hello all i just recieved a PowerColor Radeon 9800SE in the mail from newegg in hopes or softmodding to pro.
well i installed the omega drivers and boot into windows fine but had artifacts in the benchies and would not even bench under 3dmark03...
here is the run down of my adventures in softmodding
here is my old card (Geforce4 MX440 No Oc) benchmark:
Crappy huh i had to live with this for 4 months
here is the new 9800se (stock cooling and no OC) Non Softmodding:
not to bad compared to the previous card i had
9800SE softmodd (with artifacts) and stock cooling and no OC:
note that it would not even bench under 3dmark03
so i uninstalled the drivers and deactivated the 4 extra pipes
then decided to install an artic cooling vga silencer rev.3 and see what it could do:
that is what it is doing under 425/365 but i think that i need some ram sinks...
i will keep you guys posted about my progress and one question what would be the best thing to hold the sinks on? until i sink the ram i will only run it at 350mhz so if you have any suggestion let me know
edit - here is my most recent 3dmark03 score:
well i installed the omega drivers and boot into windows fine but had artifacts in the benchies and would not even bench under 3dmark03...
here is the run down of my adventures in softmodding
here is my old card (Geforce4 MX440 No Oc) benchmark:
Crappy huh i had to live with this for 4 months
here is the new 9800se (stock cooling and no OC) Non Softmodding:
not to bad compared to the previous card i had
9800SE softmodd (with artifacts) and stock cooling and no OC:
note that it would not even bench under 3dmark03
so i uninstalled the drivers and deactivated the 4 extra pipes
then decided to install an artic cooling vga silencer rev.3 and see what it could do:
that is what it is doing under 425/365 but i think that i need some ram sinks...
i will keep you guys posted about my progress and one question what would be the best thing to hold the sinks on? until i sink the ram i will only run it at 350mhz so if you have any suggestion let me know
edit - here is my most recent 3dmark03 score:
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