I recently overclocked my ATI Radeon 9600 PRO, from stock speeds of 400MHz Core and 300MHz Memory, to 480MHz Core and 330MHz Memory, using ATI Tray Tools.

The problem is, I do not see any performance increase in any tests, example 3DMark2001SE and 3DMark2003.

I initially thought that the card was clock-locked, so I tried using the Softmod drivers, which allows me to overclock the card. Still, nothing changed. Finally, I flashed my video card BIOS to set it to the overclocked speed by default, but there is still no performance changes or whatsoever.

Does anyone know how to fix this problem? Thanks!

that's weird...
mayb u 4got 2 click the "apply" button?
unless u set the atitray 2 find max speed 4 ur vga, u'll need 2 apply the speed urself once u've change the clock speed..i mean set the clock according 2 u, then click "apply"...shud work

Yeah, I've done that, but I already set the the overclocked speed to be the default speed in the BIOS, and there's still no change...

hoh?how?when u set ur oc speed...it'll b shown in current speed instead of bios speed

No extra marks after u unlocked it, flash it with another bios ? Weird, but i think u should use the 9600 unlocking method by using this application at --> http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=680

I edited the BIOS to immediately start at overclocked speeds, that's what I meant.

LOL
i think radeon 9600 locked against OC
it will revert to normal speed

use ati TOOLS
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=725
go to setting
misc
then tick at remove radeon 9200/9600 OC clock lock
ok
gud luck

Haha, thanks for the tip! But another problem is I can't find other BIOSes similar to mine...

I tried that, but it still doesn't work.

Try to use this one.

what driver?

One of the tests that I had done earlier using ATI Tray Tools:

I'm using the Catalyst 6.4 Softmod version.

shud b no prob then
at least 4 atitool since only until catalyst 5.3 is locked against oc
guess hv 2 wait 4 pros 2 help ya

I just checked the specifications for the memory on the video card. It's rated DDR400, which means it runs at 200MHz.

I'm already overclocking it at 330MHz non-DDR speed, isn't something suspicious going on with the card? The RAM should definitely fail at this speed...

This post has been edited by colinwong89: May 4 2006, 01:45 AM

scan 4 artifacts lor
that's the way 2 c wether u've over-oc o not
400 ramdac?what brand?

I did perform artifact scanning to determine the highest speed my card can go... what I'm just not getting is any performance increase.

I think it's Gecube. There's no brand label on it, since I got it second-hand, I don't have the box. But the BIOS says that it's Gecube, according to one of the IDs.

ic...then i dun think i can help ya out
sorry bro
p/s:what's ur score in 3dmark'03? at what clock speed?

Have you tried Omega drivers? AFAIK they do enable unlocking by default

About 2450 at overclocked speed, excluding CPU tests and Sound tests.

Not yet, but it should be the same thing as the softmod drivers.

This post has been edited by colinwong89: May 4 2006, 02:39 AM