i went to CC with my friend to pick one up for him, i opened it up and it's infected with infineon 3ns. oh well, at least i have a 9800xt to shove in his face.
Bud had this to say is it worth it to get the 9800 if it doesnt have the samsung ram?
If you have a Radeon 9600 or 9200 Pro (and below), the Radeon 9800 Non-Pro (even with Infineon memory modules) offers incredible performance that's on par with the Radeon 9700 Pro, especially at $199 USD.
You'll be able to overclock the core like mad on those cards, but unfortunately, the memory will be lucky to hit 325 MHz (up from the rated speed of 290).
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Mt_GoatHead Cheezy KnobPflugerville (north of Austin)Icrontian
edited December 2003
And to think I'm 4 days past due to return my 9600 Pro that I got from CC. :screwed: :banghead:
Simguy, I don't understand why I would be "lucky" to hit 325 with Infineon Ram. Its 3ns ram, which means its rated to run 330 no?
I mean, I understand its probably not gonna go much past 330, but still why not at least 330? Which is only like 10mhz off of the pro speeds right?
McBain had this to say Simguy, I don't understand why I would be "lucky" to hit 325 with Infineon Ram. Its 3ns ram, which means its rated to run 330 no?
I mean, I understand its probably not gonna go much past 330, but still why not at least 330? Which is only like 10mhz off of the pro speeds right?
Because 98% of the time, Infineon RAM will NOT reach its' rated speed.
IE, the Infineon 3.3ns memory on my 9700 Non Pro. It's rated for 303 MHz operation, yet won't run artifact free over 290 MHz with ramsinks, arctic alumina epoxy and a 92mm Vantec tornado to actively cool the card.
Infineon memory sucks for overclocking, despite what it's rated.
McBain had this to say how can 3.3ns be rated to run @ 330 and 3.0ns also be rated to run @ 330? I think I'm missing something here.
/edit....sorry....14 hours in a lab will make me blind. you said 303...not 330...
HAHAH I was going to say....
In my experience, anyone with an Infineon-based 9800 Non-Pro has been unable to run the memory in excess of 325 MHz artifact-free, despite being 3.0ns memory rated for 333 MHz operation.
I'll definately be interested in seeing how high you can get your Infineon. Maybe you'll be one of the lucky 2% that can actually get 333 MHz artifact-free operation out of it....
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If you have a Radeon 9600 or 9200 Pro (and below), the Radeon 9800 Non-Pro (even with Infineon memory modules) offers incredible performance that's on par with the Radeon 9700 Pro, especially at $199 USD.
You'll be able to overclock the core like mad on those cards, but unfortunately, the memory will be lucky to hit 325 MHz (up from the rated speed of 290).
I mean, I understand its probably not gonna go much past 330, but still why not at least 330? Which is only like 10mhz off of the pro speeds right?
Because 98% of the time, Infineon RAM will NOT reach its' rated speed.
IE, the Infineon 3.3ns memory on my 9700 Non Pro. It's rated for 303 MHz operation, yet won't run artifact free over 290 MHz with ramsinks, arctic alumina epoxy and a 92mm Vantec tornado to actively cool the card.
Infineon memory sucks for overclocking, despite what it's rated.
/edit....sorry....14 hours in a lab will make me blind. you said 303...not 330...
HAHAH
In my experience, anyone with an Infineon-based 9800 Non-Pro has been unable to run the memory in excess of 325 MHz artifact-free, despite being 3.0ns memory rated for 333 MHz operation.
I'll definately be interested in seeing how high you can get your Infineon. Maybe you'll be one of the lucky 2% that can actually get 333 MHz artifact-free operation out of it....