OC or not, 8500

[scooter4n]

I'm getting Radeon 8500, and I was thinking, should I OC or not, it's top of the line board, best performance, do I need to OK, or just enjoy original settings 4 now??
What's you opinion on this.
And if I OC, is it BIG difference in performance???

[BigRed]

*flashes his silver sink in the air to call sam to the thread*
:p
i cant give much advice on this, my 8500 fried due to power surge :( ati is sending a replacement tho :)
i say just enjoy the default settings for a few weeks then when you oc you will notice if theres a difference or not :)

[iggybaseball]

i have not overclocked my 8500 yet but it runs max payne perfecty with all the settings maxed out.

[Silversinksam]

Scooter,

Are you getting an OEM or a retail 8500?

Both are pretty fast cards and the decision to overclock it is totally up to you.

Many Video card manufacturers underclock the cards to begin with, and many include overclocking software in the box basicly saying to the consumer, "Please overclock me".

Only Gigabyte Radeon 8500's are shipped with overclocking software that Im aware of.

[scooter4n]

I'm getting card from this place> www.enuinc.com I don't know if it's OEM or not, I have to ask them.

[scooter4n]

what's your score on the card in 3Dmark 2001??

[Silversinksam]

Heres my Score:

http://gamershq.madonion.com/compare2k1.shtml?2404905

Thats with CPU @ default and the video card @ 275/275 which is default for a Retail 8500


With the fsb @150 and the card at 300/300 I get just under 8000

(workin on a new H2o rig with a P4, Got my Big Momma radiator yesterday and building it piece by piece)