3dfx v3 3000 agp questions

[HITNF]

Hhi,
i was wondering could overclocking my v3 3000 agp, memory and graphics clock, just the vid card, could it damage any other component of my system? ALso what the max OC for this card?

thanks,
HITNF

 

[RainMaQer]

Welcome to the forums

Overclocking your vid card too much won't damage anything else in your system. 99% of the time if you oc too far the comp will simply lock up and you'll have to turn the power off then power up again. I don't remember the default specs on that card... but I'd say that with proper cooling a 10% or more overclock could be achieved... with less than adequate cooling I wouldn't hope for more than a 5-6% oc. Good luck.

 

[HITNF]

thx

So far from 166mhz i brought it to 183, with an old cpu fan i dont use ~4000rpm i screwed it on the heatsink, and i just layed a heatsink and the other part of the CPU on the vid card, so it takes away a tab bit of heat,

I also have a P3v4x like you do!!!



Thx again,

 

[CrystalMethod]

I mannaged to get my Voodoo3 2000 up to 191Mhz. Stock was 143Mhz. Although past 179Mhz I got lower scores in 3Dmark2k1. I slapped a monster of a heatsink on it to do it though. Takes up the 2 PCI slots below the AGP. I don't expect to get any more out of the card though. I think the memory on the card is what's holding me back frm going any further.

 

[-=UR=- Ranger]

I got 195 from the 3000 some time ago. I just took off the default HS, cleaned off the thermal pad they used...put some thermal paste on there reattached the HS. Then I screwed a 60mm fan on it, that I had lying around and that's it.
Use powerstrip to overclock the card