NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS Roundup - July 2000

Overclocking Results

Based on of previous findings, we were able to conclude that overclocking the core of the GeForce 2 GTS should not really be considered a priority. While maintaining stock core speed and increasing the memory speed, it can be seen that there is much performance to be gained; it can be deduced that the GeForce 2 GTS is not coming anywhere close to its theoretical fill rate while at the stock memory speed of 333 MHz. Even at the maximum speed that we were able to get our test card to get, an impressive 408 MHz, the GeForce 2 GTS was still gaining speed, suggesting that it was still nowhere near its theoretical fill rate.

In our full review, we found that the best way to overclock the GeForce 2 GTS is to increase the memory speed to the maximum speed and then slowly increase the clock speed until it becomes unstable. We found that in most cases overclocking the core often times decreased the maximum overclocked amount that the memory would reach, most likely due to the extra strain placed on the cards due to excessive core speeds. By increasing the memory speed first and then increasing core speed, we were able to gain the maximum speed from the card.

Additional information on this subject, as well as details on how to overclock the GeForce 2 GTS, can be found in our Overclocking the GeForce 2 GTS guide.