SmartVGA 9800XT 256mb OPINIONS?

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JLC Quoth The Raven:


  >> what are your opinions on this card? it seems to crash with overdrive
  >> turned on, it reaches over 73'c and attempts to turn the 411mhz to
  >> 425mhz and kills the machine. thankfully a reboot fixes it.
  >>
  >>
 > Do you really need to clock your card? I'm the first one to try and
 > OC my video cards, my last card a Ti-4200 with 3.3 Samsung ram
 > clocked to 310/675 no problem.
 > I've been playing with my new Sapphire 9800Pro (sadly mine only has
 > 3.25 Samsung ram) and I can get her as high as 412/376 before it
 > starts to artifact. I've ran a battery of benchmarks on it and
 > consistently gains only1-2 fps, no matter what I throw at it. So I'm
 > not hassling with it any longer. I'm very happy with the way she runs
 > at stock. JLC

I really don't want to oc my card, just wondering if it is worthwhile using
the overdrive function? and I am hoping for opinions on this brand of card,
I paid AUS$690 for it

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"Highlandish" wrote in message





   > >> what are your opinions on this card? it seems to crash with overdrive
   > >> turned on, it reaches over 73'c and attempts to turn the 411mhz to
   > >> 425mhz and kills the machine. thankfully a reboot fixes it.
   > >>
   > >>
  > > Do you really need to clock your card? I'm the first one to try and
  > > OC my video cards, my last card a Ti-4200 with 3.3 Samsung ram
  > > clocked to 310/675 no problem.
  > > I've been playing with my new Sapphire 9800Pro (sadly mine only has
  > > 3.25 Samsung ram) and I can get her as high as 412/376 before it
  > > starts to artifact. I've ran a battery of benchmarks on it and
  > > consistently gains only1-2 fps, no matter what I throw at it. So I'm
  > > not hassling with it any longer. I'm very happy with the way she runs
  > > at stock. JLC
 >
 > I really don't want to oc my card, just wondering if it is worthwhile
using
 > the overdrive function? and I am hoping for opinions on this brand of
card,
 > I paid AUS$690 for it
 >
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I know what you're saying. I was thinking the same thing when I bought my
9800Pro and ended up with the slower 3.25 Samsung ram. I was hoping to
clocked the crap out of this card. Yet what I'm realizing is that I have
always bought middle level cards. I've had 5 cards in 6 years starting with
the good old TNT. I've always clocked my cards because there has always been
a better card out there. I always wait tell the price comes down (except
when I bought my GeForce 256 for $275 four years ago) So basically I've
never been happy with how fast my cards are. But with my new card I really
don't have to worry about that (at lest for a few months) I have a very fast
card,and I'm just not used to it yet. But I am clocking her anyway just to
help her out when the going gets rough. What was your old card? JLC
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JLC Quoth The Raven:






   >>>> what are your opinions on this card? it seems to crash with
   >>>> overdrive turned on, it reaches over 73'c and attempts to turn the
   >>>> 411mhz to 425mhz and kills the machine. thankfully a reboot fixes
   >>>> it.
   >>>>
   >>>>
   >>> Do you really need to clock your card? I'm the first one to try and
   >>> OC my video cards, my last card a Ti-4200 with 3.3 Samsung ram
   >>> clocked to 310/675 no problem.
   >>> I've been playing with my new Sapphire 9800Pro (sadly mine only has
   >>> 3.25 Samsung ram) and I can get her as high as 412/376 before it
   >>> starts to artifact. I've ran a battery of benchmarks on it and
   >>> consistently gains only1-2 fps, no matter what I throw at it. So I'm
   >>> not hassling with it any longer. I'm very happy with the way she
   >>> runs at stock. JLC
  >>
  >> I really don't want to oc my card, just wondering if it is
  >> worthwhile using the overdrive function? and I am hoping for
  >> opinions on this brand of card, I paid AUS$690 for it
  >>
  >> --
 >
 > I know what you're saying. I was thinking the same thing when I
 > bought my 9800Pro and ended up with the slower 3.25 Samsung ram. I
 > was hoping to clocked the crap out of this card. Yet what I'm
 > realizing is that I have always bought middle level cards. I've had 5
 > cards in 6 years starting with the good old TNT. I've always clocked
 > my cards because there has always been a better card out there. I
 > always wait tell the price comes down (except when I bought my
 > GeForce 256 for $275 four years ago) So basically I've never been
 > happy with how fast my cards are. But with my new card I really don't
 > have to worry about that (at lest for a few months) I have a very
 > fast card,and I'm just not used to it yet. But I am clocking her
 > anyway just to help her out when the going gets rough. What was your
 > old card? JLC


previously I had the radeon9700 but it seemed like I bought an overclocked
9500 with a 9700 bios flashed onto it. it ran fine, I thought it had ram
trouble for all my crashing, but I still get the same crashes with the new
9800xt. I paid out all that money and I am hoping I got a good one.

before that I was suckered into a gf4mx4600 as an upgrade to a tntm64.

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"Highlandish" wrote in message

 > what are your opinions on this card? it seems to crash with overdrive
 > turned on, it reaches over 73'c and attempts to turn the 411mhz to 425mhz
 > and kills the machine. thankfully a reboot fixes it.
 >
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73C? Is thtat a normal temp for a 9800XT? Same card as me, but under load
(BF1942 or 3Dmark2003) i only reach temps of 54C (thats room temp plus 30C).
IF 73C is normal, what sort of temps will these cards go up, afterall its
still winter here...

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+CrimsonLiar Quoth The Raven:
 >
 > 73C? Is thtat a normal temp for a 9800XT? Same card as me, but
 > under load (BF1942 or 3Dmark2003) i only reach temps of 54C (thats
 > room temp plus 30C). IF 73C is normal, what sort of temps will these
 > cards go up, afterall its still winter here...
 >
 > CrimsonLiar

I'm in aus, normally it is considered summer here, but right now its 20'c
ambient temperature in my room, but the card reports 63'c. I hear catalysts
4.2 reports the temperature 20'c higher than normal.

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 > I'm in aus, normally it is considered summer here, but right now its 20'c
 > ambient temperature in my room, but the card reports 63'c. I hear
catalysts
 > 4.2 reports the temperature 20'c higher than normal.
 >
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 >
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Im using Cat 4.2's, current room temp 18C, card temp 46C (but thats
unloaded - I've not been playing games yet).

CrimsonLiar
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+CrimsonLiar Quoth The Raven:
  >> I'm in aus, normally it is considered summer here, but right now its
  >> 20'c ambient temperature in my room, but the card reports 63'c. I
  >> hear catalysts
  >> 4.2 reports the temperature 20'c higher than normal.
  >>
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  >> I'm going crazy. Wanna come along ?
  >>
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 >
 > Im using Cat 4.2's, current room temp 18C, card temp 46C (but thats
 > unloaded - I've not been playing games yet).
 >
 > CrimsonLiar

maybe its this particular models HSF combo, it might be weak. I have a
zalman sandwich hsf kit that belonged to my old 9700, maybe I should swap
them over.

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