Hey, got a 64mb ge force 4 ti 4800se
mines a gainward so i imagine it should clock ok, runs 275/513 default
what have people got ? and whats likely? also is there anything i can download to check the temp of it? so it dont burn all the way to hell
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Unfort your 4800SE is little better than a 4200 despite the impressive naming. Technology is the same and basicly only clocks speeds dictate the perf diff between the GF4TI cards. Here's where the clocks should be...
As you can see your 4800SE is no better than most 4200 and is pointless as soon as o/c'ing comes in to it, your 513 RAM means your o/c will not be inline with 4400/4800SE cards. Clock speed variation is not uncommon and Gainward set their std cards intentionlly lower to make their Golden Sample cards look better than they actually are. Another big blow is 64MB as it is becoming increasingly limiting and the perf hit is very notable. Even without the perf hit that comes from relying on system RAM for texture storage there is a 5%ish hit on 64MB GF4TI cards making your 275/513 roughly equal to a 260/487 128MB card and a LOT worse when more than 64MB gfx RAM is needed.
Even so it isn't all bad as your card still packs a mean punch and is actually as fast as Rad9600PRO and GF-FX5600ultra only losing out to them in AA+AF and DX9. No o/c'ing is certain and the above is only rough guides, I just can't see (with such low default clocks) Gainward putting decent RAM on there which is the most important part of GF4TI o/c'ing (although the longer 8 layer design is advantageous).


Do this with stock cooling as there's rarely much improvement anyway, esp for GF4TI cards. Also DON'T USE VOLTAGE OR AGP INCREASES as these will seriously over stress your card needlessly and usually hamper the best o/c's, inhibit stability and added voltage will produce a LOT more heat and stands a chance of taking out your card if not mobo too. For gfx cards leave the voltage and AGP speed alone! Having an AGP speed of 80mhz is NOT going to help you as that refers to the speed out of the gfx port NOT the speed the card runs at in any real sense. As seen AGP4x (4x66mhz) is not limiting even for the top end cards so 4x80mhz (or even 8x80 for AGP8x) is a total waste.