7600GS AGP overclock?

[Tzzird]

I just installed an XFX 7600GS AGP on my buddy's Athlon 3200 with 1 gig of ram and it the automatic overclock settings put the core at 507 and memory at 752. Is it me, or are these speeds ridiculously high for a 7600GS? It almost seems like a rebranded 7600GT.

 

[Nobi125]

It's not unfathomable that excess 7600GT cores end up being used in 7600GS cards.

The 7600GS is likely giving the core lower volts though, so it wouldn't get as high as that 7600GT in your sig.

Other than the cards having different ram, they both use the G73 core.

 

[Nakamori]

DDR2 can't do 1500mhz. Either your card is being underclocked or you have DDR3.

507 is about right for the undervolted 7600gs, just do a volt mod and you have a 7600gt core frequency

what are your 3dmark scores like?

 

[Tzzird]

Something is definitely odd. On my system (listed in my sig) I get 65fps average and 38fps minimum in the company of heroes in-game benchmark. On his system, he gets a 73 fps average and 42fps minimum at the 507/752 overclock.

Upon running 3dmark 05 on his computer with the newest nvidia forcewar drivers however, his scores were abysmal in comparison. He scored something in the low 3000s where I score around 5500. Any ideas?

nobi: I did consider the possibility of this being a rebranded 7600GT, but the core doesn't go up nearly as high as my GT (difference of 100mhz).

 

[bluesteel]

Is it possibly that your friends is a 512 mb version and its reading incorrectly? They sell 512 mb 7600 gs, where as your gt might be 256 mb?

 

[Tzzird]

they are both 256 mb cards. and from most reviews i've read on 512mb vs 256mb versions of the same card, the difference is negligible.