I had a Gainward 32mb GeForce 2 MX 400 that I ran at a severe O'C for over a year(200/185) over the stock setting of 175/166. I've had the card since it came out, and for the past few years I have desperately wanted/needed an upgrade. Well now I have one. I recently bought the 256mb Gainward FX5700 fron PcClub and it's rock solid, even at the built-in overclock setting. This is not an endorsement of any sort, but having AquaMark 3D go from 3.2fps up to 240fps with the new card. The upgrade was definately worth it! And this is from someone who reads all the latest tech articles, and has yet to see his systems parts ever reviewed. I have an Athlon XP2700, Thermaltake Volcano 7+ HSF, 512mb PC2700 ram and now an FX5700 card. 7's seem to run in my system for some reason???
I plan to in the near future O'C my system from 2.2Ghz to 2.6Ghz. Under XP Pro, is anything faster really necessary??? Because from what I understand, XP is more ram dependent the way Linux and the Mac O/S are. But this could just be an urban legend.
AS for O'C utils, I use NVHardPage and CoolBits. You really don't need anything else, and they're rock stable!
My card is currently at the built-in "Performance 3D" overclock setting of 425-gpu/550-vram, normal "standard 2D" setting is 300/550.
You're thoughts?
I plan to in the near future O'C my system from 2.2Ghz to 2.6Ghz. Under XP Pro, is anything faster really necessary??? Because from what I understand, XP is more ram dependent the way Linux and the Mac O/S are. But this could just be an urban legend.
AS for O'C utils, I use NVHardPage and CoolBits. You really don't need anything else, and they're rock stable!
My card is currently at the built-in "Performance 3D" overclock setting of 425-gpu/550-vram, normal "standard 2D" setting is 300/550.
You're thoughts?