overclock a nvidia geforce 5200 256mb

young lad · 8 Mar 2006 at 12:29

Hey,

Getting a new pc so was just woundering if any 1 could link me to a user guide on how to overclock am new to it all so thought i would start on my old pc ( nvidia geforce 5200 256mb ) just for soem fun and to try and get the hang of it and it has a vantec pci card fan next to it so can stay nice and cool.

Cheers guys all help appreciated.

Raikiri · 8 Mar 2006 at 13:54

Download coolbits and get clocking

young lad · 8 Mar 2006 at 15:19

Raikiri said:
Download coolbits and get clocking

How lmao its just installed to my regestry and thats all lol?

DanMc07 · 8 Mar 2006 at 17:19

Right click desktop > properties > Settings > Advanced > Click the top right tab (your graphics card's s name) > then if installed correctly click Clock Frequency Settings

young lad · 8 Mar 2006 at 17:48

Shall i just click detect optinum or *** ever then add soem / lower it ?

Cheers lads n lasses

Vietnow · 8 Mar 2006 at 23:27

set it to 1ghz and it will fly

young lad · 8 Mar 2006 at 23:28

lmao i dont think the option even goes that high lol

marc2003 · 8 Mar 2006 at 23:32

young lad said:
lmao i dont think the option even goes that high lol

i think he's having a laugh at the expense of your card....

those cards are crap and no amount of overclocking is really going to make a worthwhile difference to performance. but like you say, it's good to practice on an old pc.

young lad · 8 Mar 2006 at 23:32

lol tryed it for the fun and pc crashed straight away lol think its just 2 fast for my pc lmao

young lad · 8 Mar 2006 at 23:43

I think i will try my new hand of overclocking on here starting with the cpu when new pc arrives then if all goes well move on the new pc and oc that

Cheers

St0rmer66 · 9 Mar 2006 at 00:02

I think I managed 300 on 3dMark05 with an FX5200

. Was a while ago now.. can't find the thread

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young lad · 9 Mar 2006 at 00:12

What did u put the clock n stuff up to as will just do that dotn have a clue how to read 3dmark thing me bob so jsut add *** u set it to would b great thanks

marc2003 · 9 Mar 2006 at 00:15

St0rmer66 said:
I think I managed 300 on 3dMark05 with an FX5200 . Was a while ago now.. can't find the thread .

that must have taken at least a week to complete.... :eek:

young lad · 9 Mar 2006 at 00:18

Is 300 low for a pci-e card and high for a pci card? or the lower the better?

smids · 9 Mar 2006 at 00:46

young lad said:
Is 300 low for a pci-e card and high for a pci card? or the lower the better?

Higher the better. A good card like the 7800GTX will score about 8500 as a point of reference.

Don't bother clocking that card. I overclocked my FX5200 Ultra - I did about a 50% overclock on the lot and performance increased by about 3% I calculated.

young lad · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:31

Well i have this and its ok for cs 1.6 with 100 fps but source it hits around 20-30 fps

smids · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:37

young lad said:
Well i have this and its ok for cs 1.6 with 100 fps but source it hits around 20-30 fps

Yeah, I remember it ran fine for CS but source was appalling. Try 800x600 everything on low - that would run playably for me.

young lad · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:39

No new pc at the weekend so no need

thish will be retierd to parents and sis lmao so they dotn need games

smids · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:42

young lad said:
No new pc at the weekend so no need thish will be retierd to parents and sis lmao so they dotn need games

My 5200 Ultra is currently sitting in my parents PC after I built me a new one (sig).

young lad · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:46

I have £1000 for new tower + monitor what sort of specs u think i could get?