differences?
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chupacabra
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mostly clocks and the type of ram, 7600gs has GDDR2 while the 7600gt has GDDR3
hermeslyre
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The most important performance indicator being the clocks. Luckily for you the clocks can be raised via overclocking, Consider it if you wish to gain alittle more FPS out of the card.
EidoloN
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overclocking doesnt harm the computer does it? i read a little about overclocking in the forum, but im not quite understanding how to do it. can anyone explain it to me in simplier terms??!! haha! not very bright am i??!
hermeslyre
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SureDeDureDee. Oveclocking is the process of making anything with a clock cycle faster, by means of raising that clock cycle. If harms very little when done correctly, and even when done incorrectly it usually can be fixed. The are are many different components in a computer than can be overclocked, RAM being the easiest as it overclocks by itself when you OC (Overclock) the CPU. Video card is arguably the second easiest as there is no easy way to overvolt removing that aspect of video overclocking from all but the super-enthusiasts.
In a nutshell, to OC a video card you need to download atitool, or rivatuner. These apps can work on both ATI and Nvidia cards, only ntune is stuck to nvidia cards. After that you undergone the relatively easy job of raising both the memory and core clocks, as there are two with video cards they have dedicated memory, and testing for stability. It's a game of trial, raise the core and memory clcocks as far as they can go and remain stable.
As a helpful reminder, overclocking the video card is fairly effortless. If you do happen to raise a clock too high, the computer will simply reset and you'll start over, it won't blow up or anyfing.
Questions?
In a nutshell, to OC a video card you need to download atitool, or rivatuner. These apps can work on both ATI and Nvidia cards, only ntune is stuck to nvidia cards. After that you undergone the relatively easy job of raising both the memory and core clocks, as there are two with video cards they have dedicated memory, and testing for stability. It's a game of trial, raise the core and memory clcocks as far as they can go and remain stable.
As a helpful reminder, overclocking the video card is fairly effortless. If you do happen to raise a clock too high, the computer will simply reset and you'll start over, it won't blow up or anyfing.
Questions?
EidoloN
New Member
thanks bro! whats usually the safest numbers as far as overclocking?! i mean, how much of an adjustment should i be making and how do i tell differences when i do overclock?! does overclocking make the cpu run hotter as in will i need a better cooling system? thanks man! youve helped tremendously!
Martix_agent
New Member
ati tool allows you to test tings very easily. I start by raising everything 25-50 and then go from there.
I'm running my 7600 gs at
core:490.20
memory:388.74
stock is
core:400
memory:356
I could push it further, but I'm gonna wait till a get a copper heatsink on before I do that.
I'm running my 7600 gs at
core:490.20
memory:388.74
stock is
core:400
memory:356
I could push it further, but I'm gonna wait till a get a copper heatsink on before I do that.
hermeslyre
VIP Member
You should be testing with the artifact tool that comes with ATItool, or playing a game to test for any funkiness, usually represented by artifacting, which are foreign objects on the screen. Might be little dots, or geometrical lines sprouting on incorrect vectors, you'll notice what I'm talking about if you see it. Looks nasty, no one likes it, means you've gone a bit too far(or the cards gotten too hot) and should dial the OC back alittle bit.
As to the incremental increase, realize most cards have abit of head-room in the beginning, it's safe to raise clocks more boldly in the beginning, say 20 cycles. But soon you'll push it too far and should go for 5-10 clock increases.
As I hinted at above the card will get hotter during overclocking, usually not a problem, but it can be. I have a 7600gt, and can say it sometimes reaches 75*c. anything above should be considered alittle too hot, and you should then consider better cooling, or reducing the OC abit.
As to the incremental increase, realize most cards have abit of head-room in the beginning, it's safe to raise clocks more boldly in the beginning, say 20 cycles. But soon you'll push it too far and should go for 5-10 clock increases.
As I hinted at above the card will get hotter during overclocking, usually not a problem, but it can be. I have a 7600gt, and can say it sometimes reaches 75*c. anything above should be considered alittle too hot, and you should then consider better cooling, or reducing the OC abit.