Overclocked Parhelia scores

[K6-III]

Originally posted by bingo13
Full test results for the curious...

9308

I can go higher but these are my everyday stock system settings for gaming and work.

Your fillrate results are consistant with an OC'd card....that leads me to believe that you are, in fact, OC'd...

[bingo13]

K6-III,
How do I overclock this card? The latest version of Powerstrip I used when I had the 9700 in this system did not support the card. Sorry if you do not like the scores. Maybe I should try the card in one of my RDRAM systems to get a higher 3DMark.

p.s. If I overclock I state the fact-

9700

[borat]

hmm this is interesting you rig is immense but that score is off the planet, can you check your pins to see if the card is clocked at above the normal retail speed?maybe you got some kind of golden beta with higher clocks. have you tried o/cing it then i think you could maybe get 10000 out of it.

[borat]

you can overclock the card using mga tweak from the matrox website.

[Gohan]

Or with a hacked Bios http://forums.murc.ws/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36813

[borat]

dont hack your bios till you know your card can take the increased frequency otherwise you may not be able to boot or reset the bios to what it was, if you really want to bios hack then do it when you are sure of your cards abilities

[bingo13]

borat,

What pins do I check? I downloaded the MGA tweak utility but is does not list core/memory speeds. It will only list a percentage scale that I assume is the amount you are able to overclock over the stock settings. However, if you go too high how do you revert back to stock settings?

[K6-III]

Just do a pinsdump to determine your clockspeed per the instructions in the bioshack link...

[bingo13]

My results from the Pins file-

Fill: 0 511 0xFF

0 2 0x412E
2 2 0x0200
4 2 0x0605
6 2 0x0503
8 2 0x0001
10 2 0x050A
28 6 '404A'
36 4 217000
40 4 0x00000000
44 2 600
46 2 1200
48 2 600
50 2 1200
52 2 50
54 2 400
56 4 542000
60 4 0x00000000
64 2 600
66 2 1600
68 2 600
70 2 1600
72 2 50
74 2 400
76 4 0
80 4 0x00000000
84 2 600
86 2 1200
88 2 600
90 2 1200
92 2 50
94 2 400
96 4 0
100 4 0x00000000
104 2 600
106 2 1200
108 2 600
110 2 1200
112 2 50
114 2 400
116 4 25175
120 4 0x00000000
124 4 28311
128 4 0x00000000
132 4 0x00010114
136 4 0x000000BC
140 4 0x9D7F0002
144 4 0x00000242
148 4 0x00000F0B
152 4 0x2A2A6464
156 4 0x23230000
160 4 0x00000000
164 4 0x3978C200
168 4 0x80041462
172 4 0x1021A052
176 4 0x00000025
180 4 0x10240902
184 4 0x00040902
188 4 0x00000408
192 4 0x000E607F
196 4 0x00000000
200 4 0x00000000
204 4 0xFFFFFFFF
208 4 0x00000000
212 4 0x00000000
216 4 0x3978C200
220 4 0x80041462
224 4 0x1021A052
228 4 0x00000025
232 4 0x10240902
236 4 0x00040902
240 4 0x00000408
244 4 0x000E607F
248 4 0x00000000
252 4 0x00000000
256 4 0xFFFFFFFF
260 4 0x00000000
264 4 0x00000000
268 4 0x3978C200
272 4 0x80041462
276 4 0x1021A052
280 4 0x00000005
284 4 0x10240902
288 4 0x00040902
292 4 0x00000408
296 4 0x000E617F
300 4 0x00000000
304 4 0x00000000
308 4 0xFFFFFFFF
312 4 0x00000000
316 4 0x00000000
320 4 0x3978C200
324 4 0x80041462
328 4 0x1021A052
332 4 0x00000005
336 4 0x10240902
340 4 0x00040902
344 4 0x00000408
348 4 0x000E617F
352 4 0x00000000
356 4 0x00000000
360 4 0xFFFFFFFF
364 4 0x00000000
368 4 0x00000000
372 4 0x00000000
376 4 0x412D4850
380 4 0x52383231
384 4 0xFFFFFF00
388 4 0xFFFFFFFF
392 4 0x43706021
396 4 0x00000008
400 4 0xFFFFFFFF
404 4 0xFFFFFFFF
408 4 0xFFFFFFFF
412 4 0xFFFFFFFF
416 4 0xFFFFFFFF
420 4 0xFFFFFFFF
424 4 0xFFFFFFFF
428 4 0xFFFFFFFF
432 4 0xFFFFFFFF
436 4 0xFFFFFFFF
440 4 0xFFFFFFFF
444 4 0xFFFFFFFF
448 4 0xFFFFFFFF
452 4 0xFFFFFFFF
456 4 0xFFFFFFFF
460 4 0xFFFFFFFF
464 4 0xFFFFFFFF
468 4 0xFFFFFFFF
472 4 0xFFFFFFFF
476 4 0xFFFFFFFF
480 4 0xFFFFFFFF
484 4 0xFFFFFFFF
488 4 0xFFFFFFFF
492 4 0xFFFFFFFF
496 4 0xFFFFFFFF
500 4 0xFFFFFFFF
504 4 0xFFFFFFFF
508 1 0xFF
509 1 0xFF
510 1 0xFF

:FileType Parhelia
:PCBInfo 7082-04
:SubSystemVendorID 0x0840102B

[K6-III]

Dude, your Parhelia is actually underclocked.....to 217/542...

Another thing....remove line 12...it is your serial number....

[bingo13]

K6-III,
Thanks for the tip on the S/N. I was browsing the forums and learned about the "underclocked" cards tonight. I will overclock the card tomorrow and try for better "benchmark" scores.

[K6-III]

When I upgrade to Barton or TBred-B....I'll be able to compete with you....

....or when the temp gets to -20F here, I can just open the windows for a few hours, crank up that vcore to 2.2v....and see what happens....(of course I'll be wearing gloves and be properly clothed for said attempt)....

[bingo13]

I guess I will have to move the Parhelia over to my 2.8 system running at 3.4 (RDRAM) in order to catch-up.
I will try the MGA Tweak program. Is 10% a good number to start at with this card? I am disappointed in some ways that the card is "underclocked" at this point.
I am very happy with the performance and image quality. The main reason I have the card is for surround gaming and photoshop usage.

[GNEP]

Start with 1 or 2% and then move up slowly. Jumping in with 10% might not work.

[Yxalitis]

CPU Intel Pentium 4 3150 MHz
FSB 157 MHz
Memory 512 MB


Hmm, it's good to see that the P scales well with CPU speed, gives a nice long shelf-life.

Will run up 3DMark tonight, and see what I get, should be around 7500, from what I see here.