how fast can a geforce2 gts overclock?

Squishyface · 02-17-2001, 07:09 AM

I currently have an elsa gladiac gf2 gts with 32 megs of ddr sgram. I can easily get it from 200/333 to 215/355 with the stock hsf. I have heard of people getting their gf2 cards much much faster...like 230/400 or something obscene like that.
I was wondering if maybe i just got a bum vid card...or perhaps does the brand make a difference. Do creative labs card oc better? or other brands....hercules, leadtek, etc.?
Also how much improvement should i expect from slapping a fop38 and ram heat sinks on my video card? 10% more on core and memory? Or is that being too optimistic?

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neo1999 · 03-20-2001, 09:43 AM

I'm sure you'd get quite an improvement, if you don't mind losing 2 or 3 PCI slots. Seroiusly, try a slightly smaller heatsink for the GPU. GPU speed is less important than the memory clock anyway.

You may try lapping your RAM chips and heatsinks before joining the two. A lot of times they are not totally flat.

Jake · 03-22-2001, 12:01 AM

Mine seems to work fine for a while @ 230 / 366. It is a Creative Labs Annihilator. I do have a 80MM case fan hanging with zip ties from the two holes in the end of the card though.

Nordic · 03-22-2001, 05:06 PM

My Asus V7700 Deluxe does 225/370 with standard cooling and no artifacts. I don't see any improvements from increasing the core speed mainly because I have crap cpus (2x562.5 Celeron 1) but also because it's memory bandwitdth limited.

Duron 1 GHz with my card : 2580 3D Mark 2001
Cel 1 562.5 with my card : 1150 3D Mark 2001

Time to upgrade.

ruquick · 03-25-2001, 10:53 AM

I have an Asus V7700 that will go 227/415 with the stock cooling. The best score with 3dmark 2000 is 8489.

http://gamershq.madonion.com/compare.shtml?1232231 8489

gabedibble · 04-13-2001, 01:38 PM

Weak! (j/k, I'm not dissin' ya!) I really believe I've found the threshold of the GeForce2 GTS core/mem.

I maxed my ELSA GLADIAC ULTRA out at 233/522!!! Here's the cooling I'm using:
Core: 60x60x50mm heatsink w/ Delta 60mm 38CFM
Memory: Alpha Wingfin w/ 40mm per each two (four heatsinks - each one covers two mem chips - two 40mm high-output fans centered and slightly raised above each pair of memsinks)

System:
AMD Athlon TBird 900 @ 1.125GHz (103+4 x 10.5, 1.85V)
256MB Micron MT 7.5ns SDRAM @ 141.8MHz
Abit KT7 w/ active heatsinks on Nbridge & Sbridge
+Ducted fans to keep system temp same as outside temp.

3DMark2000=9255
3DMark2001=3672

gabedibble · 04-13-2001, 01:50 PM

Follow-Up:
FYI: All the upgraded cooling on the ELSA GLADIAC ULTRA was applied with Arctic Silver Thermal Adhesive. The CPU active-heatsink I am using is the TaiSol CGK742092 with Dual Delta 60mm 38CFM fans mounted side by side, blowing down.

Important: Even though I pushed my GPU Core and Memory up to 233/522, I don't think it was worth it to find my max 3DMark score! Even though I pushed my video card to the highest I've ever seen, I now suffer from slight image quality issues. I get these "image quality issues" when I run the nVidia drivers with their Default settings -- I've noticed them in Counter Strike. However, when I crank up my OpenGL settings the "image quality issues" go away. Kinda weird, but understandable. I would really regret it, but the fact that I got the ELSA GLADIAC ULTRA for Free reminds me that I didn't throw 500$ out the door.

Have fun OCin'!

wadie · 05-10-2001, 03:26 PM

Got my leadtek gts at 235/400 with no artifacts or anything.

It does however have 5.5ns samsung cos its a new revision

.

Found this out when I noticed that there was a sticker covering the old 6ns specs.

:P, sexy card.. hardware monitoring and power/agp status.

Love it to bits

Squishyface · 05-10-2001, 04:09 PM

Heh, since i posted this topic, i got a leadtek gf2 gts pro with the 5.5ns chips on it. It gets up to 235/400 stable and no artifacts with stock cooling as well. Damn nice card!
I had to disable the winfox hardware monitor thing because it gets too hot and sets the alarm off :P Since the card runs fine, i don't care about the alarm.
Can't wait to get my hands on a leadtek geforce3 with 3.8ns memory...i read that those hit 540 Mhz....swoon!

02-17-2001, 07:09 AM	#1
Squishyface Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: columbus, Ohio, USA Posts: 54	how fast can a geforce2 gts overclock? I currently have an elsa gladiac gf2 gts with 32 megs of ddr sgram. I can easily get it from 200/333 to 215/355 with the stock hsf. I have heard of people getting their gf2 cards much much faster...like 230/400 or something obscene like that. I was wondering if maybe i just got a bum vid card...or perhaps does the brand make a difference. Do creative labs card oc better? or other brands....hercules, leadtek, etc.? Also how much improvement should i expect from slapping a fop38 and ram heat sinks on my video card? 10% more on core and memory? Or is that being too optimistic? ------------------ 1.2Tbird @1456 with winter air cooling...yeah baby!

