InnoVision's 9 video cards - a complete assortment of value-sector solutions for AGP and PCI-E
Overclocking InnoVision's AGP 8x video cards
We explored overclocking Inno3D AGP video cards through our experience of overclocking similar NV43- and NV44A-based video cards.
As to the latter, we came across both boards able to cope with 475 MHz bar for the chip and specimens of not successful at overclocking. If we judge by the scale, overclocking Inno3D video cards equipped with 128 MB memory can be referred to as successful enough options, i.e. 470 MHz. On the contrary, the 256Mb modification was able attaining merely 420MHz.
For the memory, the result is nor bright – merely 500MHz DDR (the memory default frequency for this board is 400MHz DDR). Overclocking of memory in 6200А 128Mb also proved quite moderate – the same +100MHz, but since the standard frequency is 500MHz, in the end we were able to get 600MHz DDR. Nor we found any wonders of overclocking on other 6200A boards offering the standard memory frequency 500MHz and 4 ns access time. With the standard cooling, the record proved 650 MHz (for the boards that we personally tested).
The last thing we dwell on is the overclocking of two modifications of GeForce 6600 AGP. Both boards showed approximately the same results for overclocking the GPU – 430MHz in Inno3D GeForce 6600 128Mb, and 440 in the 256Mb modification.
That is a middling result, since basing on our own experience and numerous response from owners of boards like these, quite a large number of specimens are able running at frequencies higher than 500MHz. Of course, installing a more powerful cooling system and various modifications could raise the bar even more.
As regards the video memory overclocking, the 128Mb modification proved much faster – 670MHz DDR. Overclocking the video memory on Inno3D GeForce 6600 256Mb amounted to 610MHz DDR. However, for memory of 4ns access time (nominal frequency is 500MHz DDR) that is quite a good result.
Finishing our talk about the overclocking capability, let me remind you that any overclocking is an advantage (shortcoming) of a specific specimen of the card. Of course, some general conclusions can (and should) be made - we have tested a lot of cards, so there is more than enough materials for analysis.
Nevertheless, we shall not be liable for the overclocking capability of your video cards which will most likely be different from our results in either ways.
What we wanted to do is to wish you a good luck, successful overclocking because according to our experience it is the mainstream and low-end sectors where the number of users into overclocking is the highest.
We don't mean enthusiasts who spend a lot for quality hardware and comparable cooling system to beat the performance records. That is already an extreme, but we are talking about the easy ways accessible to most.
Finally, a couple of tests for overclocked Inno3D AGP video cards.
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