OC: GeCube 9550 Extreme

Yes, I finally gave into overclocking one of my *precious* gear upon learning that the card was most probably oc'd by the manufacturer anyway. My speculation is the 9550EE is an oc'd 9550 (from 250mhz to 400mhz) with mem replaced by uc'd chips (from 300mhz to 250mhz), flashed with a 9600Pro BIOS for stability, and the kick-ass heatsink/fan.

AtiTool was used to modify the clocks and check for artifacts. Artifacts detected >440 core and >312 mem. Here are the results from 3DMark2001SE, default settings, balanced quality.
400/250 10017 (stock)
410/260 10234
420/270 10445
430/280 10595
440/290 10804
440/300 10913
440/310 10953

By just oc'ing the mem (9600Pro clock speeds) we would get: 400/300 10580

Conclusion: 950 3Dmarks translates to what, additional 2-3 fps in HL2? Personally, I'd prefer getting a 9800XT, AXP3200+, 1Gb matched DDR550's when prices drop to Php 4K-6K each. Compared to getting an aluminum performance case and watercooling everything, costing about Php20K.