Overclocking question... ^_^;

Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 11:09 am

Sorry I haven't posted in a while... :-\ I've been busy with work and clan stuff (and I'm sure a lot've you just don't care/remember me anyways... Laughing

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But I have a question to ask you guys...do you think it'd be worth it to overclock my current system?? I've been hearing a lot that it'd only make my computer more unstable if I did, but I just wanna get a few more opinions before I make my final choice.

current specs:

Intel P4 1.6 GHz processor
256 MB of RAM (Upgrading to 512 soon)
Radeon 9200SE graphics card
(non-important crap)
40 gig Maxtor hard drive
ASUS motherboard (Dell brand Question

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350 Watt PSU

After upgrading RAM, I want to upgrade either the motherboard or Processor, I'm unsure as to which one yet...it wouldn't be worth it to upgrade my 1.6 to 2.0 GHz, if I did anything I'd get 2.8 w/Hyper Threading. I was just wondering if in the long run, overclocking would help my system out a little so I can get better frames in game. Just curious...thanks for reading.

Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 12:50 pm

hey, i remeber you, your avatar and name!
no clue about the OC. i dont know anythin abotu it

Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 12:55 pm

lol and you're one of the official spammers. ^_^; lol

I remember you, and your avatar because...well, the chick in your avatars freakin' hot. I forget who she is... Rolling Eyes

Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 2:21 pm

keira knigtley, or however you write it... Razz

she is very very hot, flat, but very very very hot.

Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 5:34 pm

tychos the resident OC'ing expert. but there are many resources out on the net that have to do with OC'ing... Actually we have a pretty good article on OC'ing your vid card somewhere on the site

Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 5:48 pm

Depending on how good your cooling is, you could probably get a bit of a jump on your system. It's pretty easy to get a 1.6 to 2.0Ghz, though your video card might still be a drawback.

One question that begs asking though, how stable is your system right now? If it's solid, I'd say go for it, if not, I'd say don't bother Wink

Course, that's just my little $0.02. It's not as though if you fry your processor they're very expensive to replace Razz

Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 11:33 pm

LoL! See...my system's a Dell running XP. Confused

It's...stable as they come. It's slow due to the lack of RAM and whatnot, but I'm not exactly how you define "stable" lol

Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 11:38 pm

I know, that's what sparked my questions. lol My ATI ran on my friend's system, and ran UT2k3/2k4 great with a 3.0 GHz p4 and a gig of RAM lol But I don't have that, and I've heard the 9200 series aren't very well-suited for high stress. x_x

Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 8:20 am

really? good thing you told me that.. i was about to buy a 9200!

/me cancels order....

dells are EXTREMELY stable... i have 3 dells (2 my parents and one is my laptop) and none of them have ever crashed on me, they dont even lag... well my laptop does when im workin in 3dSmax... but thats because of how big the program is....

Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 10:07 am

Before you overclock I have a question. What is the size of your GPU heatsink?

Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 3:45 pm

Tycho, I'm fairly knowledgeable with computers, but I don't know how to find out what you just asked me. Confused

And Raven - the 9200 is an okay card, but if you want a card that takes full advantage of DirectX features, go with a 9600 or above. :\ And it's fairly reliable...it'd be okay if I had a fairly decent system. My hard drive's a crapper and my RAM is insufficient. But I still play 2k4 at fairly good FPS's... Just not as well as others and with some good tweakage.

Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 8:12 pm

hes asking how big the fan/heatsink on your video card is...

Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 5:44 pm

It's a 9200SE series... I have no idea how big it is. Confused

I feel like such a n00b.

Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 8:31 am

nah dont feel like a n00b you just dont know your hardware very much. yet Wink

tycho i looked it up and its about 1.25 inch square, and about a 1/2-3/4 inches high

Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 9:22 am

Raven, you would have made me feel a lot better if at the very end of the sentence, you would've said "yet". Rolling Eyes

I'm learning. Twisted Evil

Er... And thanks for looking it up for me, man. ^_~