ThE_DoLpHiNaToR
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Hi. This is my first post. I had a Sapphire 9550 256 mb card just before Christmas. It had Samsung memory and was great for overclocking. Solid and stable at 400/230*2 with stock cooling.
Then the card developed a fault (Not whilst being overclocked. I only oc when gaming)
Returned it for a replacement and was sent the same card, but with different memory. It now has Hynix memory. This card is now pants in my opinion. It will only overclock to 312/211*2. It struggled to get that high, developing artifacts at 288. With a bit of persuasion, aborting as the clock speed went up and restarting, I eventually got it up to about 313, but nowhere near the 400 on the previous card.
Ironically my temperature in my new case has dropped from 32 down to 26 with my CPU running at 38 loaded. (XP2500 Barton oc to XP 3200, with 512mb Crucial 3200 memory).
The BIOS is the original with stock cooling. I have looked for a BIOS that would suit my card, but am struggling to find a suitable one for 256mb of memory.
Anybody got any suggestion of what to do or am I stuck with a duff card?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance
Then the card developed a fault (Not whilst being overclocked. I only oc when gaming)
Returned it for a replacement and was sent the same card, but with different memory. It now has Hynix memory. This card is now pants in my opinion. It will only overclock to 312/211*2. It struggled to get that high, developing artifacts at 288. With a bit of persuasion, aborting as the clock speed went up and restarting, I eventually got it up to about 313, but nowhere near the 400 on the previous card.
Ironically my temperature in my new case has dropped from 32 down to 26 with my CPU running at 38 loaded. (XP2500 Barton oc to XP 3200, with 512mb Crucial 3200 memory).
The BIOS is the original with stock cooling. I have looked for a BIOS that would suit my card, but am struggling to find a suitable one for 256mb of memory.
Anybody got any suggestion of what to do or am I stuck with a duff card?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance