9600 pro 256mb low mem oc??

[SayNoToPistons]

i just got an ATI 9600 pro 256mb as a gift today to upgrade my 9200. i found it kinda weird that the mem O/C only went up to 212mhz from 203mhz andanything higher than that it would get artifacts and errors. if my old 9200 could do 200 to 245 why cant this???
btw all this was done with omega 4.12 and ATI tool 0.0.23.

edit: awhh crap, i tink i got this one. the card didnt come with a box lol. here it is
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-131-262&depa=1

 

[ameoba]

Manufacturers usually use cheaper memory when they go to 256MB for all but the top-end card - memory that only runs at the rated speed, with no headroom for OCing whatsoever.

What are you getting on your core?

 

[nukem170]

True that... I got a 9600pro advantage and the RAM is at 223. When the max it goes without extra cooling is 265 (stable for over 3 hours in CS:S).

 

[SayNoToPistons]

my core is stable @ 490 though. i dont really know what kind of card this is but im sure its a 9600 pro 256mb and the stock mhz are 398/203. nukem179 what was the stock mhz of your mem?

 

[Komataguri]

the ram in my 9600 Pro won't overclock for SHIT.

It comes 298, I can get it to 300 before it just orgasms and pukes a tellytuby color bukkake all across my monitor.

 

[Selecter]

why did you buy that card when you can get 9800 Pros on ebay for 140 bucks?

 

[SayNoToPistons]

bah 9600pro mem sucks . and Selecter i didnt buy the 9600pro i got as a gift w/o packaging, if i WAS to buya new vidcard im pretty sure id buy the 9800pro also.

 

[nukem170]

my core is stable @ 490 though. i dont really know what kind of card this is but im sure its a 9600 pro 256mb and the stock mhz are 398/203. nukem179 what was the stock mhz of your mem?

It comes with 398.25(400)MHz core and 222.75MHz RAM default.
It goes up to 500MHz core and 270MHz RAM without problems.

Today I just tried 600MHz core (for the fun of it) and VPU recover kicked in .

I can play HL2 at medium settings and get about 45-75fps. CS:S Benchmark gives me 74fps.

 

[nukem170]

why did you buy that card when you can get 9800 Pros on ebay for 140 bucks?

Never buy a card on ebay... People usually sell used cards when they *almost* **** it up after o/cing or something and when they cant RMA it. It's rare, but personally I wouldnt take chances.

 

[SayNoToPistons]

Never buy a card on ebay... People usually sell used cards when they *almost* **** it up after o/cing or something and when they cant RMA it. It's rare, but personally I wouldnt take chances.

agreed. stay off ebay for your computer stuff. and other kinda things too LOL. crap my stupid 9600 pro is 400/200 default instead of the other 9600pros out there with 400/225, 400/250, 500/250 ETC. im running 4.12 omegas and im just wondering which out of all the new drivers are the fastest and most overclockable since i havent updated in a long time. lazy..