i just ordered a bba radeon 8500le 128mb refurb from newegg

[drewthomas14]

it says its clocked at 250/230. is 230 the core or ram? also i thought all bba radeon 8500le 128mb were clocked at 250/250

[funnyperson1]

230 is the ram speed, and ive heard that many BBAs are coming in at lower the 250/250 since the 9000Pros started coming out

[drewthomas14]

how high do you think i will get the ram since its bga?

[RuKK]

Only one way to find out ;)

[funnyperson1]

it all depends on the ns rating, if its 4ns (which it probably is) then you should be abole to hit 250 with no issues, if its 3.6ns or lower then 275 shouldnt be a problem

[Bender]

Newegg isnt always correct on its claimed core/ram speeds. The BGA ram is probably 3.6ns just like my R9000 Pro 128 MB. You should be able to hit 300 with the ram and 300 with the core if your lucky.

[drewthomas14]

Originally posted by Bender
Newegg isnt always correct on its claimed core/ram speeds. The BGA ram is probably 3.6ns just like my R9000 Pro 128 MB. You should be able to hit 300 with the ram and 300 with the core if your lucky.
hopefully it is 3.6.

[drewthomas14]

wohoo its 3.6ns and it does 300/300 but one of the ram chips has a little nick in it and i think its scratched on top does this matter. also i took the sticker that has p/n and s/n off the ram chips and placed on the pcb will this matter? i think that its not a scratch on the ram chips maybe just the stuff from the sticker but it wouldnt come off with rubbing alcohol

[Cisco Kid]

Originally posted by drewthomas14
wohoo its 3.6ns and it does 300/300 but one of the ram chips has a little nick in it and i think its scratched on top does this matter. also i took the sticker that has p/n and s/n off the ram chips and placed on the pcb will this matter? i think that its not a scratch on the ram chips maybe just the stuff from the sticker but it wouldnt come off with rubbing alcohol


I would not worry about the nick, go for more try 310/310

cisco kid

[drewthomas14]

im kinda retarded about things like that. kinda a perfectionist . i will try 310/310 i just gotta bust out a 80mm fan to blow over this card so i can make up for the zero fans in my case.

[drewthomas14]

also when i turn on the details to the best quality in diablo 2 the text becomes really weird looking. is that normal. maybe its because diablo 2 is not very graphic intensive

[drewthomas14]

well i had it a 310/310 and i did a couple of 3dmark tests but then i made it go to 315/325 and my computer totaly messed up. the i took the card out and put it back in now it's ok. but then i tried 310/310 again and it was working just fine then at the end of nature it just stopped and then pressed esc to get back to desktop and it was all funny colors and stuff. could i have damaged my card it wasnt even really warm. maybe i just need to get better cooling and do the volt mod when i get my computer built. will ram sinks help cooling any? b/c my case for my new computer has an 80mm blowing of the agp card

[Cisco Kid]

Originally posted by drewthomas14
well i had it a 310/310 and i did a couple of 3dmark tests but then i made it go to 315/325 and my computer totaly messed up. the i took the card out and put it back in now it's ok. but then i tried 310/310 again and it was working just fine then at the end of nature it just stopped and then pressed esc to get back to desktop and it was all funny colors and stuff. could i have damaged my card it wasnt even really warm. maybe i just need to get better cooling and do the volt mod when i get my computer built. will ram sinks help cooling any? b/c my case for my new computer has an 80mm blowing of the agp card

back down to 305/305 card is prolly reaching its limit, replace the gpu heatsink with something better

cisco kid

[drewthomas14]

anyone know why if i crank the details up it makes the writing hard to read in diablo 2