- Mar 7, 2003
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You know that Radeon 9500 non-pro in my sig? Well, I think my massive overclock finally did her in (Stock 275 GPU O'C'd to 360 with stock cooling... this card has a 256 bit memory interface (L shaped) but failed the 9700 mod, so I had to overclock her. 
The card was a powercolor (Yikes!) and I bought it on ebay, so I figured I was screwed. No warranty through the ebay dealer... I decided to give Powercolor a try for shits and giggles.
After talking on the phone with them, they were super pleasant and accomodating. They said they'd warranty it directly as long as I sent them a $20 restocking fee. Hey, no problem! I'm still only into this card for $100 total after that.
I sent them my old card and the $20 money order an they quickly fedexed me a new card. Right on!
I was dissapointed at first to find that the card they sent me had a 128 bit memory interface (straight line), so no chance of modding it to a 9700, and probably not as great overclocking results. BUT... I could try the 9500-to-9500 PRO mod...
It worked! Like a charm! My first 3dMark03 pass was 2400, but once the mod was in I got 3500! And I haven't even overclocked it yet! We'll see what it can do next week when I get back from holidays.
But I might be a little more conservative with the overclock this time...
- Cleevey
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Radeon 9500 w/256 bit memory bus @ 367/310
AMD AthlonXP 2000+
3dMark03: 3439
The card was a powercolor (Yikes!) and I bought it on ebay, so I figured I was screwed. No warranty through the ebay dealer... I decided to give Powercolor a try for shits and giggles.
After talking on the phone with them, they were super pleasant and accomodating. They said they'd warranty it directly as long as I sent them a $20 restocking fee. Hey, no problem! I'm still only into this card for $100 total after that.
I sent them my old card and the $20 money order an they quickly fedexed me a new card. Right on!
I was dissapointed at first to find that the card they sent me had a 128 bit memory interface (straight line), so no chance of modding it to a 9700, and probably not as great overclocking results. BUT... I could try the 9500-to-9500 PRO mod...
It worked! Like a charm! My first 3dMark03 pass was 2400, but once the mod was in I got 3500! And I haven't even overclocked it yet! We'll see what it can do next week when I get back from holidays.
But I might be a little more conservative with the overclock this time...
- Cleevey
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Radeon 9500 w/256 bit memory bus @ 367/310
AMD AthlonXP 2000+
3dMark03: 3439
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