halflife 2 over clock

[Gajdycz]

since rarely any one looks at or helps me in the overclock thread, ill throw this out

for hl2, i want to have 1280x1024 resolution (i have the 4.7 drivers it was 1240), with max AA and AF

i have

3ghz p4 th
512 Pc 3200 Ram
9800pro with 128 ram

im thinking all ill have to do is over clock the 9800 a little bit, what do u think? are the omega drivers good for that?

 

[Warbie]

That depends what detail you want to run it at.

There's no way you'll be able to run HL2 with max settings, 1280*1024, with full AA/AF on a 9800 pro and maintain a decent framerate. Overclocking won't make much difference at all.

Soz :/

 

[Gajdycz]

my def of decent is above 40...

also, anyone know of any 3rd party drivers for ati's that make overclocking easy?

 

[Axyon]

my def of decent is above 40...

also, anyone know of any 3rd party drivers for ati's that make overclocking easy?

Just get the Rage3d Tweak or ATiTool, they're programs rather than drivers.

 

[Gajdycz]

besides going to google, do u have a site?

 

[Axyon]

Google would have been even quicker than asking, but here they are anyway:

http://www.rage3d.com/index.php?node=r3dtweak

http://atitool.ocfaq.com/

 

[Gajdycz]

btw, what about the omega drivers?

 

[Gajdycz]

i overclocked my 9800 at 10 mhz intervals and benchmarked with 3dmark 03

default(378mhz): 3443

390mhz: 3486

400mhz: 3526

my max overclock is 415, should i continue? also, what about overclocking the memory?

 

[Axyon]

Overclocking your memory is what gives the best results. Just keep upping the clocks on both the core and memory very slightly until you get artifacts in games or 3dmark, then put it down a notch.

 

[Asus]

It actually really depends on the game. It used to be always memory since that was the bottleneck but bumping the core up in some games really helps out more.

If you OCed a 9800pro you still won't be able to reach 9800XT performance. It will be similar but not quite there.
You should be able to play with 1024x768 with high detail and AA/AF at ~40 average I would think but not 1280x1024 and full AA/AF.

 

[Gajdycz]

with ati tools, how long should the scan for artifactes bbe?

 

[Asus]

I'm not really sure.
When I tried ATItools it kept rising but then it just came right back down so I just used Powerstrip and did it manually. lol