9600XT overclocking problems

[Desolate]

I've made one of these threads a while back when I first got my card, but maybe someone can help now..

No matter what I use to OC my 9600XT, it seems to do absolutely nothing. I used Rage3D, Powerstrip, and some others. Even if I max it out to like 570Mhz Core and 320MHZ+ Memory, I see no difference in FPS. I still get around 20-30 FPS or lower in Unreal Tournament 2K4 and similar performance in other games (BF: Vietnam, Doom Beta II). Even when maxed out, I see no artifacts or other signs of the card stressing. It's as if nothing is happening.

OverDrive is currently disabled. Should it be enabled? Last I heard, it should be off.

Any suggestions?

 

[codeflux]

CPU is your *major* bottleneck. you can stick a 9800XT in that box and won't see any change in the FPS (or very slight change).

 

[Desolate]

Yea I figured that. Kinda weird how overclocking wont even stress the card though. Thanks

 

[eraser_16]

there's definately something wrong, and not just that your CPU is slow, if ocing it that high won't stress the card at all, it's not actually getting oc'd. try this utility.

http://atitool.ocfaq.com/