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breadman
10-29-01, 06:19 PM
My Voodoo5 found its place back in the box it came in today.

And with joy I put in my new Gainward GeForce3 Ti200:D. I Installed the drivers on the cd with extensions of 2181. My first run of 3dmark 2k1 posted 7403 marks. The ole v5 could barely pass the 3k mark with just 3010 marks as my highest ever...so yes it was a good upgrade, a very good upgrade. Couple questions.....being new to the nvidia world can I just download the latest XP drivers the 83's i believe and just install them overtop of whats there now? Also, the cardexpert tools that came with the card have their overclocking tools which currently say 200 core 428 mem. When I went into the display properties there was an option to turn on nvidia overclocking in there as well and after rebooting it put me back down to 175 core 400 mem. Which overclocking utility should I use and what are expected frequencies of this card? Thanks in advance for any info.:)

WillysNut
10-29-01, 06:32 PM
Congrats on the new card. I just bit the bullet myself and got a PNY Tech Ti500. I have never been so happy in my life. As far as loading drivers, I usually change back to the default SVGA Video driver, and then load the new ones...just to be sure everything is clean before the new drivers go on.

Sounds like Gainward maybe had the card clocked a little higher than the NVidia reference..which is not uncommon. I usually use powerstrip for a while w/ a new card cause of all the details it offers but I've used the NVidia supplied adjustments w/o any problems either.

Congrats on the Ti....doesn't it just rock!!!!

Da Whip
10-29-01, 07:18 PM
You might want to Det. Destroyer. It is a prog. that wipes out previous nVidia drivers, thus giving you a fresh start.
http://guru3d.com/detonator-destroyer/download.shtml[/URL]

breadman
10-30-01, 03:24 PM
thanks all for the responses.

im going to stick with the 21.81's as they seem stable so far. i overclocked her a bit more to 215/480 and saw 7806 in 3dmark 2001 so im happy.

the card itself came with a rorb(red orb looking thingy) and ramsinks already. would i get better performance as far as overclocking if i bought this set up?

http://www.millisec.com/gpaciiixtrem.html

]-[itman
10-30-01, 03:43 PM
Willy can you post your score in 3dMark2001? I'm thinking about getting that card and want to know how it does thx.