Albatron mx440 overclocks like mad!

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algernon

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I got my new video card about 2 weeks ago and im quite impressed. It is a ALbatron mx440-8x 128bit 64mb. I got it from Newegg for $48. I tried to get a link but it looks like they are all out of them.

Well the stock stettings
Gpu = 275
Memory = 400
It also came stock with just a heatsink on it. When i played games that thing got so hot i bet i could have cooked eggs on it lol. So i put a 40mm on it and it keeps it nice and cool.

It now runs very stable at 375\450
I managed to get it to 385 but i noticed very small artifacts sometimes when playing Halo. I haven't found the max for the Memory yet because i'm kind of scared to ruin it because it doesn't have any mem sinks on it yet.

I got 7353 on 3dmark2001se. Solitaire has never looked better ;)

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That's about average for mx cards, gpu might be a bit excessive though. I had a gf2 mx and it did about 100 over gpu and 50 over ram.

~Adam
 
had you gone higher on the memory... I don't think you would have burned it out. Wouldn't you see the little multicolored artifacts 1st?
 
I suggest doing an hour or two of demos and watching them to see if you get artifacts and then going up 5 mhz each time when it runs perfectly, and then when u get artifacts just down clock it 15 mhz and boom there ya go.

~Adam
 
Up the memory more if you can, the MX is a little starved in 32bit colour modes.
 
really the default gpu speed is fine, but the memory needs the OC the most, so just work on that... trust me.. that gpu OC isn't helping much with your 2k1 scores.

undo it and see... up the ram... it's the bottle neck.

~Adam
 
nice overclock but u need some more. My MSI GeForce4 MX 440-8X is clocked @ 275/500. I can overclock it to 400/700 without zero problems. It is a nice card.

But your card's clock seems to more like GF4 MX440-4X. AFAIK, GF4 MX 440 is clocked at 270/400 & GF4 MX440-8X is clocked at 275/500.
 
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