Is it safe to just download rivatuner and slap in the highest values that dont crash or is there anything else I should know that is really important (No "Warranty will be void" )

Nope, nothing beside that, just remember to start slow, and
pay attention to the airflow of your case.

Laterz m8

Yngwie II

i agree with YngwieII

basically set the clocks up about 15 % then run games / benchmarks for a bit. if u see gfx probs like dodgy textures.. flashing whiter dots then back down / if not keep increasing till ya do.

If its any guide i got my Albatron Ti4200p Turbo to hit 305/700.. but it does use 3.3 BGA ram

Peav

I got the old style Albatron Ti4200 w/128MB. Supposedly the regular 128MB Ti4200's are clocked at something like 444 (memory), but mine was clocked at 500 right out of the box.
I have since clocked it up to 270/520. This isn't anything close to pushing this card...I don't know how long I will have it (potentially for a year or two). I don't want to ride it too hard.
Supposedly, silicon chips have a 'life span'. The harder you push it, the shorter the life.
I think at stock speeds, most silicon is supposed to last a couple decades. So you have some room to play with. ;p
But, I don't know how fast the life goes down the closer you go to the heat and speed limit of your chips.
For instance, I had an old Geforce2 GTS-V before this. I clocked it as hard as it would go when I had it, and then gave it to a friend afterwards who kept the aggressive settings. The GPU died a couple weeks ago, I guess from stress. It was running as hard as I could get it to go without causing problems for about two years. Maybe this is normal, maybe this is a rare case. I don't know.
I'd go about 5 or 10mhz below whatever the most aggressive setting is, unless you're going to get a new Geforce FX in about a year anyway.

I'm a wuss,

G

i own a leadtek ti4200, and i'm able to overclock my card to 300 core, 550 memory, i can go as high as 580 memory without artifacts. i'm going to buy the albatron 4200p turbo card because the leadtek one died after a bios flash.

Well thanks for your help. Now one last question, as I'm not computer illeterate, but I'm scared I might burn my card if I go too....optimistic. What would you say I can overclock my PNY Verto ti4200 card ? (64Mb, 4xAGP). And I think it might have already been answered, but will I need any extra cooling ? Oh and another question - Does using the RivaTuners "test" option actually mean its safe or does it just mean my card can take it...for now ?

DarkJedi you don't have to buy a new card because the card can be recover if die from flashing bios. If you think you are interested, fell free to drop a message at my e-mail squall_ng@hotmail.com.I'll give you the solution.

thanks squall, i sent u an e-mail. to answer ur question killer, i never really liked riva tuner. try using power strip, or even a tool that pny has (if any, i know leadtek has winfox, and a couple others have there own), but i've had best results at 300 core, and like 550 memory, best scores, and best performance.

Well I got Rivatuner. Started in small steps. Got up to 285/555...
Needless to say I am now very scared. No problems in the 10 seconds that followed. Then the screen came off. The back on. Then a reboot. I managed to start windows up. Then it rebooted again. I came back into windows and quickly slapped in the default values before it rebooted again.

Now I'm worried about two things :

Have I damaged my PNY ti4200 ?
Have I damaged anything else ?

And the other question :

What can stock cooling take it to and/or what have I done wrong in this case ?

MY ASus 4200TI is overclocked in my bios to 300Core 600 RAM no problems with splintercell, but when i clock 325 620 splintercell doesn't
run al other games do run withouth problems.
P4 2.4 @2.8 GHZ

So you're saying that with stock cooling and a new video BIOS (*.rom) I can go to 300-600 with no problems whatsoever ?

Aslong as you have a good air flow