6600 overclocking

[Capt. Farhan]

ok tell me friends how i overclock my MSI PCI-e geforce 6600 256mb video card...thanks for all your advices

[kipman725]

The 6600 will clock very well on the core and not so well on the memory as it's a 6600gt with slower memory so the core will have alot of headroom and the memory very little.  That said it's probobly worth overclocking.

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=815
Download this, when executed it unlocks the clock frequancys tab in the nvidia display drivers.

This is accesed by right clicking on the desktop selecting properties then settings>advanced then the nvidia driver tab, once the nvidia window has opened select the new clock frequancys entry on the side bar.

From here you select performance 3d and press the auto detect frequancys to determin your cards close to max operating frequancys.  If this overclock is unstable then turn down the frequancys in 10mhz incriments untill it is and then manualy tune up in 5mhz incriments individualy from core and mem untill you reach the max stable overclock.
If you want your overclock to stay on when you reboot rember to tick the cheky box.

[Capt. Farhan]

ok thanks i will try it ...thanx again for ue advice

[congo]

The 6600 will clock very well on the core and not so well on the memory as it's a 6600gt with slower memory .....................

How did you determine what card he had kipman because he hasn't given enough info for that?

6600GT's have very fast memory by the way, and usually 128mb, not the 256mb Farhan specified.

Farhan said he had a 6600, not a 6600GT.

[kipman725]

I determined what card he had becuse he said exactly what card he had:

"MSI PCI-e geforce 6600 256mb video card"

the differance between a 6600 and 6600gt is the memory as you say, the 6600 has ethier DDR1 or DDR2 depending on when it was made, this clocks at much lower frequancys than the 6600gt's GDDR3.  The cores of both cards are identical though (there could be some speed binning but from users experiance it's etheir very limited or non existant)  and the 6600 has a lower clocked core than the GT so there should be no problem getting the 6600 upto the same core speed as a 6600gt.  However because the memory is different the 6600's mem clock will never get as high as a 6600gt's.

[congo]

Thx for clarifying that kipman

[kipman725]

I read alot of websites which inform me about the latest pc gear and have a very good memory if it's something that i'm interested in.

http://www.pimprig.com/
http://www.bit-tech.net/
http://www.spodesabode.com/
http://www.theinquirer.net/

Part of the problem with there been too many graphics card models is that many chips are produced that are partly defective.  Parts of these chips are disabled and they are sold as slower cards, this saves us money and the company as there no longer throwing out partialy working chips but it does mean it gets rather confusing.  The companies don't help by giving products very simlar names and stupid acronims such as xt pe ultra gt gtx.