MSI StarForce 822 GeForce3 64MB

Overclocking Results

As you can see, overclocking our card to a 250MHz core and a 515MHz memory clock provided for some pretty fast framerates: even slightly faster than those we saw on the 235/515MHz Gainward GeForce3.

At 640x480x32, the increase in clock speed did not equate to a performance increase. No, it was not until we hit higher resolutions that our overclocking paid off. At 1024x768x32, overclocking the card provided for a 6% performance boost, pushing the frame rate up to almost 90 frames per second. At 1600x1200x32, the framerate of the card jumps 16%, making the gameplay fly by at 50 frames per second.

In our Aquamark tests, the 250/515MHz MSI StarForce 822 was once again to score the fastest numbers we have seen yet. The performance increase at the 640x480x32 resolution was 11%. At 1024x768x32, this improvement jumped to 14%, and at 1600x1200x32, the overclocked card was 17% faster.

The performance increases associated with overclocking the StarForce 822 were good and likely a result of the high core speed the card was running at. Although not slow by any means, just think how much faster the card could go if it could reach higher memory clock speeds with the use of RAMsinks.