Why my Ti4200 OC sucks

[RingWraith2086]

I read up on overclocking video card last night (using the search function, woohoo. Couldn't find anything on this topic though) and decided to try to OC mine. I have a GeForce Ti4200, but I can barely overclock it at all. In the sticky on this forum (If you own a GeForce, post here, that one), I looked at the Core and Memory clock speeds for the first ten Ti 4200's, and the Core averaged 311.3 and Memory averaged 604.5 (yes, those are right. I was so bored I figured it up). But I can only get mine to 267 core/540 mem. Then I start getting artifacts in 3dMark01. By the way, I usually average about 9500 at these settings in that benchmark. Why can't I go very high on this card? Here are my system specs, because I know sometimes those help. Tell me if you need more info.

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
Soyo P4S Dragon Ultra
256 MB PC2100 RAM (maybe problem there? Getting more soon)

Any help is appreciated.

 

[100mbHD]

how makes the card? what kind of cooling do you have on it?

 

[RingWraith2086]

The card is made by Chaintech. And I only have the stock fan cooling on it. But I do have a side 80mm intake fan that kind of blows onto it, so I guess that can be considered some cooling?

 

[stratcatprowlin]

Every individual card is different.One may overclock great the next might not OC at all. I had a TI4200 that didnt overclock at all if that makes you feel better.
You might want to read up on overclocking in general to answer your question in more detail.

 

[Drec]

slap a big ol' heatsink on it and youll be able to take it farther.

 

[stratcatprowlin]

slap a big ol' heatsink on it and youll be able to take it farther.

That may or may not be true.I had a cpu cooler on mine and it still wouldnt OC.