OC the 8400GS DDR2, What is the fastest?

EIN502 · 04-02-2008, 05:44 PM

anakuper,
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=56017
I went there to learn some tricks to unlocking some controls to overclock more.

WILLY S,
I have not don't any real testing of games but when I took a little look I found some interesting numbers. In Oblivion, just at the char. creation my fps was 16-18 at med settings at 1280x800 I think. OC it went to 30 fps. The other game I tried was ET where normal I got 125 fps, but OC it went to 250. With oblivion my temp only hit 68, but I was not playing for that long. I really need to get some time to really test things out. If anyone has any recommendations for some good games I am in search for something new.

I hope I will have time for more.

EIN502 · 04-02-2008, 06:26 PM

I just ran 3DMark06 with my system OC and got 2486 and my temp hit 66

anakuper · 04-03-2008, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by EIN502

anakuper,
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=56017
I went there to learn some tricks to unlocking some controls to overclock more.

WILLY S,
I have not don't any real testing of games but when I took a little look I found some interesting numbers. In Oblivion, just at the char. creation my fps was 16-18 at med settings at 1280x800 I think. OC it went to 30 fps. The other game I tried was ET where normal I got 125 fps, but OC it went to 250. With oblivion my temp only hit 68, but I was not playing for that long. I really need to get some time to really test things out. If anyone has any recommendations for some good games I am in search for something new.

I hope I will have time for more.

PLEASE HELP ME...
after carefully follow EIN502 link, i tweak my RIVA tuner 2.08 carefully as in the link... i can gain 1250Mhz slider max etc...
But now, the strangest thing just happen... after booting my lappie, i use Riva VGA hardware monitor, all normal except the memory clock goes up 799Mhz!!! maybe just fluke, so then i try overclock to 550/1100/500 with hardware monitor on the background.. playing games about 30min, close it and: hardware monitor shows 590/1140/499/63`C .. so it wasn`t a fluke my memory clock went 799Mhz on idle.. after a while monitor come to 182/362/799/57`C... how can my VGA memory clock went up to 799Mhz when idle??? please help... i have try un-install/install RIVA tuner, re-install vga 174.31 driver.. the mem clock still at 799Mhz on idle... Help..

EIN502 · 04-03-2008, 01:50 PM

I just checked and I had the same thing. I think I am going to have to play with this to see what is up. I am not sure if it is telling us correct information. Don't panic. I checked it without having any OC and it said my mem was 799 but I am not over heating or having problems. I am sure we will find out what is happening.

WILLY S · 04-03-2008, 02:03 PM

Have you checked the clock speeds in "standard 2D" and "low power 3D" settings in the overclocking menu in rivatuner?

In rivatuners built in hardware monitor my core and shader overclock always appear slightly higher as yours did so nothing to worry about there... memory always shows at stock speeds(600mhz) even when in "standard 2D".
I usually use nvidia monitor found in nvidia control panel... mainly because it tells me what i want to hear.. or see:P

So try another monitor and see what it reads as.. probly nothing wrong.

Nice oc btw ( :

@EIN502 Game reccommendations ET = enemy territory? Battlefield 2 is similar and really good, and Halo 1(combat evolved) is the best online game ever.. and still hasnt aged a year

EIN502 · 04-03-2008, 02:03 PM

So I had a little fun with it and I think it is just an error in the program. After playing with things I restarted my laptop and now it is all back to normal. Though I must say as I am writing this it just did it again. I know for a fact my mem will not run that high so the only thing I can get to is that there is something wrong with the program. The other thing that is crazy is that when I set it to my OC of 650/1600/485 the monitor says I am at this 702/1728/486. So There has to be something wrong with the program. I have another program PC Wizard 2008 that tells me that my settings OC are 650/1728/285. I think Riva Tuner is not the most accurate because it is not meant for laptops. Hope this helps.

EIN502 · 04-03-2008, 02:06 PM

WILLY S,
ET is enemy territory, though not the quake wars version, which I might get because I had fun with the demo. Halo I have but have not installed, but plan on it. Battlefield 2 I will have to look into. I was thinking of trying Prey and COD4, but we will see.

WILLY S · 04-03-2008, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by EIN502

WILLY S,
ET is enemy territory, though not the quake wars version, which I might get because I had fun with the demo. Halo I have but have not installed, but plan on it. Battlefield 2 I will have to look into. I was thinking of trying Prey and COD4, but we will see.

Be sure to download "halo custom edition" aswell. Its free and theres so many custom maps you'll be playin this one for a long time (:

EIN502 · 04-03-2008, 02:34 PM

Thanks I will get that.

anakuper · 04-03-2008, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by EIN502

So I had a little fun with it and I think it is just an error in the program. After playing with things I restarted my laptop and now it is all back to normal. Though I must say as I am writing this it just did it again. I know for a fact my mem will not run that high so the only thing I can get to is that there is something wrong with the program. The other thing that is crazy is that when I set it to my OC of 650/1600/485 the monitor says I am at this 702/1728/486. So There has to be something wrong with the program. I have another program PC Wizard 2008 that tells me that my settings OC are 650/1728/285. I think Riva Tuner is not the most accurate because it is not meant for laptops. Hope this helps.

@EIN502:
Oh i see, but what things you`re playing, can you describe it? thanks..