Radeon 9700 Pro

[threedd97]

I have an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro and I can only seem to obtain a 335-340mhz Core and 320-330mhz memory and that is pushing it. What is going on? Could it just be overheating? I've heard with stock cooling it can reach up to 380 core and 350 memory. What is the deal?

I'm running the ATI 4.8 Catalysts. I've tried it with the Omega drivers, no difference. I've disabeled and enabeled fast write, no difference. Help! Do I need to drop 30 bucks on an aftermarket cooler worth a crap?

[15th Warlock]

I have an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro and I can only seem to obtain a 335-340mhz Core and 320-330mhz memory and that is pushing it. What is going on? Could it just be overheating? I've heard with stock cooling it can reach up to 380 core and 350 memory. What is the deal?

I'm running the ATI 4.8 Catalysts. I've tried it with the Omega drivers, no difference. I've disabeled and enabeled fast write, no difference. Help! Do I need to drop 30 bucks on an aftermarket cooler worth a crap?

Actually, the stock cooler that comes with the 9700 is a piece of crap, I doubt you can push the R300 core to 380/350 with stock cooling, that's even faster than the 9800 Pro! (380/340)
Try to invest on a good cooler, like the VGA silencer, then you may be able to get more from your card, and you won't be risking to fry it either.

[zealot`grr]

and don't forget: every card is different ;) no overclock can be garantiert for sure...

[sersalpha]

The Zalman ZM80D-HP with an ZM-OP1 fan is about as good as you can do for a retail aircooling solution.

[threedd97]

and don't forget: every card is different ;) no overclock can be garantiert for sure...

Yeah, I figured that much that the GPU is like a CPU. I just never really read into overclocking GPU's until recently.

I'd also like to know what temperatures are considered o.k. and what is a dangerous level. I know with cpu's its around 50c and under is fine, but anything over and you're pushing your limits. How is it with GPU's?

[sersalpha]

Depends on the GPU. For example...

...did you know Ati has stress tested the R360 core and it didn't fail untill it reached about 127°C! :eek: Of course, the core melted after getting that hot :p ...

I wouldn't feel comfortable going past 90C, regardless of how the above scales to the R300/350 cores

[threedd97]

Alright, thanks a lot. I alos found that with the ATITool the fan speed on the x800 was only at 43%. I knocked it up to 100% after temperatures breach 55C.

[zealot`grr]

ps: garantiert = guaranteed ;)

[Zebbo]

Actually, the stock cooler that comes with the 9700 is a piece of crap, I doubt you can push the R300 core to 380/350 with stock cooling, that's even faster than the 9800 Pro! (380/340)
Try to invest on a good cooler, like the VGA silencer, then you may be able to get more from your card, and you won't be risking to fry it either.

Sorry Warlock but Radeon 9700 overclocked to 380/350 isn't faster than 9800Pro because of cards memory timings. 9800 -series cards are faster from clock to clock than 9700 -series cards.