Radeon 9600 PRO Overclocking

[Ante P]

I'm tempted to peel the tiny little HSF off this and stick the 9700 one on there, see what it'll to then!!

Be a man, go buy a Prometia Mach II

 

[Hellbinder]

Ichy..

You should forward this new version to all the major review sites today. Immidiately. In case there is still some time for further testing. It will make a WORLD of difference if the public gets the gist of just how far this chip will go.

 

[Nick[FM]]

What about the Mem Dave?

 

[mczak]

I'm tempted to peel the tiny little HSF off this and stick the 9700 one on there, see what it'll to then!!

How hot does the heatsink get? If it doesn't exceed 50 degrees celsius or so (i.e. you can still touch it easily...) you probably won't get too much of an improvement if you replace it.

 

[Ostsol]

How hot does the heatsink get? If it doesn't exceed 50 degrees celsius or so (i.e. you can still touch it easily...) you probably won't get too much of an improvement if you replace it.

That's where voltage-mods come into play!

 

[Ante P]

How hot does the heatsink get? If it doesn't exceed 50 degrees celsius or so (i.e. you can still touch it easily...) you probably won't get too much of an improvement if you replace it.

That's where voltage-mods come into play!

volt mod + water or compressor cooling =
650 MHz core?

 

[Freak'n Big Panda]

I'm tempted to peel the tiny little HSF off this and stick the 9700 one on there, see what it'll to then!!

Yeah try putting the 5800 ultra HSF on that thing and watch it hit 650 with a volt mod Better performance ths a 5800 ultra for $199. Only thing holding it back would be the seriously low clocked ram. What were you able to get the ram up to anyway?

 

[Dave Baumann]

Sorry 'normal' things got in the way - had to eat!

Anyway, I'll doube check the 60M number. AFAIK that was from M10, so I can't see RV350 being more than M10.

Here's a 3DM03 compare URL at 437/300 - AF off, Trilinear filtering:

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=612126

edit: Oh, and it appears I'm not going insane. Another reviewer is currently higher than I am!

 

[David G.]

The memoooooorrrryyyyy ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

 

[Brent]

Apparently, this thing is one hell of a VPU with plenty of room for clock improvements

 

[Morris Ital]

Rather than 3dmark03 overclocked ( how many people who are going to have this card will be actually partaking in this scenario ? ) can you provide benchmarks for a current game or Doom III alpha overclocked to at least give a spread ?

My guess is this card will be over the top for DX7 games and no good for Doom III when it comes out and therfore it is pointless overclocking it.

 

[Dave Baumann]

The reason for looking at 3DMark03 is because the tests are very intensive, and the shaders test more of the pipeline - its very good for showing up artifacts. Once I find a limit I'll take a look at some more tests.

 

[Brent]

The reason for looking at 3DMark03 is because the tests are very intensive, and the shaders test more of the pipeline - its very good for showing up artifacts. Once I find a limit I'll take a look at some more tests.

"once i find a limit"

he he he

 

[Dave Baumann]

Well, 560 appears to be beyond it!

 

[Lordberek]

I wonder if you can o/c the Non-Pro just as well or almost and achieve similiar peformance... and what this all means for the Non-Pro/Pro for the mobility versions.

I'm eager to get the first Mobility 9600... if it's the Pro, great, but I think they said that it is going to be Mid-Summer or something, which means the Non-Pro must be right around the corner. Any thoughts?

 

[MuFu]

Well, 560 appears to be beyond it!

Bah, what a let down!

MuFu.

 

[Morris Ital]

The reason for looking at 3DMark03 is because the tests are very intensive, and the shaders test more of the pipeline - its very good for showing up artifacts. Once I find a limit I'll take a look at some more tests.

Hi Dave,

I re-read my post and it sounded a bit aggressive so I'll think about it and post again whay I am trying to say.

As an overclocker though I do think the results are great

Regards

Andy

 

[mczak]

My guess is this card will be over the top for DX7 games and no good for Doom III when it comes out and therfore it is pointless overclocking it.

How can you say that? I think this will be a very capable board for Doom III, it might even do better than a R9500pro due to the stencil buffer optimizations. The leaked Doom III alpha however is utterly useless for performance estimations of the game.

 

[Ostsol]

Ok, since you've found the limit. . . let's try M-E-M-O-R-Y!

 

[Ichneumon]

]Ichy..

You should forward this new version to all the major review sites today. Immidiately. In case there is still some time for further testing. It will make a WORLD of difference if the public gets the gist of just how far this chip will go.

An updated version will be posted to the web tonight. I can't do it from work though...