How can I increase my video card's FPS?

[Brutalfate]

Helloo, I'm quite a noob at this sort of stuff, but I will try to explain my situation as best as I can. I've got a Radeon 9600 XT (256MB), I've tested the FPS using ATI tools and its current average FPS is 70 FPS. I do believe I can get more out of my card, and would most certainly like too... How would I go about doing so? I've installed all the latest drivers.. Overclocking maybe? If so, how will it effect my card?

Thanks..


Here are my PC's specs:

-P4 3.00 Ghz
-512 MB RAM

 

[giorgos th.]

the most effective thing that you can do is overclock it.if it in a safe range it wont affect the card so.

 

[xman2007]

try using ati tool (see downloads section) the start byt increasing your memory a few mhz at a time until you find somthing your happy with and do the same for the core. also atitool can automatically find your best overclock for you that may be your best option if your new to it.

 

[Brutalfate]

Alright, I'll try that, thanks.

 

[Agility]

Use the Find Max Core or Max Memory. Then adjust them until everything is stable.

 

[Brutalfate]

I've Overclocked my card to 510 MHz for the core and 344 MHz for the Memory, still no improvement.. Still an Average of 80 FPS.

 

[trog100]

course its an improvement.. any speed increase on gpu or memory is an improvement.. he he

70 to 80 is an improvement on the planet where i live.. he he he..

keep taking each on up in turn till u see funny things happening to the furry dice or your machine locks up.. then go back a bit..

trog

ps.. but just bear in mind u aint gonna turn it into a 1900xtx..

 

[Frogger]

I've Overclocked my card to 510 MHz for the core and 344 MHz for the Memory, still no improvement.. Still an Average of 80 FPS.

been a while since i had any work on 9600xt 256 But if i remember right those card were only 128 bit interface witch made them lousy clockers ....After checking some floppies that had 9600 bios on them i see that mostly the best OC that you can get will be in the 510/515 core and 340/350 mem range that's with added cooling so you are probably at your top range now ..... short of hardmodding the volts that is

 

[JC316]

You aren't going to make a Geo out perform a Porsche. 10FPS increase is something, you just have to look at your cards performance and then mesure your success against benchmarks for the stock card.

 

[coltnrg]

Helloo, I'm quite a noob at this sort of stuff, but I will try to explain my situation as best as I can. I've got a Radeon 9600 XT (256MB), I've tested the FPS using ATI tools and its current average FPS is 70 FPS. I do believe I can get more out of my card, and would most certainly like too... How would I go about doing so? I've installed all the latest drivers.. Overclocking maybe? If so, how will it effect my card?

Thanks..


Here are my PC's specs:

-P4 3.00 Ghz
-512 MB RAM

in this day 512 Ram is not munch i would first upgrade that to at lest 1 gig but the more is the way to go ATI has a program for over clocking ATI chipesets that called AMD Fusion and Overdrive works good

 

[DirectorC]

in this day 512 Ram is not munch i would first upgrade that to at lest 1 gig but the more is the way to go ATI has a program for over clocking ATI chipesets that called AMD Fusion and Overdrive works good

Best post ever. Welcome to TPU.

Here, have these:



And this:

 

[Kursah]

Damn just 6 more months and this thread would've been 4 years old and untouched since JC's last post! But noooo, the new guy had to ruin it! LOL! jk.

Welcome to TPU coltnrg!

 

[bobzilla2009]

on the bright side it WAS a valid point that 512MB RAM isn't that hot in 2010

 

[20mmrain]

Helloo, I'm quite a noob at this sort of stuff, but I will try to explain my situation as best as I can. I've got a Radeon 9600 XT (256MB), I've tested the FPS using ATI tools and its current average FPS is 70 FPS. I do believe I can get more out of my card, and would most certainly like too... How would I go about doing so? I've installed all the latest drivers.. Overclocking maybe? If so, how will it effect my card?

Thanks..


Here are my PC's specs:

-P4 3.00 Ghz
-512 MB RAM

Well let me say first welcome to the Computer scene! I will warn you in advance it is very addicting.

Now lets deal with your video card.

First off your FPS = Frames Per Second relate to the application you are running. For example.... If you are running World of War Craft you might be getting 50 FPS.... but if you are playing a more taxing application like Crysis ..... You might be only getting 19 FPS.

So If you understand what I am saying here..... it all really depends on how taxing the application/game is you are running.

Then next thing that also contributes to your FPS is you screen resolution. For instance if you are playing with an older less powerful video card..... the larger the screen size you have to lower the FPS you will get.
Because you are taxing the video card harder to get that picture out. Also the video card is not powerful enough to deal with high resolutions.

That brings me to how powerful the video card is. This statement will also contribute to how many FPS you are getting.
For instance lets take two real world video cards....

