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Differences Between 7500 OEM and Retail

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December 30, 2001 12:51:57 PM

A couple days ago I replaced my Radeon 32DDR video card with a Radeon 7500 OEM card.
Radeon 7500 card works fine. No problems with installation. I didn't have to change the driver as the driver used with the Radeon 32DDR is the one used for the 7500. My 3DMark 2001 score increased by 800 points using the 7500 card.
After reviewing the graphics forum I have read many posts about memory and GPU speed differences between OEM and Retail 8500 boards.
Do the differences with the 8500 cards apply to the 7500 cards?
How can I find out? I have done many searches to find detailed specs on the 7500 retail and OEM cards but I have not come accross any differences between the two.
Also is there a utility that can be used to find out what the GPU and memory clock speed is for ATi video cards. If you know of a utility to use will you please give a link or address.

Thanks


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December 30, 2001 12:57:53 PM

AFAIK, the OEM Radeon 7500's core runs at 270MHz instead of 290MHz...

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December 30, 2001 1:12:19 PM

Thanks for replying.
How do I actually determine the cards core speed?
This spec is not detailed in system properties or dxdiag.

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December 30, 2001 1:14:25 PM

Hmm, try PowerStrip.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor
December 31, 2001 1:11:30 AM

Thanks
Ran the PowerStrip utility
Core 270MHz
Memory 229.5MHz

The article at Anand Tech had the RV200 clocked at 270/230 before the official release.
The article at Sharky had the RV200 clocked at 290/230 well after the official release.

AnandTech Article <A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1517" target="_new">http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1517&lt;/A>
Sharky Extreme Article <A HREF="http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/videocards/articl..." target="_new">http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/videocards/articl...;/A>

Sure does suck now.
I remember when you could buy oem hardware and it was identical to retail. Only difference was retail came in a nice box with some extra advertisements and demo software. Where as oem came in a antistatic bag and driver cd.


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December 31, 2001 1:21:44 AM

Try raising the core to 290MHz. And while you're at it, raise the memory to 250!

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