ATi RADEON 9800pro 128Mb @ wrong clockspeed!?

[kowalski]

hi I own the following system:

AMD 2600+
1Gb 333MHz memory
ATi RADEON 9800pro 128Mb

My graphics card is supposed to run core @ 380MHz and mem @ 680MHz
but it runs core @ 324MHz and mem @ 580MHz

Why is that? ATI tool detects that these values are the default values of my graphics card. It's a pretty severe underclock. Now i'm afraid to "overclock" it to the real default values because my graphics card doesn't have a temperature monitor

please help me!

 

[alexfreu]

Are you sure it's a Pro? These are the default clocks for a Radeon 9800 SE.
Make some tests to correctly identify the card (e.g. with Lavalys Everest)

A table with the differences between the 9800 variants:

http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx?location=3&var1=101&var2=0

 

[Frozen]

Those are 9800NP clocks...id check up on what card you bought :/

 

[kowalski]

i'm am very sure that it is a RADEON 9800 pro. i have tested it to be sure and it says RADEON 9800 pro....

somethings very wrong....please help me

 

[Vigilante]

Sapphire, Powercolor and maybe others were/are putting out cards that were misleadingly advertised as 9800 pros but had lower clock speeds and only a 128-bit memory bus. Did you by chance get one of these cards? Open ATITool and look under settings and see what it says for memory bus width.

 

[pablofrogo]

If you are absolutely sure it's a pro, then flash the bios! this will restore your clocks... But make sure it is a true pro and not one of these crappy "fake" pros that companies have been selling lately.

 

[Slayerstaps]

No it's not a pro it's a non pro. The only way you can check if you have a non pro is looking at the clock speeds cause the drivers recognize it as a 9800 PRO and that won't change to non pro or anything. There is no non pro name in the drivers ati makes so it's just recognized as a pro. How much did you pay for it??? If you payed less then a real pro then it's understandable that it's not a real pro....

 

[kowalski]

I got it when my dad bought an intel 3.0Ghz computer....it was included and it's not manufactured by anyone else than ATi. it's thier own reference card and that should be a RADEON 9800 pro 128Mb

 

[sersalpha]

...what stable overclocked core and mem speeds are you getting (and using what cooling)?

 

[kowalski]

core @ 340MHz and mem @ 640MHz is stable and i'm using ATI's own manufactured card and cooling.

 

[sersalpha]

I'd look into getting a replacement. 40MHz below stock is a major performance hit

 

[W1zzard]

what memory speed is used on the card? 9800 pro uses 2.8ns only.. 9800 np uses 3.0 and 3.3