Fastest core speeds on video cards

[AMDgood IntelBAD]

i know this is kind of an overclocking question but how fast are the nVidia 6800(GT) and radeon x800 and 9800 cores? i downlaoded atitool and its taken my 9550 core all the way from 250 to 400??!!!??? is that normal or this dangerous? it'd shut down if i went too high right? i dont know a whoel lot about video cards but i got a heatsink with a fan on video card. it kinda makes me happy and scared at the same time anyone have some core speed knowledge or memory speed knowledge too for that matter

 

[LTC8K6]

I think that is a 9600 core and the stock speed for a 9600pro is 400mhz, so I don't think it's unusual for a 9550.

Cards today are just catching up with the 9600XT which ran at 500Mhz stock and overclocked to 600mhz. Of course, with only 4 pipes and the special black diamond construction, it was easier for the 9600XT to clock higher.

 

[coomar]

my 9600xt overclocks to 530 only but yeah you should be able to do at least 400-450 on a 9550 (i have one as well), just look 3dmark01/03/05/aquamark 3 and check for artifacting

 

[AMDgood IntelBAD]

ooooooo, my friend bought a video card and the salesguy was like atleast get the 9600, he said he had it and loved it, i didn't know much about video cards until maybe this week, i thoguth the made pixels and jut had some memory stuck on to them. it makes sense now i think, it isn't your video card that determines how good stuff looks, it just renders the image right?

 

[Leper Messiah]

who were you before you were banned?

seriously, a 9550 is just a crapptastic 9600, most likely crippled even more than usual by a 64-bit data bus. My 9800np, stock 320/290 does 480ish on the core, with some heavy duty after market cooling. You should be fine to go up a little higher.

 

[AMDgood IntelBAD]

im happy with it for $75, my friend payed $160 for his 9600 so i figure it should be better

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