Need Help Any1 Plz

[MRiches1982]

Hi all you tweak town members out there! Hope us are all good.

I need some help overclocking my computer.

It's a:

P4 3.0ghz
asus P4S8X motherboard
512 ddr 333 memory
and a Ati radeon 9700, but i think it may be a 9700pro i'm not sure ( its red if that helps )

it's supposed to be a 9700 but when i downloaded the catalyst drivers, it comes up as a 9700 pro in the control panel, display.

Anyway, i'm a newbie ( i changed the jumpers on a 300mhz to make it a 333 a few years ago ) so will some1 plz give me some1 advice.

Also, i read a review on my motherboard and it said that asus where bringing a bios update out that increases the performance by quite a bit, but i don't know how to update it.


HELP!

Martin Riches, Newcastle, UK

[JSR]

and flash your updated bios.............but, any changes you made regarding the jumpers..........well, i don't know if flashing the bios now wouldn't screw you up if for some reason you created a compatibility issue

[MRiches1982]

I've been to the Asus website and the latest driver they've got for my bios was made in 2002, however they've got a beta driver made this yr. How do you flash your bios?

Also, do you know anything about the ati radeon cards? what colour is the pro board?

[Soulburner]

Well from the looks of your board and memory you won't be doing much overclocking...thats an SiS chipset which means it has no AGP/PCI lock.

[amd_man2005]

Correct me if Im wrong but I do believe the AGP/PCI frequency is locked on that mobo

[MRiches1982]

Thanks for the replies, i've just flashed my bios to a newer version!

I was wondering about the setup of my bios, in that i don't know how to set it up for optimal performance.

Also, can any1 answer my question on the graphics card? is the 9700 pro a red circuit board or green, or how can i tell what it is?

Thx

[Soulburner]

A lot of ATI cards show up wrong for some reason, but it doesn't mean you have a Pro if its a non pro.

[Sovereignty]

I have a 9700np that shows up as a 9700 pro as well, but I've reflashed the bios on it so it wouldn't know any better anyway. Don't worry about it.

[MRiches1982]

What do you mean u've reflashed the bios on your 9700, how do you do that, and what does it do?

thx

[Sovereignty]

Flashed it with the 9700 pro bios so I could overclock it.

[MRiches1982]

Nice one! So is it running much faster? as fast as a pro?

Do ou know a lot about motherboards? cos i've got a asus p4s8x-x mobo with a 3.06ghz cpu, and i want to know if i can overclock it a bit. I know you can in the bios. But i don't know what a safe speed would be, cos the only cooling i've done to it, is put one extra fan on the back ( a one of those neon led fans ).
What cooling would you suggest, that is quite easy to install?

Thx

[Sovereignty]

My card is running a hell of a lot faster than a pro. Core is at 448mhz, up from stock of 275. I also vmodded it and replaced the heatsink though so that helped a bit (check my sig for links).

Depends what ram you've got in that board.

[MRiches1982]

i don't know what sort of ram it's running on, all i know is that it's 512 ddr 333, how do i find out what sort it is?

[Sovereignty]

That's all you need to know. Your FSB is running at 133mhz right now, and that ram is rated for 166 (333 / 2).

Try increasing the FSB on your board a bit, to about 140 or so. This will also increase your CPU speed. You can keep increasing it bit by bit until it gets unstable or your temps get too high.

[MRiches1982]

what temp should i keep it below?

Also what cooling for inside my computer would you advise?

appreciate it