Help with ATI 9800 Pro

[Elohssa]

Howdy All
As you can tell im new to overclocking.

I would like help on what is the max settings i can set my board too

Thanks in advance for any help yall can offer

 

[ATIonion]

really it all depends on who made the card and when its core and memory were produced....there are a whole bunch of things that could dictate your clock speeds...i would use atitool, and use its autoclocking feature...if memory serves me right i think you'll need to tell it to unlock your clocks on the 9800....it usually does well at finding your highest clock with out artifacts popping up....good luck...


edit::: Welcome to TPU.....most of us, like me, love to tell people what they know, so ask questions whenever you need....

 

[Elohssa]

thanks for the info

I had DL'd ATITool its been running about 1 1/2 hours checking for max speeds

I wasnt sure if it is supposed to run this long...
nothing tells me how long it is supposed to take so I wasnt sure what was going on.

BTW will ATITool ulock the pipes for me or would i need to find another program for that ?

At least i can look at it this way...
If it works Great
If it doesnt ( and i burn it up ) i can talk the wife into letting me upgrade to the 512

 

[Frogger]

first off Welcome !!
now to the good stuff... under the setting tab of the Tool you will find info we need to assist you ie chip name [350 or 360]memory[128/256] clock GPU & memory clock speeds...memory bus width....Iassume the card has stock cooling and no add memory cooling .... post back with data and will assist with your overclocking F

 

[Elohssa]

Device ID 4E48
Chip R350
Host Interface AGP
Catalyst version 6.10
Memory size 256 MB
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Bus Width 256 bit
Active Pipelines 8
Default GPU Clock 378.00
Default Mem Clock 351.00

Thanks again

Stock fan

 

[Frogger]

that card with stock cooling will run at XT speeds[415core/360mem] IF your case has good air flow or you can mount a case fan under or next to the card for extra cooling and push it up to 425/470 BUT with having no way to monitor the card temps 425/470 is a bit much ....I would run the XT speeds and see have fun F

 

[ARTOSOFT]

Remember, do not run "find max core" or "find max mem" without you nearby computer.

Regards,
Arto.

 

[Elohssa]

i must be doing something wrong......

3dmark5
stock 1969

with ATI Tool settings at 415/360
3dmark5 1960

I have afew progs runnign in the background..
but never over 1 - 6% CPU and static 400 meg usage (with I.E. open)

any suggestions guys

thanks

 

[Frogger]

if you are setting clocks manually did you remember to hit the SET CLOCKS tab afer moving the sliders..... just for interest sake i am running mark 05 on the other rig to see results at oc'ed clocks rig spec...http://www.techpowerup.com/ocdb/details.php?id=179

mark 05 score 2955 FSB at stock cpu 3.0 GPu 423 memory 364

 

[Elohssa]

yeppers i did set clock.

I should be getting a little higher scores but im running 3 networks thru my machine.

I live out in the boonies so im using verison cell broadband ( Only option available )
1 network for the verizon
1 on a hardwired LAN for the older maching ( wifes machine only about 5 feet away )
and 1 wireless for the ther 2 computers.

all routing their internet thru my machine.

building a simple puter soon just for the networking.
Should free up rescorces on mine.


Thanks for all the help

 

[Frogger]

i must be doing something wrong......

3dmark5
stock 1969

with ATI Tool settings at 415/360
3dmark5 1960

Still 1969/1960 just sucks mabe try closing some app down just for the test to see if numbers go up have fun F

 

[Elohssa]

will do that once i get home ( At work atm )

i will post scores once this is done


Thanks again

 

[Elohssa]

ok got home and retested
Everything including internet turned off
( mcafee, adware, ect...)

about the same readings
1963 stock
1967 oc'd

could it be my catalyst drivers ??

Doesnt appear to run slow
less than 1% cpu and 377 meg ram idle

 

[Frogger]

unlikly to the the cat drivers you can re&re the drivers but unlikely to help ...will have to do some reading on the MB.....
read mb specs assume you have latest BIOS other than that ???????