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I downloaded this ap to see about overclocking my Ati card

Now it is an X300 SE which came with my rig. Not the most powerful but it handles IL-2 well on pretty maxed out settings.

Any tips for me on what to set up so I don't bugger my system.

Don't worry about the system, just the card.;)

Check here - http://www.overclock.net/faqs/13550-...-ati-card.html

This will set you on the way. My advise is, whatever the auto detection comes out as set it manually a little below. Better safe than sorry. Also monitor the temperature.

I once owned an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro. Not bad for when I had it. But one day I started to get artifacts and gaming would make the computer force restart.

I checked my card and lo and behold my stock fan had died, less than 3 minths after purchase. No overclocking, and no warning either. So for a month I had no fan on my video card but I didn't know because there wasn't any built in heat detection of it.

Lesson learned. #1. Don't buy ATI cards. #2. Replace the stock fan if you need to use it. And for overclocking especially.

Just looking into it.

I may when I have the money get a better card.
Don't need anything super to play IL-2

MY X300SE has 128MB RAM but I have just found out that it only has 32MB on board and takes the rest from system. Nothing about this on the ATI site though.

Am a bit suspect on this though.

It's called HyperMemory. nVidia has a similar system called Turbocache. Apparently, it works decently enough for low end cards. However, you can get a much better card for far cheaper these days. For instance:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814122023

Brand-new DX10 technology too. Not top of the line, but something reasonable for less than $100.

Well won't be going to Vista anytime soon so DX10 isn't there for me.

I just play IL-2 nowadays anyway.

The identical thing happened to me with an nVidia card. It comes down to luck I'm afraid, not the manufacturer.

Great. So I'm boned.

Hmmm... maybe I should look into getting an ASUS video card. They're interesting. I saw one cool one a few weeks ago that had fan-less cooling! Just one big fat heat sync. :|\\

Maybe not. EVGA which is a manufacturer of nVidia video cards offers a lifetime warranty policy as well as their "Step-Up" program where you can trade in your current card for a certain amount of credit if new or more advanced video cards become available from them. Just a thought. :up: