Blue PCB on a Sapphire card?

[tjr1973]

Not a real big deal but all the reviews I read show a red PCB not a blue one. Does this mean anything?

[Mr.Radar]

I've never seen a blue Sapphire board, and the one I have is red.

[voodoomelon]

I'm in the red corner too...
;)

[tjr1973]

I forgot to mention that it is an X800 Pro. All the reviews were for an X800 Pro too though and they were all red ones like you guys have. It's all good I guess.

[Docta_Z]

What's the core stepping?

[tjr1973]

Core stepping? I'm quite a newb here Docta...what does that mean? I'm getting 10135 3Dmark03 with a P4 3.4 Northwood, 2 Gigs of Corsair XMS Pro 3200 on an Intel 875 Motherboard. I messed around with ATI Tool last night and I went from 475 to 525 with no probs. The memory went up the same if not more. I didn't find the max because it's still a new card with stock cooling on it.

[CircuitBreaker8]

blue UV paint!!

[Mr.Radar]

Core stepping? I'm quite a newb here Docta...what does that mean? I'm getting 10135 3Dmark03 with a P4 3.4 Northwood, 2 Gigs of Corsair XMS Pro 3200 on an Intel 875 Motherboard. I messed around with ATI Tool last night and I went from 475 to 525 with no probs. The memory went up the same if not more. I didn't find the max because it's still a new card with stock cooling on it.

He's asking what the numbers on the core are (if you take off the heatsink and look at the core there should be a string of numbers and letters, those are the core's stepping).

[tjr1973]

I'll check it out and let you guys know.

[tjr1973]

215RAACGA11F
GC0016.1
0422AA

I couldn't tell if the 5 in 215RAACGA11F was a 5 or S. What can you tell by all these numbers?

[JigPu]

The ".1" at the end of the second line is a quick test to see if your card has a chance of being hardmodded into an X800XT. From what I've heard, no chip without the .1 has modded, meaning you have a slim chance of being able to unlock another 4 pipes from your card.

JigPu