Overclocking a video card.

[mattysimins]

I have no idea how to do it.

I have an ATI radeon 9600 with the GPU clock running at 324 mhz. I have no idea what that means, but everest says it so i believe it. so.. can i overclock it?


btw, why does my CPU temp in the bios go up to 46+ but only 38 in windows?

[undergroundtech]

You can use a program called ATiTool to overclock your 9600, should be easy to find with Google.

Also, try downloading Motherboard Monitor, to see which of your temps are reading correctly.

[mattysimins]

They were both right, because when i stayed in the BIOS long enough to get it that high and then went right to windows, everest said it was at 40some celcius. after a bit of cooling down though it went to 38 and stabalized.

Also, when i reformatted (this past weekend, i got the processor, motherboard, fan, and memory for christmas) the CPU got up to 52 celcius.

i'm guessing that's not good. maybe i installed the fan incorrectly?

[undergroundtech]

Its a little on the warm side, but I see them running hotter, especially the newer Intel chips.

[playafly187]

you can also try PowerStrip. i have had a lot of success with it.