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May 20, 2002, 11:30 AM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
Join Date: May 2002
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Radeon 8500 Clocks speed confusion
I've just bought a retail HIS ATI 8500, I'm using Omega's latest drivers v1071. When I tried to OC the card with Omega's OC utility, the clock speeds I get is Memory clock 200 and Engine clock is 250. My card is suppose to be core 275 and memory 275 and with 400 RAMDAC. I'm not a very technical person, what is all this jargon and am I getting what I paid for? I tried reading the timings with Powerstrip and Rage3D Tweak and get the same clock timings. Plz help.
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May 20, 2002, 11:56 AM
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Yarr... I be blind!
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Calgary, Canada
Posts: 3,177
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You got screwed. You bought a retail card from a non-ATI manufacturer, they can have whatever clock speeds they want.
If you want 275/275 either overclock it, or take it back and buy a real made by ATI board. |
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May 20, 2002, 12:01 PM
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Burned
Join Date: May 2002
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if powerstrip detects the card at those memory speeds its not a correct ATI retail speed of 275/275mhz ... this happens alot and personally I think this practice SUCKS.
I would take it back and complain loudly. I always stick with official ATI cards, you do pay more, but as you see, other manufacturers certainly dont play by the rules. let us know what happens. |
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