Yours a 9600XT

GPU Clock Speed: 250Mhz = Speed of what your GPU(Core Chip)is running
RAM Speed: 400Mhz = Speed of what you Video RAM(On the Video Card) Is Running

Installed Memory: 256MB = How much Memory on your video card
Memroy Tech: DDR SDRAM = Type Of RAM It is.
Memory Bandwidth: 128 bit = How fast your RAM is in Gigabytes per Second. How fast you Video card can draw the memory. The more the better usually!

Card slot interface: AGPx8 = The type of bus used on the motherboard. While AGP was fast for it's time. PCIe 2.0 x16 Is way faster. PCIe 3.0 wll be out soon to.

My Video card Diamond ATI HD5870

GPU Clock Speed: 850Mhz
RAM Speed : 1200Mhz

Installed Memory: 1024MB
Memory Tech: DDR5

Card Slot interface: PCIe 2.0 x16

So if you take a look and compare the two video cards..... you will better understand how to read performance.... and tell higher performance apart.

Here is a great link that will give you really good information of how performance works with video cards.

It's a little bit older but it will give you allot of information!!!

http://www.playtool.com/pages/vramwidth/width.html

So the reason I bring up comparing the two different video cards is to suggest..... one way to get higher performance is to buy a newer video card.
While the 9600XT was great in it's day..... to play modern video games.... your not going to be able to get to much more out of it.

There is more information on how FPS matters to you. I suggest you look up as much as you can to learn about it. Google it is a great idea.

Now besides buying a new video card as a way to increase your FPS..... another way is to like someone mentioned.......Overclocking the Video card.

Overclocking the video card.

Is basically speeding up the video card so that it can get more doen and increase your performance.

If this is the way you want to go I would suggest doing your research on your video card and see what others have done.

But because you are still noob to this..... I would really make sure you do your research before you attempt it.

Plus in all reality overclocking a 9600XT in todays world with todays 3D games is really not going to give you that much extra performance.

You would probably be better off..... just buying a newer video card.... if you are looking for higher performance.

Possibly something like these.....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161284

Or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150433

These are all just the basics...... and while I was in rush while writing this hopefully you get the idea.

I hope this helps you get the performance you want!!!

 

[Loosenut]

Very nice explanation 20mmrain. Kudos on the effort

However, did you notice the OP was written in 2006? Odds are he no longer has that GPU

 

[20mmrain]

Very nice explanation 20mmrain. Kudos on the effort

However, did you notice the OP was written in 2006? Odds are he no longer has that GPU

Yeah I did I should go back in to that post and mention that the tutorial is a little old. But if you take that into account it still works

Thanks I'll mention that.

Here's another overclocking tutorial....

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclock-graphics-card,1916.html

BTW Loosenit

Is that your 240SX? If so Nice car bud!!!

 

[hat]

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

Yeah I did I should go back in to that post and mention that the tutorial is a little old. But if you take that into account it still works

Thanks I'll mention that.

Here's another overclocking tutorial....

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclock-graphics-card,1916.html

BTW Loosenit

Is that your 240SX? If so Nice car bud!!!

s13? yuh mad rasta?

 

[KainXS]

lets go back in time then

we just have to go here and load up

 

[20mmrain]

s13? yuh mad rasta?

Well so many people make it look like the s13 and it's not true I'm glade you know your shizit! Most people just change the front bumper and the head lights and call it a day! So you actually have a SR20 engine in there hey?

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

Well so many people make it look like the s13 and it's not true I'm glade you know your shizit! Most people just change the front bumper and the head lights and call it a day! So you actually have a SR20 engine in there hey?

its a bnr32

 

[20mmrain]

its a bnr32

V-spec twin turbo??? Damn man that had to be a tight fit??? I didn't realize they made mounts to put that engine in that body.

That huge engine and a small car = really A hole fast!

It's been awhile since I used to soup up cars. But that last car I had all done up was a Dodge Neon.

The 1st gen neons had the same engine bay as a Mitsubishi Eclipse. So I had the A420 Single turbo engine from a 1st gen Eclipse put in it. Of course modified a little.

Then the car I had before that was a Honda Civic EX. But of course you know that wasn't good enough. So I did a B18b Integra Swap. Along with extra's of course!

I know I am off topic now so I will let it go! But still nice car bro!
It's just nice to see people still doing it even in this crappy economy!

 

[coltnrg]

Best post ever. Welcome to TPU.

Here, have these:



And this:

Thank you

 

[3link]

I've Overclocked my card to 510 MHz for the core and 344 MHz for the Memory, still no improvement.. Still an Average of 80 FPS.

80 FPS? What game are you playing? That's a pretty good FPS rating. Most people are satisfied with 50-60. I get 80-90 and consider myself one lucky customer.

 

[Loosenut]

Yeah I did I should go back in to that post and mention that the tutorial is a little old. But if you take that into account it still works

Thanks I'll mention that.

Here's another overclocking tutorial....

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclock-graphics-card,1916.html

BTW Loosenit

Is that your 240SX? If so Nice car bud!!!

Thanks but it's a 1989 Nissan Skyline GT-R right-hand drive from Japan.