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Caleb

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Hi,

I bought a Sapphire Radeon 9800 PRO Atlantis card at about August (128MB)

Is this the card that everybody is complaining about ? Or are these newer cards that they are selling?

How would I know if it has 128bit memory? And how would i check the clock speeds?

Thanks
 
download a tool called "ati tool". then install it, then run it, and in the lower right hand coner press on "settings" then see what it says next to "memory bus width" if it says 128, you're fucked, if it says 256, you're good to go...ATI tool is also a great overclocking tool :)

EDIT: ati tool will read the clock speed, and allow you to change it
 
Ok I got ATI Tool.

Memory Bus Width: 256bit

Default GPU Clock: 378.00Mhz
Default Mem Clock: 338.00Mhz

Why are my clock speeds so low? ???
 
You have a proper 9800 Pro with the 256-bit bus. No need to worry about your clock speeds either, they're supposed to be at or around 380/340.
 
Oh, thanks then :)

This ATI Tool looks interesting..

How much could i overclock it using the regular heating (retail card - no mods) ?
 
Caleb said:
Oh, thanks then :)

This ATI Tool looks interesting..

How much could i overclock it using the regular heating (retail card - no mods) ?
Click to expand...

That all depends on the card. Some will overclock better then others. Maybe try and find some reviews on the card to see what reviewers normally get and shoot for that.

Just take your time and raise the core and RAM speed by 5-10Mhz then test with a 3d applications such as 3d mark 03 for artifacts or system lockups. ATITool will test for artifacts also.

And dont you mean regular cooling instead of heating :p. The cards get plenty hot all by themselves hehe.
 
The thing im afraid of is the card burning out or something like that?

Could that happen ?
 
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