Specifications

See the 'What is the difference between the 3.xx, 5.xx, 6.xx, 7.xx, 8.xx, 10.xx, 11.xx, 12.xx, 21.xx,
WHQL and non-WHQL versions of the drivers?' question for more information.
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If you are using the latest Creative driver sets, and cannot alter the core speed, add a DWORD value
named GrfxClock to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Display\0000\DEFAULT
with a value of your choice (the value must be in
hexadecimal
. You can use Calculator in scientific
mode to convert between hex and decimal).
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Q. Why can't I overclock higher than (insert speed here) when others are clocking much
higher?
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The range of overclocking available on the NVIDIA reference drivers by default is larger than the default
range of the Creative drivers.
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You can alter the range of the overclocking slider in the Creative drivers by double clicking on the end of
the slider.
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You can alter the range of the overclocking sliders in the ASUS drivers using the following utility:
http://www.geforcefaq.com/files/asusrc.zip
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You can use the following file, provided by Juris "3Dman" Perkons to alter the range of the NVIDIA
control panel's overclocking slider under Windows 9x/ME:
http://www.geforcefaq.com/files/gespeed.zip
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You can use the following file, provided by Levi "Caleb_2" Weiss to alter the range of the NVIDIA
control panel's overclocking slider under Windows 2000:
http://www.geforcefaq.com/files/gespeedw2k.zip
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You can trying running the following command from Start / Run 2 or 3 times - unconfirmed reports
indicate that it may result in an increase in the overclocking slider range:
rundll32.exe nvqtwk.dll,NvHWCtl
Thanks to 3DChipset for this tip.
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DDR memory is nominally clocked at twice the speed of SDR memory: therefore it seems possible to
overclock higher.
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Q. How can I increase speed and stability for my GeForce in general?
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Always install the latest chipset / AGP drivers for your motherboard's chipset.
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You can overclock the card using the NVIDIA drivers as described in the 'How can I enable the
overclocking utility in NVIDIA's drivers?' question in this FAQ for a speed boost: however this may
harm stability.
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This tip to improve stability was taken from the following page, where you can read more information on
it:
http://members.prestige.net/geforce/Settings.htm
Try turning the 'Hardware acceleration' slider in the System Control Panel's Performance / Graphics
section down one notch - although note that this may prevent you from overclocking so far.
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Here is a tip for a speed increase from BJ:
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