9600XT overdrive question

[spazzmattah]

I ordered a PowerColor Radeon 9600XT from Newegg. This card is spec'd at 500/676. I can overclock the memory to 728 (364x2) without any problems. However, I cannot overclock the core at all! Even if I overclock the core to 515 and leave the memory at default, games start hanging/crashing. This doesn't seem right. I talked to a friend and he said that with Catalyst 3.9 and higher, overdrive is enabled for 9600XT cards. This may interfere with overclocking the core. I am currently running Catalyst 3.10. Can anyone shed some light on this? Has anyone been able to overclock the 9600XT with Catalyst 3.9 and higher? Thanks in advance.

[nicotine]

I have been using 9600 XT and Cat. 3.9, and got no problem when overclocking. Try use RinaTuner and apply Ati AntiOverclocking patch, i think it shoudl work. Most people Cat 3.8 and newer are locked against OC.

[Alacritan]

Get Omega drivers. They're much better than ATi drivers. And the included apps are pretty good too.