Well, my 9500 NP artifacts with softmod :(

method().man · 06-20-03, 05:49 PM

I got it from Newegg - the Sapphire one. Oh well, I'm gonna RMA the thing tomorrow and hope for better luck with the next one. KIDDING. Jeez, I know some of you were already clicking on the reply button to grill me

. Well, despite the fact that it failed to mod without major checkerboard action, I'm still quite happy with the card. It's a big improvement from my 8500 (which looks like it just hit the crapper anyway...). I'm still working to see how far she'll overclock. So far, I have it at 325/650 rock stable. Hopefully it'll be a champ.

IR1 · 06-20-03, 05:59 PM

EBAY it... then buy ANOTHER!!!....thats what I would do....

So you may take a slight loss.... but when you get one that works... think of the $BLING BLING$ you will have saveD over just buying a 9700!!!

method().man · 06-20-03, 06:42 PM

The hassle wouldn't be worth it for me. I don't really care about scoring high on benchmarks. All I wanted was to play games at a decent framerate with AA and Anisostropic turned on. My 8500 would look like a comic book whenever I tried to play games with that stuff on. I know the 9500 can do much better

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Oh well, I took a gamble and only partially lost - the 9500 is still a great card for the money

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Beast Of Blight · 06-20-03, 06:46 PM

Your going to RMA it because it dosn't overclock or mod the way you'd like?

zabomb4163 · 06-20-03, 06:52 PM

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Originally posted by method().man
I'm gonna RMA the thing tomorrow and hope for better luck with the next one. KIDDING.

Beast Of Blight- Can you see the "KIDDING" in all caps? he purposely made it in all caps for the slightly illiterate members and you still skipped over it. read BEFORE you post. he isn't rma'ing it.

method().man- i'm glad you decided against robbing a great retailer blind. i wish we had more people like you on these forums.

Bashar · 06-20-03, 07:14 PM

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Jeez, I know some of you were already clicking on the reply button to grill me

LOL well one did

james.miller · 06-20-03, 07:18 PM

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Originally posted by zabomb4163

Beast Of Blight- Can you see the "KIDDING" in all caps? he purposely made it in all caps for the slightly illiterate members and you still skipped over it. read BEFORE you post. he isn't rma'ing it.

method().man- i'm glad you decided against robbing a great retailer blind. i wish we had more people like you on these forums.

i wish people like you would lighten up. no need for that, is there?

zabomb4163 · 06-20-03, 07:35 PM

i just didnt like him trying grill somone when they did the right thing

james.miller · 06-20-03, 07:40 PM

Zabomb, you need to understand the difference between a question and a flame.

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Originally posted by Beast Of Blight
Your going to RMA it because it dosn't overclock or mod the way you'd like?

that is a simply a mis-guided question. Frankly, everybody does it.

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Beast Of Blight- Can you see the "KIDDING" in all caps? he purposely made it in all caps for the slightly illiterate members and you still skipped over it. read BEFORE you post. he isn't rma'ing it.

That is a flame(it could have been worse though) that was un-called for.

a simple "lol, he said he wasn't rma'ing it" would do.

method().man · 06-20-03, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by zabomb4163

Beast Of Blight- Can you see the "KIDDING" in all caps? he purposely made it in all caps for the slightly illiterate members and you still skipped over it. read BEFORE you post. he isn't rma'ing it.

method().man- i'm glad you decided against robbing a great retailer blind. i wish we had more people like you on these forums.

lol... don't worry, I half expected someone to grill me despite my kidding comment in all caps

. We've got some good, moral people here at OCers - if not sometimes overzealous

.

SwishBish33 · 06-21-03, 04:50 AM

I'm a noob to RMAing stuff, and I was curious, would NewEgg even take it back? Thankfully I've never had to RMA anything, and my 9500Pro pleases me daily

. Thanks.

method().man · 06-21-03, 03:43 PM

WOW. I can't believe how much I was missing out with my 8500. Games look great with AA and Aniso with this card! I think it hits the wall around 325/650 but I am quite happy with my games now. Is this a good overclock for this card?

james.miller · 06-21-03, 03:44 PM

crank up the core - it should go much higher.

method().man · 06-21-03, 03:58 PM

Roger that ghostrider

zabomb4163 · 06-21-03, 04:33 PM

You notice a difference between nonAA and Aniso and turning it on? When i turn on 6xAA and 16xanis i dont notice much difference. maybe i just have a low quality monitor. but i just dont notice the difference in modern games......just old ones like tribes

method().man · 06-21-03, 05:29 PM

Woot, 390 core and still going baby!

And IR1, I notice a HUGE difference. It's like night and day. You might want to try turning your monitor ON.

. JK there bud.

Shade00 · 06-21-03, 06:03 PM

An O/Ced 9500np is a great card.

If you're running your games at high resolutions, you probably won't notice that much of a difference with AA on.

method().man · 06-21-03, 07:51 PM

Well, looks like 385 core/632 memory is as far as she'll go. Hopefully, I can squeeze out a little more once I finish hacking my PIV cooler. Is this a good overclock? Also, I scored around 13,700 on 3DMark2K1. That's about right, right? If you can't tell, I've been out of the vid card loop for quite a while now

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Xaeron · 06-22-03, 09:23 PM

LOL, you've got me all excited for my 9700 to come. I can't until I can play games with AA on. My Ti4200 just doesn't cut it in very many games. IL-2 and Splinter Cell 4xAA here I COME!!!!

method().man · 06-22-03, 09:40 PM

Yeah, these 9500/9700 cards are AWESOME. It's amazing what I've been missing without AA and Aniso.

