Overclocking:
Even though we've had success
overclocking Samsung memory on the GeForce4 Ti4600 cards we weren't
too optimistic about the overclockability of the 5 ns Samsung DRAM
on the MX440 (default speed is 400 MHz). We were in for a big surprise, the memory went
all the way up to 485 MHz with no artifacts! 1 MHz higher though and Artifact
Tester would report that a few were present. Even at 500 MHz memory we
were unable to spot any "snow" in our games but there was the occasional tear here
and there. We might have been able to hit even higher had we added ramsinks to
cool the memory.
360 MHz core speed! I was blown away by that because it is pretty amazing considering we're still using standard stock cooling!
As you'll see in the coming benchmarks, overclocking the videocard
brings a substantial performance boost!
| pcstats
test system specs: |
|
|
computer hardware:
|
|
| processor: |
AMD AthonXP 2000+ |
| Clock
Speed: |
12.5x133 MHz = 1.66 GHz |
| Motherboards: |
Epox 8K3A+ |
| Chipset: |
VIA KT333CE |
| Videocard: |
MSI G4Ti4600-VTD (300/660)
Albatron GeForce4 MX440
(270/400)
Albatron GeForce4 MX440 (360/485) |
| Sound
Card: |
N/A |
| Network
Card: |
N/A |
| Memory: |
256MB Crucial
PC2700 DDR RAM |
| Hard
Drive: |
40GB 7200RPM Maxtor D740X
Ultra/133 |
| CDROM: |
Panasonic 48x CD-ROM CR-594-B
|
| Floppy: |
Panasonic 1.44MB Floppy Drive |
| Heatsink: |
Thermalright SK-6 w/60mm Delta |
| PowerSupply: |
Antec 400W PSU |
| Software
Setup: |
WindowsXP
VIA 4in1
4.38V
DetonatorXP 28.90
Radeon 6071 XP Drivers |
| Benchmarks: |
3DMark2000
3DMark2001SE
AquaMark
Commanche 4
Quake III
Arena Ver 1.17
3DMark2001SE with AA
AquaMark with AA
Quake III Arena with
AA |
As you probably see, we've omitted the CodeCreatures benchmark
since it requires a videocard with Pixel Shaders.
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