In need of advice

Hi, I am interested in overclocking my Sapphire Tech Radeon 9800SE to get better performance out of it. I have seen a couple of programs to help, Redline or Rage3D but I am a complete novice and wonder if anyone out there has done this and what settings they found to be best suited to the card?

Also is it possible to overclock my P4 2.8Ghz processor, if so how and also any advice on settings etc?

Many thanks,

Baby Buns

 

Firstly you should know this........overclocking is done at your own expense, no warranty.

For your card grab ATI Tool & check out the Sapphire forum.

As for the CPU you can overclock it from within the bios. You want to up the FSB but do it slowly, maybe one or two at a time depending on your board. Make sure you have a good cooling fan on the CPU before you start. Also a case fan to get the heat out.

I've got my P4 2.6 @ a bit over 3.1ghz. Temps between 40C & 50C. It can still go higher but I'm doing it slowly.

 

Overclocking could be disasterous if done wrong. You could fry your cpu, video card, or your whole system!!!

Overclocking also voids your warrantys so even if you do overclock successfully, if something goes wrong with your hardware you are on your own.

I would seriously take 2 - 3 weeks researching overclocking.

overclockers.com
overclocking.com

are some great resourses.



cooked

 

Thanks for the tips.

 

If i was you i would flash your 9800se to a 9800pro

 

You knw overclockin dosnt help much itz better if you jst upgrade ur card to a evga g-force 6800gt cuz thatz is the best card wit the best prices rite now check it out on pricegraber.com you could get it for 389$ free shipin and handerin ... beside overclockin only make ur card dy faster....