Lower framerates at higher clock speeds?

[SMB]

Well I've been tampering with the clock speeds on my Geforce FX 5600....I get lower framerates at higher clock speeds? See the screenshots below.

Normal clock speed:

Just a bit higher:

5 steps or so higher:

 

[BioHazard.NL]

Thats a telltale sign your maxing out the core or mem
Try upping the voltage (AGP) a bit, but make sure your cooling is in order.

 

[SMB]

Well my motherboard doesn't let me adjust voltage settings So better cooling would boost framerates?

 

[Dan_D]

With Nvidia cards I have found that overclocking successes can vary greatley depending on the version of the drivers you are using. Personally I would recommend bailing on the MSI drivers and using the reference drivers from the Nvidia web site.

 

[Keith130]

Does increasing the AGP voltage help? I was told it just helps on CPU overclocks by increasing the NB voltage? What kind of limits are there for the AGP voltage?

 

[SMB]

lol kieth, I have no options for messing with the voltage. Sirfragalot, I already have the latest drivers from Nvidia, the MSI panel remains even in the new drivers.

 

[Sniper_Merc]

Watch the entire benchmark run. See if there are any pauses, if there are that usually indicates too high of a core clock on Nvidia based cards.