I've recently learned of a Utility that is within the Forceware drivers called Coolbits (automated overclocking and the like) but It is hidden in the usual menu. How can this be activated?
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Oh, thankyou. Is there anywayof removing the reg hack other than rooting through the registry, or would a driver reinstall do it?
Uninstalling the drivers will remove the registry hack, but will also undo any changes (overcocking, etc.)
it's a nice little tool if your wanting to o/c your gfx card. 
no problem, i've had it for a while now since i got my GF4 over a year ago.
no problem, i've had it for a while now since i got my GF4 over a year ago.
Well, if you want to get very technical, OC'ing your card will shorten it's life.However, I strongly doubt that you'll still be running on that card in 10 years, so go ahead and OC away!
ok I may just have to.
speaking of 10 years...I have a Voodoo 3 2000 somewhere still in its 10 year warentee LOL
speaking of 10 years...I have a Voodoo 3 2000 somewhere still in its 10 year warentee LOL
becarefull though, i actually fried the memory or something on my GF4 ti4200 with cool bits
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Bizzarely my graphcis card when using cool bits OC's the memory by 120Mhz (500Mhz - 620Mhz)...a little extreme and dangerous?
It really can vary from card to card. If nothing else, run some games and see if you get any artifacting or corruption. The auto detect thing doesn't really work that great sometimes. With my card it tell me that I can run the core at 522MHz and the memory at 1.2GHz. If I clock it higher than 475/950 I get artifacts (FX5900)
I had artifacts when I ran it at auto detect (Regular= 425Mhz Core/500Mhz Mem) (Auto 481/620) but that was when I was running AOpen Drivers not the official nVidia ones...I may have to re-try it using the nVidia drivers
heres something that boggled me
the other night, i tried to underclock my 9800 pro (just curious to see how much performance is lost)
and just as soon as i set the clock speed down 3Mhz, artifacts popped up all over my screen, and wouldnt go away even when i set the speed back to normal
so im freaking out thinking i just ruined my brandnew card
so i uninstall the ati utillity thing and restart hoping this would help
but it didnt, it there was stuff all over the bios load screen
so i powered down and unplugged for a minute, and praise the lord everything was back to normal
so the moral is, dont frikkin over/under clock your vid card!!! its not worth screwing up a $300 card
the other night, i tried to underclock my 9800 pro (just curious to see how much performance is lost)
and just as soon as i set the clock speed down 3Mhz, artifacts popped up all over my screen, and wouldnt go away even when i set the speed back to normal
so im freaking out thinking i just ruined my brandnew card
so i uninstall the ati utillity thing and restart hoping this would help
but it didnt, it there was stuff all over the bios load screen
so i powered down and unplugged for a minute, and praise the lord everything was back to normal
so the moral is, dont frikkin over/under clock your vid card!!! its not worth screwing up a $300 card
Some freak accident happened there.
People have successfully over and underclocked their video cards, and I don't really know what happened there...
People have successfully over and underclocked their video cards, and I don't really know what happened there...