06-20-03, 05:49 PM	Thread Starter #1
method().man Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hell's Kitchen	Well, my 9500 NP artifacts with softmod :( I got it from Newegg - the Sapphire one. Oh well, I'm gonna RMA the thing tomorrow and hope for better luck with the next one. KIDDING. Jeez, I know some of you were already clicking on the reply button to grill me . Well, despite the fact that it failed to mod without major checkerboard action, I'm still quite happy with the card. It's a big improvement from my 8500 (which looks like it just hit the crapper anyway...). I'm still working to see how far she'll overclock. So far, I have it at 325/650 rock stable. Hopefully it'll be a champ.
	QUOTE Thanks

06-20-03, 05:59 PM	#2
IR1 Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: San Jose, California	EBAY it... then buy ANOTHER!!!....thats what I would do.... So you may take a slight loss.... but when you get one that works... think of the $BLING BLING$ you will have saveD over just buying a 9700!!! __________________ Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.5GHz Asus P8Z68-V 8GB DDR3-1600 Patriot Viper Xtreme Visiontek 6950 2GB Ref. (stock) Lenovo Y500 - Core I7 2.4Ghz 8GB DDR3-1600 Nvidia GeForce GT650M SLI Last edited by IR1; 06-20-03 at 06:07 PM.
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06-20-03, 06:42 PM	Thread Starter #3
method().man Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hell's Kitchen	The hassle wouldn't be worth it for me. I don't really care about scoring high on benchmarks. All I wanted was to play games at a decent framerate with AA and Anisostropic turned on. My 8500 would look like a comic book whenever I tried to play games with that stuff on. I know the 9500 can do much better . Oh well, I took a gamble and only partially lost - the 9500 is still a great card for the money .
	QUOTE Thanks

06-20-03, 06:46 PM	#4
Beast Of Blight Disabled Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Orange County	Your going to RMA it because it dosn't overclock or mod the way you'd like?
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06-20-03, 07:35 PM	#8
zabomb4163 Member Join Date: Apr 2002	i just didnt like him trying grill somone when they did the right thing
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06-21-03, 04:50 AM	#11
SwishBish33 Registered Join Date: Jun 2003	I'm a noob to RMAing stuff, and I was curious, would NewEgg even take it back? Thankfully I've never had to RMA anything, and my 9500Pro pleases me daily . Thanks.
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06-21-03, 03:43 PM	Thread Starter #12
method().man Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hell's Kitchen	WOW. I can't believe how much I was missing out with my 8500. Games look great with AA and Aniso with this card! I think it hits the wall around 325/650 but I am quite happy with my games now. Is this a good overclock for this card?
	QUOTE Thanks

06-21-03, 03:44 PM	#13
james.miller Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dunstable, uk	crank up the core - it should go much higher. __________________ The HTPC E2160 @ 2.7ghz \| Thermaltake The Orb cooler \| Asus p5w-dh \| 4Gb DDR-II pc6400\| 1.00Tb of WD AAKS storage \| Asus Xonar D2\| 360 HD-DVD drive Pioneer bd204 bluray sata drive \| Corsair HX620w PSU \| *BFG GeForce 8800GTX* \| Silverstone SST-LC17b \| 22" dell e228wfp \| 40" 1080p SONY 40w2000 ONKYO TX-SR805 \| bi-amped mission m71i fronts \| eltax center & bipolar rears 2x 12" custom built subwoofers powered by a denon pma-100m \| PS3 with linux and a 250gb 3.5" internal drive \| Nintendo wii
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06-21-03, 03:58 PM	Thread Starter #14
method().man Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hell's Kitchen	Roger that ghostrider
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06-21-03, 04:33 PM	#15
zabomb4163 Member Join Date: Apr 2002	You notice a difference between nonAA and Aniso and turning it on? When i turn on 6xAA and 16xanis i dont notice much difference. maybe i just have a low quality monitor. but i just dont notice the difference in modern games......just old ones like tribes
	QUOTE Thanks

06-21-03, 05:29 PM	Thread Starter #16
method().man Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hell's Kitchen	Woot, 390 core and still going baby! And IR1, I notice a HUGE difference. It's like night and day. You might want to try turning your monitor ON. . JK there bud.
	QUOTE Thanks

06-21-03, 06:03 PM	#17
Shade00 Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Louisiana Tech University	An O/Ced 9500np is a great card. If you're running your games at high resolutions, you probably won't notice that much of a difference with AA on.
	QUOTE Thanks

06-21-03, 07:51 PM	Thread Starter #18
method().man Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hell's Kitchen	Well, looks like 385 core/632 memory is as far as she'll go. Hopefully, I can squeeze out a little more once I finish hacking my PIV cooler. Is this a good overclock? Also, I scored around 13,700 on 3DMark2K1. That's about right, right? If you can't tell, I've been out of the vid card loop for quite a while now .
	QUOTE Thanks

06-22-03, 09:23 PM	#19
Xaeron Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Missouri	LOL, you've got me all excited for my 9700 to come. I can't until I can play games with AA on. My Ti4200 just doesn't cut it in very many games. IL-2 and Splinter Cell 4xAA here I COME!!!!
	QUOTE Thanks

06-22-03, 09:40 PM	Thread Starter #20
method().man Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hell's Kitchen	Yeah, these 9500/9700 cards are AWESOME. It's amazing what I've been missing without AA and Aniso.
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