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Hi,
Background
Alright here is the deal. The other night my wonderful BFG 6800 died on time (3 months from point received) as always. So after about 20 minutes of diag I figured the card was shot. Great. I get cracking to find my very old MX200 card and get into the machine so I have video. Yesterday afternoonI finally get around to calling BFG and they said time of replacement is going to be at least 2 weeks no cross shipping. I guess they flooded with thier RMAs due to [insert reason here]
So I take a quick look around at some ATI stuff. X850 Pro seems to be a good choice. I know a few people who have them and like it. So I find one at Comp USSR, I mean USA, for 250. No problem, I have cash to spend. I was just hoping on a new system later this year
After dinner I make the journey to the local Comp USA. I didn't see one on the shelf. I asked the kid behind the counter if they have them. The kid starts talking about how thier on line inventory is messed up. He goes in the back and finds one. I rush though the check out and back home. I get this puppy out of the packing. I think found something of disappointment.
From doing some research around here I found here, you want to have certain features.
My memory is Samsung 2.0 ns not 1.6 ns. Screwed for OCing? Probably!
S/N 180537 XXXXXX
It seems ATI now regulates the memory for less OCing. 1000/2.0=500 I am also thinking they don't want people to try unlocking the other pipes or these are true 16 Pipes rejects. 2.0 Ram is just stopping up before we get involved. Should i even dare to flash the card with a XT BIOS? I would have like to have the fan control and temperature monitoring. What are your thoughts to what I should do.
Later,
Alan
Background
Alright here is the deal. The other night my wonderful BFG 6800 died on time (3 months from point received) as always. So after about 20 minutes of diag I figured the card was shot. Great. I get cracking to find my very old MX200 card and get into the machine so I have video. Yesterday afternoonI finally get around to calling BFG and they said time of replacement is going to be at least 2 weeks no cross shipping. I guess they flooded with thier RMAs due to [insert reason here]
So I take a quick look around at some ATI stuff. X850 Pro seems to be a good choice. I know a few people who have them and like it. So I find one at Comp USSR, I mean USA, for 250. No problem, I have cash to spend. I was just hoping on a new system later this year
After dinner I make the journey to the local Comp USA. I didn't see one on the shelf. I asked the kid behind the counter if they have them. The kid starts talking about how thier on line inventory is messed up. He goes in the back and finds one. I rush though the check out and back home. I get this puppy out of the packing. I think found something of disappointment.From doing some research around here I found here, you want to have certain features.
My memory is Samsung 2.0 ns not 1.6 ns. Screwed for OCing? Probably!
S/N 180537 XXXXXX
It seems ATI now regulates the memory for less OCing. 1000/2.0=500 I am also thinking they don't want people to try unlocking the other pipes or these are true 16 Pipes rejects. 2.0 Ram is just stopping up before we get involved. Should i even dare to flash the card with a XT BIOS? I would have like to have the fan control and temperature monitoring. What are your thoughts to what I should do.
Later,
Alan