How high can you go (GF2Ultra)

**cs1tc** · 02-11-2002, 02:55 PM

I've been messing about with my nVidia OEM Geforce 2 Ultra...

I ripped off the standards HSF and added a Thermaltake Blue Orb
I also ripped off the memork heastsinks and added the Thermaltake Blue Memory Heatsinks
Added a litlle bit more case cooling to help circulation.

Added Coolbits to registry and started to bump up the core and memory:

As standard the settigns sit at:

Core: 250MHz
Memory: 458MHz

Now it's sitting at:

Core: 300MHz (+50MHz)
Memory: 530MHz (+72MHz)

and no problems yet...

I tried the memory at 540 and was struck by a blank screen but i think she sat at 535 fine... it's only 4ns memory

Has anyone pushed their GF2Ultras any higher than this?

More pushing the core and mem to come and 3DMark scores

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**cs1tc** · 02-11-2002, 03:26 PM

THE RESULT:

Quite dissapointing... as:

1... I've had a higher score with a lower core/mem with the cpu fsb slighly higher
2... There was a LOT of glitches onscreen when running 3DMark

ah well... on the whole quite happy... it looks cool

lol

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**mystifmagic** · 02-11-2002, 03:43 PM

Well I'm impressed, that's the highest I have ever seen an Ultra go

My Elsa would hit a max of 290/520 with a BLORB and Copper ramsinks. So you have quite an overclock on your hands. Good Luck, and great OC

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**sapasion** · 02-11-2002, 09:33 PM

That is a good OC. However, using just a Pro clocked at 235/485 I got the score below on a 1.6 Tbird. That was like a month ago with 23.11's. No doubt with a 27.xx series they'd be even higher yet. Unfortuneately the card was/is not mine and thus had to be returned to its owner.

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**cs1tc** · 02-11-2002, 09:55 PM

Mnnn...I was using the 23.12's for this... would i see a higher score out of the 27.xx's or less artifacts?

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**TimisoaraKill** · 02-11-2002, 10:11 PM

Originally posted by sapasion:
That is a good OC. However, using just a Pro clocked at 235/485 I got the score below on a 1.6 Tbird. That was like a month ago with 23.11's. No doubt with a 27.xx series they'd be even higher yet. Unfortuneately the card was/is not mine and thus had to be returned to its owner.

This score look very high , what fsb and settings did you ussed to obtain that score .
I hawe XP 1800 @ 133 FSB on 8k7A mobo and with Pro card occ @ 240/480 i score only 5150.
The graphics must be cut a lot to obtain such score .

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**thebove** · 02-11-2002, 10:14 PM

Originally posted by cs1tc:
Mnnn...I was using the 23.12's for this... would i see a higher score out of the 27.xx's or less artifacts?

you could try the newest 27.42 drivers, they've been giving a vast majority of ppl a boost in performance. as far as the artifacting and tearing, that's probably because of your high memory speeds. although i can run my gf3 ti500 at mem speeds higher than 590, i get bad artifacts at anything higher, and don't consider it a stable overclock..try to lower your memory speeds just a few mhz and see if they go away

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**GB_Cobber** · 02-11-2002, 11:05 PM

I managed only 5090 with MSI GF2 Pro @ 230/500 with 22.40 drivers on TB 1.5@ 1.5Ghz via FSB,DDR ram at fastest timming.

Ive had it at 248/520 but it was messed up in 3D2K1

it gave me some nice OpenGL scores though.

Just as a matter of interest. It would take a GF2 clocked at 300/570 to catch a stock GF3 Ti200.

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**TeeTee** · 02-12-2002, 01:23 AM

Thats pretty good!!

My Hercules GF2 ULTRA did 325/495 with the hercules cooling... I did apply OCZ quick silver on the gpu after removing the thermal pad that was there. I just didn't have the guts to mess about with the Ram sinks...

-TT-

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**cs1tc** · 02-12-2002, 03:34 AM

OK...I lowered the memory down a few notches to 523MHz...no corruption whatsoever now...I updated the detonators to 27.42...upped the cpu to 1643MHz 1.85VCore 143FSB

BEFORE CPU OC:

AFTER:

I'm pretty pleased with that

... looks like the old GF2Ultra still has some life left in her for the next couple of months anyway

Thanks for your help guys

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**cs1tc** · 02-12-2002, 03:42 AM

Sorry forgot to mention i used Artic Silver II when I slapped the Blue Orb on... haven't actually tried pushing the core above 300MHz yet...don't know if it would make a great deal of difference though with it choking on the lower memory bandwidth... I'll give it a shot later on

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Adaptec 19160 SCSI
Mirai 40x16x10 CDRW SCSI
Asus iPanel Basic

**TeeTee** · 02-12-2002, 06:59 AM

Originally posted by cs1tc:
Sorry forgot to mention i used Artic Silver II when I slapped the Blue Orb on... haven't actually tried pushing the core above 300MHz yet...don't know if it would make a great deal of difference though with it choking on the lower memory bandwidth... I'll give it a shot later on

I can't remember which driver version i was using... but it peaked at 325 core which is where i remeber hitting a wall... although the core was still clocking higher with NVMAX... I would suggest you lower the core to around 275-280...this will mean less heat and perhaps you can take the memory a few notches higher... Core OC from 275 to 325+ did nothing for me in perfomance.. perhaps 1to3 FPS.. maybe? but i could never notice it exceot the increase in case heat...

-TT-

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