Gigabyte Radeon 9200se 128mb overclock will not work.

[sniperhf]

This card just will not overclock. I've tried four different programs including ATI tool, rage3dtweak, rivatuner, and radlinker. I have the omega drivers which supposedly let you overclock this card. Anyone know what I might be able to do? I have heard of BIOS mod's but I wouldn't know where to find a credible one.

[undergroundtech]

I havn't found any options to OC using the omega drivers, but have had no problems using ATi Tool.

Have you tried to OC it under a new profile? ATi Tool will not let you make any changes to the Default settings.

[sniperhf]

When I select my overclocking changes on any program, i run a 3d program or restart the computer and the clock reverts to default settings ( usually following a VPU error). I think its called being Clock-locked.

[undergroundtech]

Interesting.... After doing a little checking it looks like PowerColor has indeed locked the Bios on there 9200se and probably other Mfrs have as well.

For playing video games, I don't think you would get the results your wishing for even if you could OC the thing. Due to it being only DirectX 8.1 and having a lacking 64bit memory bus.

I would recommend selling it and getting no less than a 9600 (that being the very minimum) if you have hopes of playing any of the newer games that are out.

Just out of curiosity, is it PCI or AGP?

[jurtje]

If your manufacturer clock locked your card, you might try flashing your BIOS with a BIOS from another manufacturer of the same card.

Get your Bios's here (http://www.mvktech.net/).

[sniperhf]

It's AGP, I have a 9800pro in my REAL computer. This is just my experimenting computer. Thanks for the link to the BIOS site ill check it out.

[undergroundtech]

Should you try the BIOS, be very careful. I've heard of several people trashing their vid card, due to a BIOS install gone wrong.
Good luck and keep us posted, how it turns out :)

[jurtje]

Either keep a PCI video card handy or make an automated startup disk to switch back to your original BIOS (which you should always back-up). Then there's little that can go wrong.

[sniperhf]

Well i havent found a 9200 of any sort of any brand on that site yet.