Are New in box BBA 9800's R360's?

chris64

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Are the new in the store built by ati 9800 pro's R360's?? or are they r350's?
Do they still make the R350?? Im talking about the retail box 9800 pro BBA. What real benefits are there in the R360 besides the temp monitor?

 

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chris64

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anybody?

 

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A1Killer

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• Jun 3, 2005

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ummmm they should be r360s i dont think they make r350s any more

 

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They could more easily be flashed to 9800XT's

 

EPirate

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I have a 360 in my 9800pro i flashed ti to XT i still dont get temp monitor or anything. It runs alot better tho

 

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I bought a new BBA 9800 Pro that had a R360 core on it. You will not recieve temp readouts because there is no chip to read it. The R360 does have it, but the actual PCB your 9800 Pro sits on does not have what it takes to read from the core.

I believe there was a mod to be able to read it that involved some soldering and whatnot but I don't quite remember where i read it from. But anyway, enjoy your new vid card with some HL2!!

Bryan D.

 

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As long as the mfr. date was after they dumped r350 cores.

 

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I dont know but I recently RMAed my R350 and they sent me back a brand new R350. On the RMA package it even says R350, so I belive they still make them. I have heard that saphire gives a better chance of getting an R360 core