ok i have an old ATI 9250 GFX card and i want to clock it and i do not know anything about overclocking and i dont care cuz this card is carp and i what to play with it till it dies so how do i overclock this thing
as far as I know, this is the most popular method http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/ don't overdo it because it WILL die. also unless I am wrong it needs to be redone each time. just try to keep it to a reasonable temperature and look at the temperature, if you get it to a point where the temp spikes way up back down 10% or so. The card may be crappy but it doesn't mean you should utterly destroy it it's still very useable. I have one myself.
get a new card, the 9250 isnt worth overclocking because its so crappy to begin with. it cant play half the games anyway lol.
maybe he doesn't have the cash or is using it on a backup system. and stpl, it can play HL2 on low/medium, just not well.
ya its my back up gaming system well it was 2 years ago but still is not really a good computer 256Mb of ram and a 40 gig hard drive and i play CSS on it with any problems GFX lag a tand bit on it but its good anyways i plan on upgradeing the hell out of it this summer new case 1 gig of ram a geforce 6200 i will be putiing in it cuz im getting a 7800GS this summer for the computer im on thats y i have no needfor the 9250 anymore i only payed 30bucks for it Merged Post: oo and what should the highest temp be at? and what should the lowest be
for the money a 6200 isn't the best FYI. as for highest temps, check google, as for lowest temps, unless you're using nitrogen don't worry about it because low temps are normally good. unless you need/wanted the newer technologies such as PS 2.0 you'de be better off investing the money in cooling in just revving up the 9250, i mean it is just a secondary system and a 6200 isn't a huge step up, i mean it is a respectabel step, but not a huge one.
if i were you id save up 1K and go all out on an ownage system. overclock that card but dont even worry about getting one peice at a time. save up and get it all at once theirfore u dont get outdate by the time its done, and for 1K ur system will be better than any alienware.
my computer is good as it is i can handed up to 4gigs of ram and i m going to be puting 2 gigs in it this sumer along with a 7800GS ny computer is the bomb. anywayz i got the thing like this i set it up that way then i unchecked it and set it up this way -
Careful of temp tho, if you clock it enough, (Over 75% of the bar thingy) I suggest opening your case and putting a fan beside it...
Use this tool (posted above) and change in increments of 5. In a couple of days time, do it again (in increments of 5) and you card should be warn in by the time you reach its maximum potential. BTW, keep temps under 65 or else
no point that is a chip designed for non-gaming use so it has no overclocking abilites. Looking at your overclock you have done it aint much but I reackon you will get artifacts.
really its a non gameing card cuz ive been playing COD2 and HALO set on high on it with out any problem and sorry for being a noob but when i allow it to find its max core it goes 5% and say Heat Up Phaze Wait 30 seconds then starts agian so do i just walk away and let it do its thing ? and BTW whats artifacts
