Overclocking ATI 9600SE

hupp3l · Nov 17, 2005, 07:31 PM

Hey
Well this is my first time looking into overclocking, and maybe trying different drivers and I really don't want to screw up too much.
I have an ATI9600SE video card and would like to
1) overclock it.
2) get the best drivers possible for it.
3) maybe flash the bios.

Would I notice a difference?

Thanx guys.

Shit sorry admin, I posted in wrong place, please move it. Thanx

Spizio · Nov 18, 2005, 11:25 PM

I have an ATI 9600SE too and i overclocked it using ATItool...i've managed to bring core freq from 325 to 450 and memory from 200 to 250. Seems stable so far, but i don't even know if this is a good result in term of overclocking, no big noteable difference

By the way, i'm using catalyst driver 5.11

hupp3l · Nov 20, 2005, 04:00 PM

Well I got mine even up to 460 and running stable. My memory I havn't changed to more than 200 yet. Are you using ATI softmod drivers?

Spizio · Nov 21, 2005, 12:03 PM

No, i'm using official ati catalyst driver. What's softmod drivers by the way?

hupp3l · Nov 21, 2005, 03:29 PM

Im not too good at answering that but I'll try...

It is a 3rd party drivers that is optimized. It also takes off the clock lock on your card.

Spizio · Nov 21, 2005, 11:51 PM

Thanks for the answer. Anyway, are you using softmod drivers? There is an increase in performance using these drivers along with overclocking?

hupp3l · Nov 22, 2005, 12:32 AM

to be honest, I havn't noticed any difference. But I must say the drivers are working flawlessly, not that the previous ones didn't work.

Did you go any higher on overclocking?

Thermopylae_480 · Nov 22, 2005, 05:33 PM

Softmoded drivers are official drives that have been modified by a third party. In the case of the ones offered on this site they do the following:

Quote:

The softmod enables the four disabled rendering pipelines in the GPU core of Radeon 9500 Non-Pro/9800 SE cards. Patched drivers for Catalyst 3.10 and later also enable overclocking for all Radeon 9000/9200/9550/9600 based cards.

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Spizio · Nov 24, 2005, 10:03 AM

Thanks everyone. Right now i'm using 5.11 based softmod drivers,and i tried a little test on the old 3dmark 2001se. With default settings (core 325,mem 200) i got 6600 points, overclocking with atitools (core 450,mem 250), i got 8000. So there should be an improvement, even if it is not that noticeable.

Nov 17, 2005, 07:31 PM	#1
hupp3l Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Overclocking ATI 9600SE Hey Well this is my first time looking into overclocking, and maybe trying different drivers and I really don't want to screw up too much. I have an ATI9600SE video card and would like to 1) overclock it. 2) get the best drivers possible for it. 3) maybe flash the bios. Would I notice a difference? Thanx guys. Shit sorry admin, I posted in wrong place, please move it. Thanx

Nov 21, 2005, 03:29 PM	#5
hupp3l Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	softmod Im not too good at answering that but I'll try... It is a 3rd party drivers that is optimized. It also takes off the clock lock on your card.

Nov 22, 2005, 12:32 AM	#7
hupp3l Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	uhm to be honest, I havn't noticed any difference. But I must say the drivers are working flawlessly, not that the previous ones didn't work. Did you go any higher on overclocking?

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Nov 18, 2005, 11:25 PM	#2
Spizio Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I have an ATI 9600SE too and i overclocked it using ATItool...i've managed to bring core freq from 325 to 450 and memory from 200 to 250. Seems stable so far, but i don't even know if this is a good result in term of overclocking, no big noteable difference By the way, i'm using catalyst driver 5.11

Nov 20, 2005, 04:00 PM	#3
hupp3l Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Well I got mine even up to 460 and running stable. My memory I havn't changed to more than 200 yet. Are you using ATI softmod drivers?

Nov 21, 2005, 12:03 PM	#4
Spizio Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	No, i'm using official ati catalyst driver. What's softmod drivers by the way?

Nov 21, 2005, 11:51 PM	#6
Spizio Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the answer. Anyway, are you using softmod drivers? There is an increase in performance using these drivers along with overclocking?

Nov 24, 2005, 10:03 AM	#9
Spizio Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks everyone. Right now i'm using 5.11 based softmod drivers,and i tried a little test on the old 3dmark 2001se. With default settings (core 325,mem 200) i got 6600 points, overclocking with atitools (core 450,mem 250), i got 8000. So there should be an improvement, even if it is not that noticeable.

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