My new graphics card has arived!!!

[ionicle_old]

my new graphics card has arrived from dave! and i have installed it, also i have changed that thing at the side from amd and nvidia to amd and ati! this new card is ace! it just looks so cool, and i bet between austin and dave we can have a history leason of it as i am a bit curious who bought it and when and what its life has been like lol

 

[enVias]

Alrighty, I bought it awhile back brand new from some guy on eBay.. At this time I already had my 6800 Ultra and just wanted the 9800 Pro to try it out for some reason

I used it for 5 minutes..

Then! I noticed that Dave had onboard video, and I couldn't live with that

So I sent it to Dave care of Austin and Express Post! This is when between Jim and Dave they decided that there was a 70% chance I had actually sent the card.

I actually had sent the card.

Dave got it and discovered new wonderful graphics.. He can take it from here

 

[ionicle_old]

who actually put the masive cooler on it?

 

[enVias]

who actually put the masive cooler on it?

That would be Dave You might be able to flash it to a 9800XT with that Arctic Silencer on there!

 

[ionicle_old]

what does that mean? is a 9800xt better than a 9800pro?

 

[enVias]

what does that mean?

Means you can probably turn it into a 9800XT.

 

[ionicle_old]

which means...

 

[enVias]

which means...

It'll be faster.. lol

 

[ionicle_old]

hm *wonders*.....*wonders some more*......how do you do that?

 

[enVias]

hm *wonders*.....*wonders some more*......how do you do that?

Not now Padwan, time for my bed Just overclock for the moment with ATI Tool or RivaTuner

 

[ionicle_old]

wow i can overclock it?!

 

[NickS]

Yep. Just increase the core 15MHz, ram 25MHz. That'd gain you a few points in benchies, and raise your FPS about 5-10 in most games, and it should definentally be stable .

 

[limqareb]

when you flash it you flash your vga bios, that means you do it from a floppy disk using a programm flash.exe, and be careful you might corrupt the bios if it is not done properly

 

[ionicle_old]

its stock thingy is 322.28MHz i have it now at 400.09MHz and its stable i had it at 450 but it seemed to fail all the time so 400 is good

how and where from do you get a benchmark program?

 

[NickS]

www.futuremark.com

download 3D Mark 2003.

 

[ionicle_old]

ok will do!! and i wil post my score when i have done it aswell

i got the 05 version is there any difference

wel atleast i think i did this is what it sed next to it:

3DMark 05 Full Install (Build 1.2.0)

 

[Dav0s]

glad ya got it mate.....i assume it all works ok?? and thanks austin as the money fro that card went towards this comp

 

[ionicle_old]

ya it works fine! and can you finish the "history leason" plz? lol

 

[Dav0s]

i will later.....gotta eat bbq atm im just catching up on forums being a good mod

 

[ionicle_old]

ok lol, i will wait, i just like to know the history of my componants lol, and what speed did you have it cloked at?