I decided against any core overclocking until I reached my maximum memory clock. I have
several different speeds on the graph. 175/166 means 175 Mhz Core clock and 166 Memory
clock, which is the speed the card came clocked at. 175/183 is the speed you'll get a
retail card clocked to. 175/183 is the max of the slider bar in the nVidia control panel,
to get more performance, I had to move onto <a href="http://www.entechtaiwan.com/ps.htm" target="_blank" title="Power Strip's Site" class="reglink">Power Strip</a>.
175/228 is the max I could get the memory too. 210/228 is the maximum core and memory clock.
Anything after that gives me some very interesting pixel distortions that are always nice
to look at when you're tripping out on &quot;sub-legal substances.&quot;
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So, that's my accomplishment, 228 Mhz Memory with some heatsinks and a 120mm fan blowing
right on them. 166 Mhz to 228 is a 62 Mhz increase. That's more than most people can
overclock legacy Cyrix chips with peltiers. =) For you statistic buffs, that's a 37% speed
increase in memory and a 20% increase in core speed.
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All test were run with the Detonator 6.1.8 drivers from nVidia.
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During the testing I was concentrating on 1152x864. It was kind of my goal to get that
resolution playable. I think I did that. I went from 45.3 to 61.6. That is a 16.3 frame
per second increase, pretty nice if you ask me. On to some synthetic stuff.
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I don't think I really need to say anything about that graph. Ok, &quot;higher is better.&quot;
But that is all I'm saying.
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<b>Conclusion:</b><br>
Bottom line, I basically made 2 resolutions playable (1024x768 and 1152x864) for $10. 
That is only two hours of work, even if you work at McDonald's! The graphs speak for
themselves, I really don't need to say much. I'll keep it short and sweet. You get yourself
an OEM Hercules GeForce2 MX for about $110 (possibly less now), some $10 heat sinks, tack
on some shipping charges and you're running around $130. So, for $130 you're rocking at
High Quality Quake 3 at some high resolutions. Sure, your processor might not be as good
as mine, but even with a 600 MHz system you're still going to get some pretty good numbers.