G400 Tweaking...

[_FZ_]

Hi everyone!
I've downloaded the
Matrox Technical Support Tweak Utility...and I want to increase
the clock speed..but..I don't want to damage the card!
Oh, I don't know the effects of a wrong move!

I'm using W2000 ...and I'm afraid to try and throw away the G400!!!!


Some helps??

Thanks

[omegaRED]

Its safe to go to around 110% on stock cooling without fear that the card might get damaged ... also, you could try MGATweak, it offers more options than the MTSTU ...

http://www.murc.ws/cgi-bin/dl.cgi?site=8&dl=Mgat120b.zip

[EvilDonnyboy]

Hmmm, i feel that that's too much of a generalization. 1st revisions of the G400 would probably get pretty hot at even just 110%.

But later revisions will go up and over the 120% mark with just a tiny bit of extra cooling.

What's best is to overclock a little at a time, and test the system for instability and/or visual anomalies (weird polygons, strange pixels that shouldn't be there). If all seems well than you overclock a bit more, and so on.

happy overclocking, Good Luck.

[Rags]

Actually some of the early G400s were amongst the best overclockers.

Rags

[xortam]

I recall the early G400s regularly being o/c'ed above 120%. I felt somewhat left out of the o/c'ing fun because the Max strained to o/c 110%.

[sepek]

I have tried both 4.18 and Mgat tweaks for G400 & G400max. I did have somekind of problems with matrox own because it didn´t let me tweak as much i liked. But with Mgat i can get 133% increase with G400max (according to 4.18).
3Dmk2k 3000>3600 16bit/ 2200>2700 32bit
3Dmk2k1 1200>1600. I also checked my temps (+28 - +40 Celcius)very carefully not to destroy it.4.18 is much easier to use and i use it as a monitor.