My new Radeon 9700

[Guest]

I got an ATI 9700 video and it rocks.

I got 3DMark2001SE (1024x768x32) of 13850 and 3DMark2003 of 4174.

System: MB = ASUS P4PE, CPU = P4-2.66 OC at 2.9GHz, FSB = 145Mhz, Mem Speed = 387MHz (DDR400), HeatSink = Standard Intel.

 

[Nights_L]

Seems a little bit low with what you have... but only a big, ok? i'm not insulting you =P

 

[jankphil]

yea, that is pretty low, did you get the latest drivers? Completely get rid of all nvidia drivers? cos i get about 15500 with cat 3.2's on my 2100+@2800+ speeds

"What kind of idiot are you?"
"I don't know, what kinds are there?"

 

[Guest]

Yeah, thats okay with me. I did a pretty cheap upgrade from Geforce 2 pro and Pentium 3_1Ghz so its a huge increase in fps for the games.

I think card would do better under 8x agp. I havent played with the manual setting on agp/pci MB settings much yet, soon to go beyond 70/35 Mhz, is there a software driver to reset the radeon from default clock?

 

[Twitch]

Is it a 9700 or a 9700 PRO?


Those who live in glass houses shouldn't take showers. :tongue:

 

[Guest]

9700

 

[Nights_L]

ah...
I see, I thought it was a Radeon9700 Pro
then I think it's pretty what you should get for, but sure you should be able to push it a little higher by flashing its Bios or using software such as Rage3D or PowerStrip to OC it

 

[Willamette_sucks]

going to agp 8x will not increase your scores hardly at all.

Long live ATI.

 

[Guest]

Thanks,

Last night I discovered the Sapphire 9700 normally comes with Redline program, the box video card came with even mentions it, however I got a WinDVD cd instead. I tried Rage3d and the OC tab, but everytime I setup a higher clock freg_Hz, the thing reverts back to default.

What goes on I say, my character does not have experience points on Radeon but has points elsewhere so I guess that ATI have managed to make the frequency stay put at 275/270 Mhz.

I might have to switch hats and look to see if the card has a local oscillator, and therefore clocked on its own and not from AGP clock so I can give up.

I might give Powerstrip a go later today.

 

[CasualCat2001]

Even if you can't OC it you still have a great card. Cheer up.

 

[markgun]

I think the clock frequencies on the regular 9700 are locked. you'll need to flash it with the appropriate bios to change the clock speeds.

 

[markgun]

oh yeah, after you flash it with the correct bios it'll be unlocked so you should be able to OC it with any program. ie) power strip, rage3d. but i doubt you'll even need to overclock it. or just overclock it in a few months so it feels like a free upgrade!