Hercules Radeon 8500 (oem) same clock rate as retail?

[gl0ry]

I heard the Hercules Prophet Radeon has the same clock rate in their retail and oem version. 250/250.... is this true? because i know the ATI is clocked at 250/230 (oem)

fogot to mention the 64mb ddr version

 

[Rand]

Hercules R8500 is clocked at 250/250 in both Retail and OEM.

FWIW, all true ATi OEM board should be clocked at 250/250 also, not 250/230.

 

[gl0ry]

what does FWIW mean? and did u just say the ati oem cards are 250/250 or did u say its true that they are 250/230 and should be 250/250

 

[Rand]

Originally posted by: gl0ry
what does FWIW mean? and did u just say the ati oem cards are 250/250 or did u say its true that they are 250/230 and should be 250/250

Sorry, it was a typo... the 'and' was meant to be 'all'. It's fixed now.

FWIW= For what it's worth.

All OEM Radeon 8500 boards manufactured by ATi are clocked at 250/250.

Third party R8500 vary in clockspeed, some as low as 230/230 all the way up to 290/290 and soon 300/300 once Gigabyte launches their 8500XT.
Of course their are also the AIW 8500DV which clocks in at 190/230.

 

[gl0ry]

u positive about the 250/250? i was gonna get one from newegg.com and under the chipset info it says 250/235.

 

[sodcha0s]

Little tip about newegg....
NEVER, EVER believe their advertised clock speeds! Especially on Radeon boards.

 

[Rand]

Originally posted by: gl0ry
u positive about the 250/250? i was gonna get one from newegg.com and under the chipset info it says 250/235.

If it's manufactured by ATi then it's 250/250 in OEM. If it's a third party board then it may well be 250/230.
As for NewEgg's listing, it's notoriously inaccurate on many products. I've found it to be incorrect more often then it's accurate.