Radeon 9500Pro too hot?

The Coolest · 07-24-04, 06:03 PM

Hey there. I've recently bought a BBA Rad9500 Pro, and I just removed the stock heatsink, cleaned off the thermal pad, and put on some AS3 and put the stock cooler back on.
In the next week or two, I'm planning on drilling some holes in an old SocketA heatsink, and will be making some ramsinks as well, but until then I've tried to OC the card with out much success at all...

The memory on it is a Samsung 3.3ns and runs really hot, so I just set it at 300MHz, and will up it when I make the RAM sinks.
Now I've tried pushing the core a bit and couldn't even do 330MHz stable, which seems a bit odd to me as most people get a noticeably better resaults even with the stock cooler. I've touched the heatsink on the card and I guesstimate it at about 48-52C, while its pretty much impossible to touch the back side of the GPU. Do you think its just a cooling problem or a bad overclocking GPU? the date code on the chip is relatively new its dated at 0305, I guess it means week 5 of '03.

HousERaT · 07-24-04, 06:13 PM

those are not horrible clocks, but not that high either.... sounds like you have an average card.

The Coolest · 07-24-04, 06:17 PM

I'm not even sure what a stable overclock is. The computer locked up at 330MHz, and used the GPU recoverer... I'm now gonna play some UT2k4 at 324/300.

HousERaT · 07-24-04, 06:29 PM

what drivers are you using? You might try disabling the gpu recover...... usually causes more instability than it's worth and it's kinda buggy.

The Coolest · 07-24-04, 07:40 PM

I'm using the new Omega's based on the 4.7 Cats'

The Coolest · 07-27-04, 05:14 PM

Bump

Z YA LTR · 07-27-04, 06:29 PM

I thought all 9500pros were clocked locked. I know mine was. I had to flash it with the 9700 pro bios. Check out this thread. Here is the direct link to the bios download http://www.3dchipset.com/files/bios/ati/95p128.zip Hope that helps.

---Josh

The Coolest · 07-27-04, 06:43 PM

yea, they are clock locked, but thanks to the Omega drivers, you can overclock as if that lock didn't exist

BrandonV · 07-27-04, 06:54 PM

I can run 380/310 stable with my 9500pro and Artic Silencer 3 w/ AS5. I have the 3.3 mem too.
330 is way low for a 9500pro core speed. Make sure you seated the HS correctly cause I could run 370 core stock.

The Coolest · 07-27-04, 07:23 PM

yeah, the HS is probably making poor contact

Thing is I insterted the pins as far as they will go... I will prolly have to wait till I get my socket A heatsink onto that GPU

