Radeon 8500 ?????

[brit4a]

I think I was had my 8500 has 250/250 or so I see I think bought it at retail store.

The retail has 275/275 and OEM 250/250 ?????

[iggybaseball]

whoa, slow down . yes all reatils are 275/275 and some oems are 250/250 or 230/230

[brit4a]

Sorry just kinda caught it while fiddling and reading . I looked at the mem and I think it is 3.6ns it has a 36 aat the end of the chip!

[RainMaQer]

then you may have lucked out... try overclocking to 275/275 and see if you run into problems :D

[brit4a]

Well did that and it went there fine but go to 300/300 and whan tearing all over didnt like it at all!!!!

[Milkman]

pretty good overclock though I am still tweaking my 8500 @ 300/300 now and stable will try more



Xp 2000+ @ 1760
Swiftech mcx462
Abit KR7a Raid
256 mb crucial pc2100
Ati Radeon 8500 (retail)300/300
2x 40 gb on Raid "0"
13gb

Tbird 1400 @1500
Abit kt7a (non Raid)
Swiftech mcx462
768 mb pc133
20 gb maxtor 7200
32 mb ViperII:cool:

[{PMS}fishy]

Its really hard to get the memory up to 300, even the 3.6ns stuff. The majority of the people that have there memory up at 300 or above lucked out and got some of the 3.3ns memory which was avaliable on some of the retail cards. I have my OEM w/4ns memory at 280/275 can't seem to go any higher with the memory. Im making a GPU HSF from an old 370 intel HSF and then Ill go for 300, but untill them Im happy with my O/C for OEM.

[hrmchan]

Originally posted by brit4a
Sorry just kinda caught it while fiddling and reading . I looked at the mem and I think it is 3.6ns it has a 36 aat the end of the chip!

Don't assume anything .... Lots of LE's have 3.6ns hynix but still have 230/230 speeds. Still better than 4ns. But pull out PowerStrip and check default speeds.

If you have the 3.6ns you stand a chance of bringing it to retail, but not with 4ns.

[hrmchan]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by mamer
[B]pretty good overclock though I am still tweaking my 8500 @ 300/300 now and stable will try more


With your retail, you should easily go 300/590.

As for "FISHY", he's already at retail speeds with his "LE". Not bad ... but could higher on the GPU with Vmod upped to about 3.6-3.8V, simple pencil mod 10min.

[Starfoxer]

i got my 3.6 memory on my retail at 297 without any
artifacts in 3dmark.