OC GPU or MEM first?

[RWB]

Which would give the most performance increase? I have anMSI Radeon 9800 Pro with the XT core, 128MB.

[madmat]

Do both, raising the memory will have a small impact at default core clock and raising the core will have a small impact at default memory clock but the memory will become a barrier/bottleneck so just raise both, you might get more speed out of either by doing it individually but the best performance increase will be seen by doing them both.

[Geeky1]

memory

[csimon]

gpu

[RWB]

LOL, so it is a tie... either way, I found that this card WILL not OC well past 405/378. Anymore and I get artifacting.

[Gobbles]

great taste


less filling...

[csimon]

LOL, so it is a tie... either way, I found that this card WILL not OC well past 405/378. Anymore and I get artifacting.
Are you using stock cooling? I would have guessed that the gpu would have gone beyond that. The ones I've gotten the past few mos have done between 433 & 440 depending on the case cooling.

[RWB]

Stock cooling yes, I simply cannot spend the money on anything right now. Though I beleive I may have put some AS5 on it before putting it in.

[Thrax]

GPU overclocking gives the largest performance returns. Consequently, it's also generally hardest to OC the GPU.

[csimon]

arctic cooling vga silencer $19.99 at newegg will remove the heat and cast it from the case ...I got one on each card.

[fudgam]

I might pick up a VGA silencer. Sounds like everyoe is getting way higher overclocks out of their 9800 pros. My max is 389 core/ 366 mem on my 256 mb version. Is the 256 mb 9800 pros prone to low overclocs or is it my stock cooling?