07-24-04, 06:03 PM	Thread Starter #1
The Coolest Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tel Aviv, Israel	Radeon 9500Pro too hot? Hey there. I've recently bought a BBA Rad9500 Pro, and I just removed the stock heatsink, cleaned off the thermal pad, and put on some AS3 and put the stock cooler back on. In the next week or two, I'm planning on drilling some holes in an old SocketA heatsink, and will be making some ramsinks as well, but until then I've tried to OC the card with out much success at all... The memory on it is a Samsung 3.3ns and runs really hot, so I just set it at 300MHz, and will up it when I make the RAM sinks. Now I've tried pushing the core a bit and couldn't even do 330MHz stable, which seems a bit odd to me as most people get a noticeably better resaults even with the stock cooler. I've touched the heatsink on the card and I guesstimate it at about 48-52C, while its pretty much impossible to touch the back side of the GPU. Do you think its just a cooling problem or a bad overclocking GPU? the date code on the chip is relatively new its dated at 0305, I guess it means week 5 of '03. __________________ "<The_Coolest> You can't unwaste wasted CPU cycles" - Start FOLDing now! Main rig: Core i7 2600K 3.4GHz @ 4.5GHz (Scythe Mugen2) / Mobo: Biostar TP67XE / SSD: Crucial M4 128GB (+ HDDs) / GPU: HD5450 or 8800 Ultra / Mem: 4x4GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill 4GBXL RipJaws X - 16GB total / PSU: Seasonic S12II 620W. Secondary rig: Core i3 540 3.06GHz @ Stock / Mobo: MSI H55M-ED55 / GPU: Integrated / Mem: 2x2GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill 4GBRL RipJaws - 4GB total / PSU: FSP ATX350-PNR 350W. Core Temp - Accurate temperature monitor for Intel's Core/Core 2 and AMD64 processors Heatware
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07-24-04, 06:13 PM	#2
HousERaT Senior Air Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Imladris	those are not horrible clocks, but not that high either.... sounds like you have an average card. __________________ CM-690 \| Maximus Formula \| Ballistix D9GMH 2GB - 4-4-4-10 - 2.2v (active cooled) \| E6850 @4GHz (L719B) 602 Bios 500x8 - 1.475v \| Ultra 120 Extreme \| 2x HD3870 840/1300 \| Lite-On 52327s CDRW \| WD 74GB - Raptor HDD \| Corsair 620HX PSU \| Windows XP Pro sp2 \| Support the OC Benchmarking Team The HD 4870/50 Thread The HD 3870/50 Thread The X1900XT/XTX Thread X800GTO² Thread Heatware Make friends with your "FAST" - 90K 01SE - 77K 03 - 29K 05 - 19K 06 - 274K AM3 - single card all air baby!
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07-24-04, 06:17 PM	Thread Starter #3
The Coolest Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tel Aviv, Israel	I'm not even sure what a stable overclock is. The computer locked up at 330MHz, and used the GPU recoverer... I'm now gonna play some UT2k4 at 324/300. __________________ "<The_Coolest> You can't unwaste wasted CPU cycles" - Start FOLDing now! Main rig: Core i7 2600K 3.4GHz @ 4.5GHz (Scythe Mugen2) / Mobo: Biostar TP67XE / SSD: Crucial M4 128GB (+ HDDs) / GPU: HD5450 or 8800 Ultra / Mem: 4x4GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill 4GBXL RipJaws X - 16GB total / PSU: Seasonic S12II 620W. Secondary rig: Core i3 540 3.06GHz @ Stock / Mobo: MSI H55M-ED55 / GPU: Integrated / Mem: 2x2GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill 4GBRL RipJaws - 4GB total / PSU: FSP ATX350-PNR 350W. Core Temp - Accurate temperature monitor for Intel's Core/Core 2 and AMD64 processors Heatware
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07-24-04, 06:29 PM	#4
HousERaT Senior Air Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Imladris	what drivers are you using? You might try disabling the gpu recover...... usually causes more instability than it's worth and it's kinda buggy. __________________ CM-690 \| Maximus Formula \| Ballistix D9GMH 2GB - 4-4-4-10 - 2.2v (active cooled) \| E6850 @4GHz (L719B) 602 Bios 500x8 - 1.475v \| Ultra 120 Extreme \| 2x HD3870 840/1300 \| Lite-On 52327s CDRW \| WD 74GB - Raptor HDD \| Corsair 620HX PSU \| Windows XP Pro sp2 \| Support the OC Benchmarking Team The HD 4870/50 Thread The HD 3870/50 Thread The X1900XT/XTX Thread X800GTO² Thread Heatware Make friends with your "FAST" - 90K 01SE - 77K 03 - 29K 05 - 19K 06 - 274K AM3 - single card all air baby!
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07-24-04, 07:40 PM	Thread Starter #5
