even though i get some snow on only that one part of 3dmark?? Also, ATI tool never finds errors when overclocked.


Thanks
 
The max this card will go is 300/300...
You can use anything to overclock it.
I use the Rage3D driver tool along with the official 4.6 CATs...
 
i've heard of people passing 300.. but anyway.. should i overclock to 300/300? even though i see some snow?.. hehe that's the main question i need answered.. like i siad.. i onle see snow in that particular part of 3dmark.. nowhere else.. and ATItool say's there are no artifacts at 300/300..

Thanks
 
RancidWAnnaRIot said:
i've heard of people passing 300.. but anyway.. should i overclock to 300/300? even though i see some snow?.. hehe that's the main question i need answered.. like i siad.. i onle see snow in that particular part of 3dmark.. nowhere else.. and ATItool say's there are no artifacts at 300/300..

Thanks
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Well, i dunno... Do what ever you want :)
If you start seeing snow in games, then scale back a bit... But a little snow in a game you're not playing shouldn't matter. i had to scale back to 298 because of a little artifacting in MoH, but i don't mind. Still netted me a good improvement.
 
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