Best overclocking software ATT vs AT vs Powerstrip vs Rivatuner

I Dunno if this has been done already but i thought prehaps people could share their thoughts on what overclocking software they use and what they think of it?

My vote goes to powerstrip..

I generally play on my sister's desktop and she has an radeon x800 and i found that that powerstrip was giving me the best results and arguably the easiest one to use IMO...

What do you use?

 

I prefer ATITool, because it has a powerful tool (the rotating hairy cube) to check the stability of the OC.

 

I would also recommend and have used ATI-Tool. It's a rather stable program if you give it some good drivers to run the card from. I really like it's temperature monitoring capabilities also that work in conjunction with MBM.

On a side note, I just updated to Vista Business Edition and want to OC my x1400, not sure if it works with Vista yet. Specs below.

T7200
2gb 533
x1400
160gb 5400
1280x800

-Josh

 

I don't believe you can overclock on vista yet.

 

Another vote for ATI-tool. I use it on my Geforce go7700 because the rotating hairy cube gives me better stability testing than powerstrip or rivatuner.

 

ATI Tray Tool here, I have had great success OCing my x300 with it.

 

Ati tray tools are the best if you ever want to change memory latencies (tricky - but gives you extra speed and you can overclock more), otherwise Ati tool is ok. So I vote for ATT since it has the best oc capabilities.

Cheers,

Ivan

 

Another nomination for ATI tool. I use it on both my lappy and desktop without any flaws. Hairy cube......hehehe.

 

I have only used Riva. Will ATI work with a nvidia card? Im guessing no.

 

I hate to say it, but I have to. If you had read any of the previous posts, mainly the ones stating that they used ATI tool, you would have noticed fabarati says "Another vote for ATI-tool. I use it on my Geforce go7700 because the rotating hairy cube gives me better stability testing than powerstrip or rivatuner." In the majority of peoples signatures they display the components of their laptops and desktops. In my own post where I say am using ATI Tool, my signature clearly states 7950 GT, and Asus G1 (Go 7700) both nVidia cards.

So, a long story short, the answer you sought was always right there in front of you. Yes it will work.

 

Powerstrip. Haven't had luck with others. Clocks seem to reset to original with them.

 

rivatuner and powerstrip don't allow my clocks to go as high as Atitool does. I suggest trying Ati tools (again?).

 

another vote for Ati Tool. because of the mesmerizing... rotating... hairy... cube.

 

how do you know how much juice your card can hold (what temperature?)
i use ATI tool but I'm afraid of overheat4g3!

 

From my experiences with overclocking my laptop/desktop, I like to keep GPU temp below 80c. Some stock GPUs though will go above that. My 7950 GT (in my desktop) with stock heatsink and clocks ran at 84c under load. So in other words, some GPUs can handle temps better that others.

Temperatures are not everthing to go off of though. Even if your temps are low, processors can only handle so much overclocking until you start getting errors (artifacting for GPUs). All processors are different. Just because someone else with a Go 7700 can over clock 60mhz does not mean I will be able to. I may only be able to push 50mhz over until I start getting errors and someone else maybe able to go 70mhz over without trouble. You just have to experiment with it and find your own max clock.

As for frying your GPU, if you are careful and step up your clocks in 5-10 mhz increments and load test it between clocks raises, you should be safe. You will know you have gone too far when you start seeing errors/artifacts on the hairy cube or your system locks up. Once you restart your system you will be back to stock clock speed.

Now I am no expert, I have only been doing this for about a year and a half and I speak from my own experiences. If anyone else knows differently, please correct me.

 

Mine are around 70C under heavy load (oblivion), both regular clocks and overclocked. Usually you can check what the limit is in your driver settings. Mine are 110C. And ashveratu is right, you'll probably hit a wall before it reaches overheating temperatures. Unless your cooling is bad.

 

My vote goes to ATI Tool, if only the latest version would read my clocks correctly.