OverClocking Q6600 & 8500 GT...

[LePresident]

Few days ago, I wrote a thread to tell how crappy the nVidia 8500 GT is.
But, I still wanted to use it, so I decided to overclock the PC.

I tried to overclock the Core Quad Q6600, but it seems impossible, since the BIOS doesn't have any option for that.
I downloaded a small overclock software named SetFSB : a good software which can change the FSB, but unfortunaly, not the Core voltage.
So, I was able to overclock the CPU from 2.4 GHz to 3 GHz, but the system crashed something like 5 seconds later, cause the CPU voltage was too high.
And after rebooting, the BIOS froze and gave me an unique option : reset the CPU values.

Then, I tried to overclock the GPU, nVidia 8500 GT.
I downloaded MSI AfterBurner, a GPU overclock software.
Really easy tu use, and works perfectly.
After several attemps, I managed to overclock the 8500 GT, and found the limits for this GPU :

• GPU Core clock : 475 MHz before, 620 MHz after.
  
• GPU Memory speed : 475 MHz before, 575 MHz after.
  

I made a few bench tests after that, and it seems that the GPU gained about 25 % power/speed.

Ahhh, now we're talking : with a 25% gain, the GPU seems to wake up.
Now I can play Age of Empires III and Enemy Territory.
The games are not as fluid as with my laptop and its Radeon 3650, but still, they are fluid enough to play with
So now, since the desktop is directly plugged to the TV, I can play on my 40" HDTV, and that's way much better than to play on my laptop 15" screen

[Fox]

Insanity confirmed

Goodjob and cool playing on a 40" HDTV

[Friendzone]

That is an impressive fact. Thank you for sharing. Highly appreciated!