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"Inglo" <ioo@??.¿¿¿> wrote in message
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> On 9/21/2004 7:17 PM Eugen T brightened our day with:
>
> >Hi all,
> >I just bought Powercolor Radeon 9600Pro EZ card that's clocked at
400/400.
> >Does anybody know if there is bios flash for the card to run it at
9600Pro
> >speeds?
> >Of course, I can up the frequencies with the utility that comes with
Omega
> >drivers, but I am not sure if that's the best solution.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> You mean it's at 400/200 and you want to run it 400/300? A 100 MHz
> memory overclock would probably require something to physically be done
> to the card or you'll just fry the memory.
> The reason those cards are cheaper and only clock at 200 MHz is because
> they put cheap memory on them that are unstable at higher clock speeds.
> They grab the memory out of the bin that failed quality control and put
> them on your board.
>
> A BIOS flash isn't going to help. Clock it as high as it will go using
> ATITool and see what you get.
>
> --
> Lo, brethren, within the doom 3/base folder there is but one folder
structure.
> That is the way it has always been, is now and ever shall be.
>
> Steve ¤»Inglo«¤
> www.inglostadt.com
The memory, in fact, is a cheap brand, but it works surprisingly stable.
Most probably, it failed one or two non-important QC tests, hehe. I was able
to go to ~260x2 on this memory, haven't tried going higher - will get
heatsinks first. Normal 9600Pro is clocked at 400/600 (2x300), so I am
close.
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