how to oc 7950?

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I got no clue how to oc my card. Before with old forceware drivers I had kinda different nv. controll panel and with coolbits installed it was all straigh forward. With this new one I realy got no clue...
Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.

p.s. at the moment Im using 93.81
 
Is it really that [H]ard to go up a couple threads to sticky #2 ffs? Hmm Video card FAQ #2 -> Overclocking & Utilities ... Well, what do we have here? How's that saying go again - give a man a fish, he eats a meal, teach a man to fish he eats for life (I know I butchered it, but you get the point)..Sometimes people should just use common sense and *think* for themselves.

So, not to seem like a total ass (not enough coffee yet, still waking up ;))...

Riva Tuner's good..But sometimes it's a good idea to use ATI Tool, esp when initially doing the overclock, and trying to figure your max stable clocks - due to the built-in artifact tester. It's certainly not the end-all-be-all for testing, for that you should try out a variety of your normal games, and some other benches, ie: 3dPuke..But it (ATIT) has to be better than that silly 'Test' button in RT & the NVIDIA CP. Alternately, to get similar functionality to RivaTuner, with a simple registry file download, you could try Coolbits 2 and overclock from within the CP - although again, I'd use something like ATIT first to get your max stable - I don't really trust CB, it's findings tend to vary A LOT (@ least for me), both from what other progs say are stable and even stable clocks from 'get optimal' within the CP itself.

[edit]Being that you're on such 'old' drivers, you could just use the 'classic' interface..Personally I prefer it - I find the new one too, umm kludgy, too hard to find anything by the way they grouped the icons and such.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" (IMO) definitely applies here, they went a step back in usability when they intro'd the current CP. I wish they'd allow the option to use the classic interface across all driver versions/OSs. Also, I'm on 93.81 as well, and the classic interface is definitely still there.
 
kush said:
Is it really that [H]ard to go up a couple threads to sticky #2 ffs? Hmm Video card FAQ #2 -> Overclocking & Utilities ... Well, what do we have here? How's that saying go again - give a man a fish, he eats a meal, teach a man to fish he eats for life (I know I butchered it, but you get the point)..Sometimes people should just use common sense and *think* for themselves.

So, not to seem like a total ass (not enough coffee yet, still waking up ;))...

Riva Tuner's good..But sometimes it's a good idea to use ATI Tool, esp when initially doing the overclock, and trying to figure your max stable clocks - due to the built-in artifact tester. It's certainly not the end-all-be-all for testing, for that you should try out a variety of your normal games, and some other benches, ie: 3dPuke..But it (ATIT) has to be better than that silly 'Test' button in RT & the NVIDIA CP. Alternately, to get similar functionality to RivaTuner, with a simple registry file download, you could try Coolbits 2 and overclock from within the CP - although again, I'd use something like ATIT first to get your max stable - I don't really trust CB, it's findings tend to vary A LOT (@ least for me), both from what other progs say are stable and even stable clocks from 'get optimal' within the CP itself.

[edit]Being that you're on such 'old' drivers, you could just use the 'classic' interface..Personally I prefer it - I find the new one too, umm kludgy, too hard to find anything by the way they grouped the icons and such.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" (IMO) definitely applies here, they went a step back in usability when they intro'd the current CP. I wish they'd allow the option to use the classic interface across all driver versions/OSs. Also, I'm on 93.81 as well, and the classic interface is definitely still there.
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Thanks for a clear explanation. I agree new CP sux. Again sorry to bother you all with such dumb question:p, its just I cant be bothered most of the time, so just decided to ask the Pros quickly. I am a noob afterall, sory
 
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