Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Article: ATI Overclocking

By Billy Zype

The ati overclocking utility is called ATITool. This is designed for NVIDIA and ATI video cards.

Features

The main features of this ati overclocking utility are as follows - When support is given by VGA card, there is an adjustment of memory voltage and GPU. Gamma control is provided. There is 3D application detection so that the video card is overclocked only when necessary. These are OpenGL, Direct3D 9 and Direct3D 8. The video card BIOS can be extracted to file with the aim of a backup. Hotkeys for loading clocks from a profile can be used at any time. When an application or Windows starts up, a predefined clock profile can be loaded. The stability is tested by Artifact scanning mode. The catalyst overclocking lock is removed for 9600 or 9550 or 9200 or 9000 series. On some supported cards there is a fan speed control and temperature monitoring. The output can be scanned for visual artifacts. A Direct3D window is used for determining memory overclock and maximum core. In maximum ATI cards, the memory timings can be tweaked. In case of NVIDIA cards, overclocking is supported. Overclocking is unlimited. ATITool is compatible just with Windows 2003 or XP or 2000. In all the cases, there is support for 64 bit versions.

Latest version

0.26 is the most recent stable version. In this ati overclocking utility, all ATI and NVIDIA cards have the full support. However, there is no support for X1950 pro overclocking. For many ATI cards, there is current draw monitoring. "Driver tweaks" is the new settings tab. Adaptive anti-aliasing is controlled. Many X1800 and X1900 cards have voltage control facility. The default for thermal monitoring is on. In case of the X1000 series, the BIOS dump works. The default maximum size of the log file is 2.5 MB. There are several stream processors or active vertex shaders added on NVIDIA. It is possible to save the memory timings or fan settings to a profile. A new logo has been added. There is no need to disable the services in Windows in order to overclock ATI X1k cards.

Overclocking the ATI card

To find the latest and best drivers for the video card, it is necessary to search http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html or www.omegadrivers.net. The next step is to download. The essential items are ATI tool and radlinker. Both of these are available at www.guru3d.com. Then is

Billy Zype is an overclocking expert. You can check out his website at http://www.hotoverclocking.com


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