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I found a great tool to overclock this baby, it's called V3Tweaker. With my Voodoo 3 3000 o/c to 172MHz, I get 'extreme' improvements in N3, F1 2000, FS 2000, RC 2000 and other games. System is stable for 3 days now, not a single lockup. Try it! But note: overclocking can damage your system, so don't push it too far. AND MOST IMPORTANT: add a fan to the Voodoo (old 486 CPU cooler). It's easy to do, and the result is astounding! -- ����������������������������������������� MeatWater [email hidden] www.meatwater.de

Hi, yep been o/c my V3 2000 PCI from 143MHz to 163MHz no additional cooling no probs. If you have additional cooling go for 188MHz. physman MeatWater wrote in message <8gpnf8$2pfp$[email hidden]>... >I found a great tool to overclock this baby, it's called V3Tweaker. With my >Voodoo 3 3000 o/c to 172MHz, I get 'extreme' improvements in N3, F1 2000,FS >2000, RC 2000 and other games. System is stable for 3 days now, not asingle >lockup. Try it! But note: overclocking can damage your system, so don'tpush

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In article <8gpnf8$2pfp$[email hidden]>, "MeatWater" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I found a great tool to overclock this baby, it's called V3Tweaker. With my >Voodoo 3 3000 o/c to 172MHz, I get 'extreme' improvements in N3, F1 2000, FS >2000, RC 2000 and other games. System is stable for 3 days now, not a single >lockup. Try it! But note: overclocking can damage your system, so don't push >it too far. AND MOST IMPORTANT: add a fan to the Voodoo (old 486 CPU >cooler). It's easy to do, and the result is astounding! But isn't a V3-3000 default clocked at 166? I can't imagine an extra 3.6% on the clock resulting in an "extreme" anything. FWIW, I'm running my V3-2000 (143 default) at 166.

"MeatWater" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8gpnf8$2pfp$[email hidden]... > I found a great tool to overclock this baby, it's called V3Tweaker. Withmy > Voodoo 3 3000 o/c to 172MHz, I get 'extreme' improvements in N3, F1 2000,FS > 2000, RC 2000 and other games. System is stable for 3 days now, not asingle > lockup. Try it! But note: overclocking can damage your system, so don'tpush > it too far. AND MOST IMPORTANT: add a fan to the Voodoo (old 486 CPU > cooler). It's easy to do, and the result is astounding! > -- I've overclocked mine to 178 since I've had it. I would not call it extreme improvements, unless 1-2 fps is extreme. I only overclock to recoup the frame lost by running at the high quality settings of the V3 drivers.

In article <8gpnf8$2pfp$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (MeatWater) wrote:

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> I found a great tool to overclock this baby, it's called V3Tweaker. > With my > Voodoo 3 3000 o/c to 172MHz, I get 'extreme' improvements in N3, F1 > 2000, FS > 2000, RC 2000 and other games. System is stable for 3 days now, not a > single > lockup. Try it! But note: overclocking can damage your system, so > don't push > it too far. AND MOST IMPORTANT: add a fan to the Voodoo (old 486 CPU > cooler). It's easy to do, and the result is astounding!

Hmm, sounds like a good utility, but, it only takes one change to the registry (which anyone can easily do!) to overclock a V3 card anyway? And why have you only gone to 172? I have a V3 2000 card here that runs happily at 175, you could probably get 180 out of your 3000? 8-) *Peter* - http://www.cix.co.uk/~peterpc/home.html

I concur. I have been running my V2000 AGP at 166MHz for six months now (using the V3Tweaker), with no problems at all. This does show an improvement over the standard 143MHz. Cooling is fine, but I moved all the PCI cards down one slot just to give it a little more air space, and the case is nice and big as well. Steve physman wrote in message <#pQKzLPy$GA.320@cpmsnbbsa07>...

