radeon 9800 at very strange clock speed :S

Kungen · Mar 12, 2006, 11:21 AM

Hello everyone, Im new to the forum so just want to say hello everyone

The thing is with my radeon 9800 pro that if I have it on "defult" settnings it's Core Clock speed is 324 mhz and memory clock at 276.75 mhz. Ive read some here in the forum and found out that my card must be underclocked! But when I take it up to what is suppose to be as normal ( 380/340) there are artifacts everywhere and graphic bugs and the sound foock up. So well, any ideas what might be wrong ?

Just want to add that the card is the card that followed with the computer when I bought it, so I havn't touched it really :P

Rasta Monsta · Mar 13, 2006, 11:39 AM

Sounds to me like it might not be a "Pro" card at all. How did you conclude that is was?

rasta

>GSXR<mrbusa · Mar 13, 2006, 11:44 AM

alot of the last 9800pro cards that were available for retail were the 128bit cards.they still appeared as pros in the cards bios and that is why att and ati tool or whatever is reading the bios says its a pro.it will also say if it is 128bit or 256bit.

Kungen · Mar 13, 2006, 01:33 PM

ah well, because of this :

Description RADEON 9800 PRO (Omega 3.8.221) Manufacturer ATI Technologies Inc. (Omega 3.8.221) Total Local Video Memory 254 MB Total Local Texture Memory 254 MB AGP Aperture Size 116 MB Driver File ati2dvag.dll Driver Version 6.14.10.6599 Driver Details 8.221-060124a1-030152C-ATI-OMEGA Driver Date 1-24-2006 Driver WHQL Certified false Max Texture Width 2048 px Max Texture Height 2048 px Max User Clipping Planes 6 Max Active Hardware Lights 8 Max Texture Blending Stages 8 Fixed Function Textures In Single Pass 8 Vertex Shader Version 2.0 Pixel Shader Version 2.0 Max Vertex Blend Matrices 37 Max Texture Coordinates 8 VGA Memory Clock 276.8 MHz VGA Core Clock 324.0 MHz

Rasta Monsta · Mar 13, 2006, 01:37 PM

As >GSXR<mrbusa posted above, it is very likely that the 9800 in your machine was clocked as you were seeing it from the factory, or that the prior owner adjusted the clocks (or the name '9800 Pro') by editing the BIOS.

If you want more success overclocking it, you could try a better cooling setup, like Arctic Silencer, but even that might not work due to voltage limitations.

rasta

Kungen · Mar 13, 2006, 02:20 PM

allright, thanks guys, Ive just ordered a GeForce 7800GS.. I hope it solves my problems

Lchevy79 · Mar 13, 2006, 02:49 PM

7800gs is a mean card u will be happy

H3X4D3C1M4L · Mar 13, 2006, 03:20 PM

I suppose that's one way of solving it

The_Neon_Cowboy · Mar 13, 2006, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by >GSXR<mrbusa

alot of the last 9800pro cards that were available for retail were the 128bit cards.they still appeared as pros in the cards bios and that is why att and ati tool or whatever is reading the bios says its a pro.it will also say if it is 128bit or 256bit.

Sold as pros but they where not, also they did specify on the site that sold them 128BIT
but they had the same clocks as a "pro"

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kungen

The thing is with my radeon 9800 pro that if I have it on "defult" settnings it's Core Clock speed is 324 mhz and memory clock at 276.75 mhz.

For the record that a 9800 non pro/ SE of some sort
http://www.neeyik.info/3dspecs/

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kungen

allright, thanks guys, Ive just ordered a GeForce 7800GS.. I hope it solves my problems

good for you, Make sure you got a good power supply!!!!

Kungen · Mar 14, 2006, 01:21 AM

Hm, Is there anything special I have to do exept use drivercleaner and uninstall the old ati drivers? Might be good to know if I get any problem

mkk · Mar 14, 2006, 04:43 AM

ATI's own cleaner tool should do fine as well. Clean the drivers, turn off the system, remove the old card, insert the new, turn on the system while performing the obligatory "oh don't fail me now" rain dance, install drivers, try a game.

Welcome to the forum, Mr King.

Kungen · Mar 14, 2006, 10:52 AM

Allright, Mr Mkk, I will do that, just make sure you have your umbrella ready, becuase its gonna rain