Identifying gpu

airoh69airoh69
edited January 2007 in Hardware
Does anybody know how to identify the gpu on gfx without having to remove the cooler (i.e. by software programe) the reason i am asking is beacause i heard that a lot of 7800gs agp come with the 7800gt core so i wanted to find out which core my gfx has

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  • erichblas2005erichblas2005 Your Native Texan Houston,Texas Member
    edited December 2006
    No they don't it would be way to costly to do that.
  • airoh69airoh69
    edited December 2006
    well they actually do it.
  • AranyicAranyic Casstown, OH Icrontian
    edited December 2006
    Let me poke around a bit, but i'm not sure if any software will give you that info. Basicly whatever the software reads will be what is on the rom of the card I believe.
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited December 2006
    As far as I've ever found out using based on older cards there is no software that will tell you. Because the software only will read what the card tells. But it's not uncommon at all to put hire end crippled components on lower end cards. They do that in technology all the time. Geforce in particular has done this before in the past. I forget the model but an older one I had it was simply a point of adding an extra solder contact on a slower card and it suddenly became a faster one.
  • airoh69airoh69
    edited December 2006
    My old geforce 6800 was like that. I could easily unlock the pipelines and have an 6800gt. I heard that a lot of gainward have the 7800gt core on the 7800gs models.
  • Your-Amish-DaddyYour-Amish-Daddy The heart of Texas
    edited December 2006
    I know a fast, inexpensive way to find out what video chip your card has. It's real easy. But you need someone who's delt with alot of video cards. Vendor ID Please.
  • airoh69airoh69
    edited December 2006
    The card is an albatron 7800gs 256mb agp version. One think i can say , is that it clocks like hell. from 1200mhz (memory) i can push up to 1.45ghz with no problem on stock cooler and up to that because thats how much coolbits allow me.
  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited December 2006
    What is your core clock at on that card?
  • Your-Amish-DaddyYour-Amish-Daddy The heart of Texas
    edited December 2006
    To get your vendor Id, check out the card's details in your hardware manager. Find the device in the list, rightclick it, get the properties, and go to the details tab, the first one it brings up is the one you want, Copypasta the first part of the line, should say "*/VEN_####". That's what I want.
  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited December 2006
    Not sure what this tells ya but mine is.... Pci\ven_10de&dev_00f5&subsys_22011682&rev_a2\4&1ad7642&0&0058
  • airoh69airoh69
    edited December 2006
    PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_00F5&SUBSYS_037C10DE&REV_A2\4&1A99067F&0&0008

    this is what mine says.
    my clocks are 500 gpu and 600 (1200 effective) ram
  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited January 2007
    airoh69 wrote: »
    PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_00F5&SUBSYS_037C10DE&REV_A2\4&1A99067F&0&0008

    this is what mine says.
    my clocks are 500 gpu and 600 (1200 effective) ram

    I was curious because my XFX 7800GS is 470 and 1350 (675), and won't budge on the core any more.
  • Your-Amish-DaddyYour-Amish-Daddy The heart of Texas
    edited January 2007
    Ok, you both have the 7800 chip, but one of you (Airoh) has the 7800 referance chip (AKA the stock) which commonly gets outputted as the stronger version (GT) since it has no real limits. That's why most GS'es can be upclocked and bios'd to act like the GT release, since the GS is theoretically the same chip. Oddly, both your Vendor ID's tell me your cards are made by the same company. Then again, General Motors makes Olsmobiles...All these child companies, money all goes to the same place..
  • airoh69airoh69
    edited January 2007
    sorry my mistake, my gpu is rated at 375. 500 was when it was oced. My ram are 1200 but can oc easily up to 1440 (max oc on coolbits). My problem thought is the bottleneck. I burned my 2.8 prescott yesterday and i currently have a prescott 3.0 on my pc oced up to 3.8 and still the card needs more cpu power
  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited January 2007
    Mine is...
    core = 440 stock / 470 OC under coolbits.

    Mem = 1300 stock / 1350 OC. under coolbits.

    So you have a nice one there chief!!!!:cool:

    airoh69 wrote: »
    sorry my mistake, my gpu is rated at 375. 500 was when it was oced. My ram are 1200 but can oc easily up to 1440 (max oc on coolbits). My problem thought is the bottleneck. I burned my 2.8 prescott yesterday and i currently have a prescott 3.0 on my pc oced up to 3.8 and still the card needs more cpu power

    By needs more power you mean your CPU and not the graphics card is holding you back from higher benchmarking scores?
  • rapturerapture
    edited January 2007
    Does RivaTuner not do this?
  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited January 2007
    rapture wrote: »
    Does RivaTuner not do this?
    I personally have not tried it, on this card.......yet!:naughty:
  • airoh69airoh69
    edited January 2007
    Yes that correct. My cpu is holding me back. Overclocking the gfx up to its limits does not give me any significant increase in benchmarking scores. Increasing my cpu though, does the job. The problem is now that i have reached my max oc where my system is stable (not because of heat issues but of very high fsb).
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