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>Hi, > >yep been o/c my V3 2000 PCI from 143MHz to 163MHz no additional cooling no >probs. If you have additional cooling go for 188MHz. > >physman >

On Sun, 28 May 2000 23:20:17 +0100, "physman" <[email hidden]> thus spoke: >Hi, > >yep been o/c my V3 2000 PCI from 143MHz to 163MHz no additional cooling no >probs. If you have additional cooling go for 188MHz. > >physman But, you take your chances. My V3 3000 does not like to be overclocked, and I even have a cooling fan for it. -- Nos

I've gotten my V3 3000 up to 183. At 184 it locks up. I've been running it this way since it came out with no problems. -- Richard "ZZ" Busch Official member: Screamers Racing League Sim Racing Mag Honda Challenge Sim Racing Mag F2 Ferrari ---------------- Busch Motorsports: Remember racecar is racecar spelled backward ----------------- Busch Carpentry: Plans?, Oh, you mean that napkin sketch?

In article <8gt5nh$2qk$[email hidden]>, "Stephen Barnett" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I concur. I have been running my V2000 AGP at 166MHz for six months now >(using the V3Tweaker), with no problems at all. This does show an >improvement over the standard 143MHz. Is there any reason to think that a newer V3-2000 should not be able to clock as fast as a 3000? Do they use a different heat sink (if I recall that is the case)? A year+ into the run, do they still have to hand-pick the faster ones, or do they use a different assembly line? Or is it all marketting? Typically in the past, at least with Intel, the yields get better with time and there is less and less difference between slow-clocked and fast-clocked CPU's. Intel controls that with clock-locking.

V3 2000 here. Overclocked to 166, but no improvement in fps. Seems to be that my system is CPU-limited (C300@450) Jens On Sun, 28 May 2000 01:59:11 +0200, "MeatWater" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I found a great tool to overclock this baby, it's called V3Tweaker. With my >Voodoo 3 3000 o/c to 172MHz, I get 'extreme' improvements in N3, F1 2000, FS >2000, RC 2000 and other games. System is stable for 3 days now, not a single >lockup. Try it! But note: overclocking can damage your system, so don't push >it too far. AND MOST IMPORTANT: add a fan to the Voodoo (old 486 CPU >cooler). It's easy to do, and the result is astounding! --------------------------------------------- [email hidden] Remove "NOSPAM" before using my email-address JensSchumi homepage at http://members.xoom.com/JensSchu/ Racing simulation, esp. GPL Logitech Wingman FF optimization Classic cars, esp. Morris Minor Radio controlled airplanes

I saw an improvement in my V3000 overclocked to 176, albeit slight, running on the same processor. -- Don Burnette Dburn in N3 and Legends ICQ# 74084566 "JS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > V3 2000 here. > Overclocked to 166, but no improvement in fps. > Seems to be that my system is CPU-limited (C300@450) > > Jens > > On Sun, 28 May 2000 01:59:11 +0200, "MeatWater" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >I found a great tool to overclock this baby, it's called V3Tweaker. With my > >Voodoo 3 3000 o/c to 172MHz, I get 'extreme' improvements in N3, F1 2000, FS > >2000, RC 2000 and other games. System is stable for 3 days now, not a single > >lockup. Try it! But note: overclocking can damage your system, so don't push > >it too far. AND MOST IMPORTANT: add a fan to the Voodoo (old 486 CPU > >cooler). It's easy to do, and the result is astounding! > > --------------------------------------------- > [email hidden] > Remove "NOSPAM" before using my email-address > > JensSchumi homepage at http://members.xoom.com/JensSchu/ > Racing simulation, esp. GPL > Logitech Wingman FF optimization > Classic cars, esp. Morris Minor > Radio controlled airplanes

On Fri, 02 Jun 2000 02:03:08 GMT, [email hidden] (JS) wrote: >V3 2000 here. >Overclocked to 166, but no improvement in fps. >Seems to be that my system is CPU-limited (C300@450) It depends on the game. In Quake3 1024x768 you're very likely to see improvements. Daniel -- ICQ UIN: 30333508 http://www.topofgames.de || http://danielshome.cjb.net