FIC Radeon 9600 Pro - Overclocking
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FIC A96P Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB
Overclocking
Having heard some good success stories with the 9600, I was eager to do some overclocking of my own. I began to overclock the FIC R9600 Pro with FIC's own overclocking utility. That's not something you see everyday. Here are a couple shots:
The first image shows the stock settings of 400/300 while the second image shows the max allowable settings by the utility, 477/364. The test button does a quick test for stability by rendering a 3D globe.
477/364, the maximum settings by this program, worked perfectly stable, running through a half hour of 3DMark01 loops. To overclock any more, I was forced to use a different program. Enter Radclocker.
Starting with 477/364, I began to search for the highest stable overclock by first increasing the core in increments of 6.75 (minimum allowed). 492 core crashed almost immediately after running 3DMark, but stepping down a notch, 486 ran rock stable for the hour I tested it. Next, I started increasing the memory clock by the same increment, reaching 391 completely stable with no artifacts. One step further, 398, gave signs of very, very slight artifacts, so I stepped back immediately. The result?
400/300 -> 486/391. A 21.5% oc on the core, and 30% oc on the memory. I'm not too satisfied with the 486 core overclock; I've heard of some cards capable of reaching 550+, so 486 does seem rather weak. Maybe better cooling will fix this barrier? Not likely, as I found the heatsink to only be mildly warm. The 391 memory overclock however, is phenomenal. The Samsung chips FIC has chosen are awesome.
At 486/391, I got quite a boost in 3DMark01:
To give a better idea how overclocking will benefit games, I reran the very stressful Splinter Cell benchmark.
A free 7-10 fps increase in Splinter Cell is much more than what it may seem. Overall, that's around a 25-30% increase in framerate! You can expect such a percentage increase in performance in most other programs.
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