Something wrong with my 9800 pro?

[lves2raft]

Hey all, i was just wondering if there could be something wrong with my ATI radeon 9800 pro. I recently installed a vga silencer rev 3 on it, and put 8 lil ramsinks on each of the rams. I also have a household fan aimed at my pc, and the side panel off. I have an untouched bios as well. When i use ATI tool, i cant get my core over 408...and the mem stays around 450.....i know its slightly faster than stock...but i have some decent cooling on there (even though its not water) maybe something wrong with card? What kinda numbers should i be able to pull with what i got?

[rhino56]

every card is different , some do good some dont regardless of the temps.

[Kenjiwing]

[QUOTE=lves2raft] I also have a household fan aimed at my pc, and the side panel off. QUOTE]

pretty positive u dont want to do that

[lves2raft]

keeping a fan near the pc is bad?

[HousERaT]

well if you really want to start number crunching you'll want to provide us with the core and ram on the card. and as a side note..... anything over stock is a bonus.

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[homer77]

, i cant get my core over 408...and the mem stays around 450.....

mem @ 450?!? i hope that is a typo otherwise, that's some oc on the memory. isn't that kinda of high for 9800pro stock mem speed? correct me if i m wrong, but i thought most memory on 9800pro runs 337~340mhz stock.

[lves2raft]

yes sorry mem stays stable around 360

[homer77]

what happens when you try to push the core over 408? does it freeze when you do benchmarks? or does it give you artifacts?

[lves2raft]

artifacts, but only artifacts during testing, not just on desktop or whatever

[homer77]

either it has reached the limits (i know it's kinda of low) or not enough cooling to the core. btw, you have r350 or r360 core?

[lves2raft]

im not sure which core i have, and it was a !@#$ to get the vga silencer on there so i kinda dont wanna take it off to look

[FSBuster]

Check the voltage on your core. I had the same problem with a 9800 pro, then I realized it was running .1V below stock. After I volt modded the card my oc skyrocketed.

[DuckOnBike]

[QUOTE=lves2raft] I also have a household fan aimed at my pc, and the side panel off. QUOTE]

pretty positive u dont want to do that



Yeah, that's not really what the folks around here would call a "professional solution," but it probably helps your temps a little in the meantime. The problem with it, however, is that many household fans generate a notable magnetic field around the motors. You'd want to make sure that fan is nicely away from you computer. Meters, at least.

[lves2raft]

is volt modding the card something a noob could do? Im good with directions and all but not too technical

[lilxvietxboi]

wait.. mem 350. if you have hynix 2.8ns thats the speed of the mem... the board just underclocks it? (correct me if im wrong)