The Coolest Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tel Aviv, Israel	I'm using the new Omega's based on the 4.7 Cats' __________________ "<The_Coolest> You can't unwaste wasted CPU cycles" - Start FOLDing now! Main rig: Core i7 2600K 3.4GHz @ 4.5GHz (Scythe Mugen2) / Mobo: Biostar TP67XE / SSD: Crucial M4 128GB (+ HDDs) / GPU: HD5450 or 8800 Ultra / Mem: 4x4GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill 4GBXL RipJaws X - 16GB total / PSU: Seasonic S12II 620W. Secondary rig: Core i3 540 3.06GHz @ Stock / Mobo: MSI H55M-ED55 / GPU: Integrated / Mem: 2x2GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill 4GBRL RipJaws - 4GB total / PSU: FSP ATX350-PNR 350W. Core Temp - Accurate temperature monitor for Intel's Core/Core 2 and AMD64 processors Heatware
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07-27-04, 05:14 PM	Thread Starter #6
The Coolest Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tel Aviv, Israel	Bump __________________ "<The_Coolest> You can't unwaste wasted CPU cycles" - Start FOLDing now! Main rig: Core i7 2600K 3.4GHz @ 4.5GHz (Scythe Mugen2) / Mobo: Biostar TP67XE / SSD: Crucial M4 128GB (+ HDDs) / GPU: HD5450 or 8800 Ultra / Mem: 4x4GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill 4GBXL RipJaws X - 16GB total / PSU: Seasonic S12II 620W. Secondary rig: Core i3 540 3.06GHz @ Stock / Mobo: MSI H55M-ED55 / GPU: Integrated / Mem: 2x2GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill 4GBRL RipJaws - 4GB total / PSU: FSP ATX350-PNR 350W. Core Temp - Accurate temperature monitor for Intel's Core/Core 2 and AMD64 processors Heatware
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07-27-04, 06:29 PM	#7
Z YA LTR Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: TX	I thought all 9500pros were clocked locked. I know mine was. I had to flash it with the 9700 pro bios. Check out this thread. Here is the direct link to the bios download http://www.3dchipset.com/files/bios/ati/95p128.zip Hope that helps. ---Josh __________________ A64 3700+ San Diego@2800 DFI Lanparty UT NF4 Ultra_D 2x256 Cosair XMS BH5/ 2x512 GSKILL LE X800GTO2 16pipes @ 677/626 3DMARK01 33414 3DMARK03 16025 3DMARK05 7849 Aquamark3 74302
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07-27-04, 06:43 PM	Thread Starter #8
The Coolest Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tel Aviv, Israel	yea, they are clock locked, but thanks to the Omega drivers, you can overclock as if that lock didn't exist __________________ "<The_Coolest> You can't unwaste wasted CPU cycles" - Start FOLDing now! Main rig: Core i7 2600K 3.4GHz @ 4.5GHz (Scythe Mugen2) / Mobo: Biostar TP67XE / SSD: Crucial M4 128GB (+ HDDs) / GPU: HD5450 or 8800 Ultra / Mem: 4x4GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill 4GBXL RipJaws X - 16GB total / PSU: Seasonic S12II 620W. Secondary rig: Core i3 540 3.06GHz @ Stock / Mobo: MSI H55M-ED55 / GPU: Integrated / Mem: 2x2GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill 4GBRL RipJaws - 4GB total / PSU: FSP ATX350-PNR 350W. Core Temp - Accurate temperature monitor for Intel's Core/Core 2 and AMD64 processors Heatware
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07-27-04, 06:54 PM	#9
BrandonV Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Long Beach, CA	I can run 380/310 stable with my 9500pro and Artic Silencer 3 w/ AS5. I have the 3.3 mem too. 330 is way low for a 9500pro core speed. Make sure you seated the HS correctly cause I could run 370 core stock.
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07-27-04, 07:23 PM	Thread Starter #10
The Coolest Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tel Aviv, Israel	yeah, the HS is probably making poor contact Thing is I insterted the pins as far as they will go... I will prolly have to wait till I get my socket A heatsink onto that GPU __________________ "<The_Coolest> You can't unwaste wasted CPU cycles" - Start FOLDing now! Main rig: Core i7 2600K 3.4GHz @ 4.5GHz (Scythe Mugen2) / Mobo: Biostar TP67XE / SSD: Crucial M4 128GB (+ HDDs) / GPU: HD5450 or 8800 Ultra / Mem: 4x4GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill 4GBXL RipJaws X - 16GB total / PSU: Seasonic S12II 620W. Secondary rig: Core i3 540 3.06GHz @ Stock / Mobo: MSI H55M-ED55 / GPU: Integrated / Mem: 2x2GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill 4GBRL RipJaws - 4GB total / PSU: FSP ATX350-PNR 350W. Core Temp - Accurate temperature monitor for Intel's Core/Core 2 and AMD64 processors Heatware
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