mi new ati 9800 pro

lickisg · May 9, 2004

hel with my new ati 9800 pro

i was always an nvida fan until i read some reviews of ati and i decided to buy an ati video card
so

i just ordered an ati 9800 pro 128 mb but i want to know wich are the best driver and how far can i go overclocking with the stock cooling
please help

sorry ffor bad english

DDR-PIII · May 9, 2004

best drivers for IQ are the 4.4 catalysts, and best for performance are the 3.5 catalysts

-DDR

DDR-PIII · May 9, 2004

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/wxp-w2k-radeon-7-90-030605m-009437c-efg.exe <-3.5 cats driver

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/control-panel-7-90-030605m-009437c-efg.exe <-3.5 control panel

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http://www2.ati.com/drivers/wxp-w2k-8-00-040322a-014266c.exe <-4.4 cats driver

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/control-panel-8-00-040322a-014266c.exe <-4.4 control panel

keep in mind those are only for the XP OS, if you have another version of windows you will need to goto the ati.com website to get them.

Mr.Radar · May 9, 2004

You might also check out the drivers at www.omegacorner.com They've been hand-optimized for performance. I've heard though that the Cat 4.4 version of the Omega drivers has slightly worse performance than the regular ATI Cat 4.4s.

lickisg · May 9, 2004

thanx
i know how to overclock
but how far can i overclock
normal speeds are 380/680 i think

DDR-PIII · May 9, 2004

depends, not all cards are the same.

glock19owner · May 9, 2004

lickisg said:
thanx
i know how to overclock
but how far can i overclock
normal speeds are 380/680 i think

This will depend on

1. What core you have and memory chips that are on the 9800
2. What the stock voltage is on the GPU (some are low some are high...the higher ones do not OC that well)
3. Cooling you are using on the 9800
4. You system case temps
5. What motherboard you run
6. What PSU you run

These are just a few factors...far from all of them...

I have a 9800 Pro that can OC up to 500 core...with no v mods...but a modded VGA cooler...but still...I lucked out on mine...

lickisg · May 9, 2004

well i have actually a 350 psu
and one 120 mm fan at front of the cas and one 80 mm at the back of the case, i dont know my temps and i have the normal cooler that came with the card

JCLW · May 9, 2004

This should give you an idea: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=227071

glock19owner · May 9, 2004

lickisg said:
well i have actually a 350 psu
and one 120 mm fan at front of the cas and one 80 mm at the back of the case, i dont know my temps and i have the normal cooler that came with the card

The R350 is a good sign...but the major hurdle will be the stock core voltage on the R350...if it is low...like 1.6 or so...then odds are you could possible have a 9800 Pro that could equal that of mine...if its high...like 1.7+...then odds are 430 or so might be the max on the core...

What memory is it using...

Dukemurmur · May 9, 2004

or one like mine that gets 450/380 with stock cooling. I woula aim 4 around 420/350-360 those r the averages that i have seen u might get lucky and get a steller card like glocks and mine. As 4 drivers i like the cat 4.4's. Some have reported artifactin with the 3.5's and 3.7s that they don't get with the 4.x. The 4.4 omega's lower the score by a "little" bit nothing much that is if you are benching. I would run the cat 4.4's

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