Overclocking question

[UnrealAlex]

My pc:
3 GHz with HT 500mhz bus
1 Gig Ram
9800 Pro

My question is how much would I be able to overlock my 9800 pro without having to buy additional fans/cooling? And is it hard to overlock ?

Also does Hyper Threading do anything at all for games?

[UnrealAlex]

Re: Overclocking question

ALso is there any way to turn off the movie video in the bg of Main menu?

Bump.

[UnrealAlex]

Re: Overclocking question

can someone help me out here please

[$G-MONEY SMITH$]

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hey the 9800 wont oc for crap i had one it didnt oc at all they run very very hot those cards get a vga silencer cooler and also to get rid of the movies go ot bf2 folder/mods/movie/ and edit the name of the intro movies, just take off the n on the .bin they wont run.

[DrunkenPirate]

Re: Overclocking question

hey the 9800 wont oc for crap i had one it didnt oc at all they run very very hot those cards get a vga silencer cooler and also to get rid of the movies go ot bf2 folder/mods/movie/ and edit the name of the intro movies, just take off the n on the .bin they wont run.

On the contrary, I had a 9800pro overclocked to 427MHz core and 374MHz (749MHz DDR) memory for almost 2 years without additional equipment. It's still running at those speeds now in my gf's system.

It is a Hercules 3D Prophet 9800pro and the copper HSF and RAMsinks were enough to sufficiently cool the overclocked card when playing games.

To remove the videos played at the beginning of Battlefield, search the Battlefield 2 General forum, there are many threads that tell you how to and in different ways.

[Gulf_War_Syndrome]

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... I had a 9800pro overclocked to 427MHz core and 374MHz (749MHz DDR) memory for almost 2 years without additional equipment...

Agreed. A 9800 Pro will usually be able to overclock a noticable amount. Personally, I don't like how hot the things run with their stock cooler at stock speeds though, but then I live in Australia where we can have some nasty summer days...

With a Zalman ZM80D-HP cooler and fan (a monster, and a bit fiddly to fit one the first time you do it), you should be able to push the 9800 Pro beyond 9800XT clocks. The ramsinks in the package seems to make a significant difference to the memory overclock ability, at least on the Powercolor cards I had experience with.