Raedon 8500 retail, overclock?

[murdoK]

i just ordered a readon 8500 retail. I gat it for like 150 or 160 from pricewatch. Has anyone overclocked their retail board and had stable results? if so please let me know about it.

 

[AMD_Man]

I can get my Radeon 8500 with 3.6ns RAM to run at 300/300. With the newer 3.3ns RAM Radeon 8500s, you can probably get them up to 300/320 or even 330.

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[lagger]

I have the retail with 3.3 and 300/312 is stable 300/330 I get some artifacts and 3dmark2001se crapped out on the second to last test.. and at 330/330 too many artifacts to use at all..YMMV
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[murdoK]

are they 275 stock? what software did you guys use for to overclock it. I have never overclocked anything before (my computer is to old) and is there a performance increase that you see with those extra 25 or so mhz?

 

[AMD_Man]

Have you tried 320MHz RAM lagger? Also, have you tried 320 core? Don't jump up in speed too high. Most 3.3ns R8500s can do 300/320 or even 320/320, but only a few can do 330/330. Just move up slowly and post your 3DMark2001 scores as you go please.

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[murdoK]

What cooling stuff do you guys use? do you have homemade systems or retail?

 

[kermit4karate]

I have a retail Radeon 8500 running at 294/294 without any cooilng modifications to the card using Powerstrip (a shareware app that lets you set the memory and clock speed), and I saw a 10% performance boost over the stock 275/275. Since it doesn't hurt anything to overclock to a reasonable level, I'd say go for it. Get better performance for the same price.

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[No_Tone]

What program are you guys using to find out the core and memory speeds? I'm new to OC and I have a retail All in wonder 8500DV and I think it should be the same as the normal 8500s.

 

[kermit4karate]

I use PowerStrip, which is shareware. Do you mean you've overclocked your All in Wonder card? Because from what I understand, the AIW line is clocked a lot lower than the retail boards, down around 230MHz memory and core, vs. 275/275 for the retail boards.

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