03-20-2001, 09:43 AM	#2
neo1999 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Maryland Posts: 8	I'm sure you'd get quite an improvement, if you don't mind losing 2 or 3 PCI slots. Seroiusly, try a slightly smaller heatsink for the GPU. GPU speed is less important than the memory clock anyway. You may try lapping your RAM chips and heatsinks before joining the two. A lot of times they are not totally flat. __________________ My name is Neo!!!

03-22-2001, 12:01 AM	#3
Jake Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 15	Mine seems to work fine for a while @ 230 / 366. It is a Creative Labs Annihilator. I do have a 80MM case fan hanging with zip ties from the two holes in the end of the card though. __________________ XP1700 - Alpha 8045 - KR7ARaid - 256MB PC2700 - GF3 @ 233/533 Should be watercooled but I am too lazy

03-22-2001, 05:06 PM	#4
Nordic Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Umeå, Sweden Posts: 98	My Asus V7700 Deluxe does 225/370 with standard cooling and no artifacts. I don't see any improvements from increasing the core speed mainly because I have crap cpus (2x562.5 Celeron 1) but also because it's memory bandwitdth limited. Duron 1 GHz with my card : 2580 3D Mark 2001 Cel 1 562.5 with my card : 1150 3D Mark 2001 Time to upgrade. __________________ Pump:Eheim 1048, Radiator:LPD radiator 100x150x20mm, CPU block:DD Maze-2, GPU block: DD GPU block, Chipset block:Zalman NB32 AMD XP 1500+, EpoX 8K7A, PoV GF3Ti200 Pic of my YY-cube

04-13-2001, 01:38 PM	#6
gabedibble Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Arctic Tundra Posts: 11	Weak! (j/k, I'm not dissin' ya!) I really believe I've found the threshold of the GeForce2 GTS core/mem. I maxed my ELSA GLADIAC ULTRA out at 233/522!!! Here's the cooling I'm using: Core: 60x60x50mm heatsink w/ Delta 60mm 38CFM Memory: Alpha Wingfin w/ 40mm per each two (four heatsinks - each one covers two mem chips - two 40mm high-output fans centered and slightly raised above each pair of memsinks) System: AMD Athlon TBird 900 @ 1.125GHz (103+4 x 10.5, 1.85V) 256MB Micron MT 7.5ns SDRAM @ 141.8MHz Abit KT7 w/ active heatsinks on Nbridge & Sbridge +Ducted fans to keep system temp same as outside temp. 3DMark2000=9255 3DMark2001=3672 __________________ ~ gabedibble quad-Athlon kungfu Toaster action! ''Mooohaha''

03-25-2001, 10:53 AM	#5
ruquick Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Houston, Texas USA Posts: 7	I have an Asus V7700 that will go 227/415 with the stock cooling. The best score with 3dmark 2000 is 8489. http://gamershq.madonion.com/compare.shtml?1232231 8489

04-13-2001, 01:50 PM	#7
gabedibble Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Arctic Tundra Posts: 11	Follow-Up: FYI: All the upgraded cooling on the ELSA GLADIAC ULTRA was applied with Arctic Silver Thermal Adhesive. The CPU active-heatsink I am using is the TaiSol CGK742092 with Dual Delta 60mm 38CFM fans mounted side by side, blowing down. Important: Even though I pushed my GPU Core and Memory up to 233/522, I don't think it was worth it to find my max 3DMark score! Even though I pushed my video card to the highest I've ever seen, I now suffer from slight image quality issues. I get these "image quality issues" when I run the nVidia drivers with their Default settings -- I've noticed them in Counter Strike. However, when I crank up my OpenGL settings the "image quality issues" go away. Kinda weird, but understandable. I would really regret it, but the fact that I got the ELSA GLADIAC ULTRA for Free reminds me that I didn't throw 500$ out the door. Have fun OCin'! __________________ ~ gabedibble quad-Athlon kungfu Toaster action! ''Mooohaha''

05-10-2001, 03:26 PM	#8
wadie Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Carnoustie, Scotland Posts: 6	Got my leadtek gts at 235/400 with no artifacts or anything. It does however have 5.5ns samsung cos its a new revision . Found this out when I noticed that there was a sticker covering the old 6ns specs. :P, sexy card.. hardware monitoring and power/agp status. Love it to bits __________________ - Classic Athlon 650@750 w/ Globalwin FKK50, 256mb PC133, 32Mb Geforce 2 GTS, 40.9gb Maxtor DiamondMax 60+, 10gb Fujitsu Picobird, Pioneer DVD103-S, Ricoh RW7120A 12x burner, IBM Etherjet 100mbps NIC, Blueyonder 512kbps cable modem, top 92mm exausting blowhole, front 80mm intake, side 92mm intake blowhole, rear 60mm exaust, rear card exaust, blue orb on video card, heatsinks fitted to 756 chipset and PLL IC. Runs at 35^C full load.

05-10-2001, 04:09 PM	#9
Squishyface Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: columbus, Ohio, USA Posts: 54	Heh, since i posted this topic, i got a leadtek gf2 gts pro with the 5.5ns chips on it. It gets up to 235/400 stable and no artifacts with stock cooling as well. Damn nice card! I had to disable the winfox hardware monitor thing because it gets too hot and sets the alarm off :P Since the card runs fine, i don't care about the alarm. Can't wait to get my hands on a leadtek geforce3 with 3.8ns memory...i read that those hit 540 Mhz....swoon! __________________ 1.2Tbird @1352 air cooled. Soon to be watercooled :P

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