I've had a GF3 for abouts 3-4 weeks now i think. I got my Prophet III through and have tried my best to overclock it to the maximum, because I have a high resolution monitor and I like playing games at 1600x1200x32 at 70fps+
Unfortunately, I know I have 4.0ns ram because all Prophet III's come with them instead of 3.8ns. The thing is I think I might have an early A3 stepping core too because of my overclocking problems.
Here are my limits of overclocking...
RAM @ 460Mhz ... No problems whatsoever
RAM @ 500Mhz ... No problems whatsoever
RAM @ 505Mhz ... Minimal artifacting in memory intensive games (Tribes 2)
RAM @ 510Mhz ... Mild Artifacting in most games
RAM @ 520Mhz ... Artifacting
RAM @ 530Mhz ... Serious Artifacting
RAM @ 535Mhz ... Crash
GPU @ 200Mhz ... No problems
GPU @ 220Mhz ... No problems
GPU @ 225Mhz ... Lockups after 5-10mins of Q3
GPU @ 230Mhz ... Crash
How can I tell if I have A3 stepping? And most important of all, what can I do to increase these overclocks?
Unfortunately, I know I have 4.0ns ram because all Prophet III's come with them instead of 3.8ns. The thing is I think I might have an early A3 stepping core too because of my overclocking problems.
Here are my limits of overclocking...
RAM @ 460Mhz ... No problems whatsoever
RAM @ 500Mhz ... No problems whatsoever
RAM @ 505Mhz ... Minimal artifacting in memory intensive games (Tribes 2)
RAM @ 510Mhz ... Mild Artifacting in most games
RAM @ 520Mhz ... Artifacting
RAM @ 530Mhz ... Serious Artifacting
RAM @ 535Mhz ... Crash
GPU @ 200Mhz ... No problems
GPU @ 220Mhz ... No problems
GPU @ 225Mhz ... Lockups after 5-10mins of Q3
GPU @ 230Mhz ... Crash
How can I tell if I have A3 stepping? And most important of all, what can I do to increase these overclocks?