9800 N/P w/infineon Scores
Ok guys,
Finally installed and ran some tests on the circuit city 200$ n/p deal. It has the infineon ram @ 3ns rated @ 330mhz.
Heres the results:
4872 3dmark 03 340/290(Stock)
5422 3dmark 03 380/315
5540 3dmark 03 380/330
N/A 3dmark 03 380/340 Heavy Artifacting
Not too shabby eh?
What do you guys think I should do? Just use Rage3d tweak to keep it, or flash it with the other bios that runs the mem @ 325.
Also, a little quirk, with the 3dmark03 running, there was a wierd stutter in all of the tests except the plane one. Like it would run 20-30 frame and then just 'skip' a frame. Very odd, but no artifacting.
Finally installed and ran some tests on the circuit city 200$ n/p deal. It has the infineon ram @ 3ns rated @ 330mhz.
Heres the results:
4872 3dmark 03 340/290(Stock)
5422 3dmark 03 380/315
5540 3dmark 03 380/330
N/A 3dmark 03 380/340 Heavy Artifacting
Not too shabby eh?
What do you guys think I should do? Just use Rage3d tweak to keep it, or flash it with the other bios that runs the mem @ 325.
Also, a little quirk, with the 3dmark03 running, there was a wierd stutter in all of the tests except the plane one. Like it would run 20-30 frame and then just 'skip' a frame. Very odd, but no artifacting.
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Then, download the infineon bios, convert the values to 380/330 and flash away
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It's the generic 9800 Non-Pro BIOS, with modified clock speeds of 380/330.
Flash it according to my 9800NP guide here @ SM. Make sure to make a backup of your current BIOS just incase something doesn't work right (just to be on the safe side).
I haven't done it yet. I'm lazy and hungover.
I'll let ya know.
I got mine to 380/330. For 200$ I think its a helluva deal. I think simguy would advise that not all infineon is made equally and others sucess may vary. I think my buddy is getting one for christmas so I'll let y'all know how his o/c goes.
Xenogeared, you can flash a 9800NP with Infineon with a special BIOS that can be modified to lower clock speeds on the memory (ie, stock 9800 Pro with Samsung is 380/340, while the most Infineon memory can reach is 325-330.
So, I hacked together a BIOS with a rating of 380/330 for McBain and he flashed it onto his card. It now operates just shy of a real 9800 Pro, but still faster than a normal 9800 Non-Pro
Glad to know everything worked out McBain
Try testing it at 5 MHz increments...
I'll say 400 isn't out of the question.
Definately what Keto said. I keep my 9800 Non-Pro Samsung @ 380/340, but manually adjust the card with a new program by W1zzard that overclocks the core/memory in real time to 412/365.
That way, if the card ever starts to act up wierd, I can back the clock off to 380/340 without a problem, yet still maintain that level of operation, even if I don't have the overclocking program installed.
Cards are very different. Just because one card overclocks as high as another, doesn't mean that you are guarunteed that yours will overclock the same.
All depends on the ASIC revision included on your card and how mature the process was when your ASIC was produced.
Again, the cores are all different, but with stock cooling, I'll say 400-420 is not out of the question.
Once the temperature gets too high, the card throttles back, but will never go less than stock speed (412).
The memory does not get overclocked automatically.
Hence, overclocking the core helps significantly in increasing performance in today's games.
Memory really doesn't become an issue until you crank the AA & AF on