Just purchased ATI 9550 AGP 256mb. Now what?

[mobius]

these are the specs given by ATiTOOL:

Chip Type: RV350
Memory Size: 256mb
Memory Bus Width: 128bit
Active Pipelines: 4
Default GPU Clock: 250.00 Mhz
Default Mem Clock: 196.00 Mhz


This is a "built by ATI" card, not a "powered by ATI" card....


What can i do to this to get the most out of it without adding extra cooling?

http://www.ati.com/products/radeon9550/index.html

theres a link if anyone wants, theres pics there also... its a green PCB which i thought was weird since ATI is mostly red.

 

[ati.bob]

You can't gain much when you're not using active cooling solutions (e.g. a heatsink-fan combination).. so is your card cooled with a fan or not? is yes, proceed with the overclocking using ATITool.. it should be able to hit a core of 400MHz+/-.. for the RAM.. a "standard" 9550 should have 5ns RAM chips which equates to a speed of around 200MHz.. you can try to get more using ATITool "Find Max Mem" feature..

Read this thread before continuing any further.. http://forum.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=463&page=1&pp=10

 

[mobius]

there is no gpu van, just a black heatsink, here is the picture

http://www.ati.com/products/radeon9550/gallery.html

 

[ati.bob]

With that, you can't really clock the GPU much... just use ATITool to overclock it until artifacts starts to appear.. then clock it at a stable speed.. since it's a "original" 9550 card, there must be some clock lock feature to prevent user to overclock it.. either use a set of hacked drivers (Omega, tPU! SoftMod, DNA, etc..), flash the BIOS, or use the clock lock removal option in ATITool before overclocking..

 

[crow0021]

i never noticed the clock lock removal option in atitool..

 

[crow0021]

is this option in the beta version ??

 

[ReconCX]

no, i think it works.

Man, ATi really went the cheap route with that card... guess they don't want you overclocking it.

 

[mobius]

i only bought it for a temp video card. i just RMA'd my 9700pro

bestbuy will be recieving this back when i get my real video card back


hahaha

 

[ati.bob]

Oh.. so you'll be trashing this card first before returning it eh?