How far can you push your 9800/r350 Pro 128 MB?

[skreet]

I'm working on O/Cing mine, it's Hyrix chips.

I'm at 400/345 right now, mem is peaked and higher and i get artifacts up the wazoo.

Wondering what kind of luck other ATers have had.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Well, my Sapphire 9800P (flashed from a 9800NP) can run at 425/380 (slightly higher than XT speeds) with no problems on a VGA Silencer.

I had a BBA 9800NP that couldn't even hit Pro speeds because of the crappy Infineon RAM, so I know how you feel.

 

[skreet]

Are Hyrix chips bad? I'm not really sure which chips are best.

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Well, my Sapphire 9800P (flashed from a 9800NP) can run at 425/380 (slightly higher than XT speeds) with no problems on a VGA Silencer.

I had a BBA 9800NP that couldn't even hit Pro speeds because of the crappy Infineon RAM, so I know how you feel.

My BBA 9800 Pro is at 415/385. No artifacts even in D3 (which was supposed to cause probs with OC'd cards). Don't know high it could go as I haven't pushed it. Just set to 415/385 and was satisfied.

I can't say for sure what my core is (360/350), as I haven't removed the HS for fear of voiding my warranty.

I've got Samsung ram. The other possiblities are Hynix and infineon. Samsung is suppossed to be the best for OCing. Sorry, I cant remember which is the crappiest between Hynix or infineon. One of those is definately NOT a good OCer. But I'd say judging by your limitation skreet, it looks to be Hynix.

Fern

 

[Matthias99]

I can get up to about 425/365 with my Sapphire 9800Pro "Ultimate". The core could go higher with better cooling (this is the model with the Zalman heatpipe, which is silent but doesn't cool any better than the stock HSF), but the RAM won't go past 365. I think it's Samsung (2.6 or 2.8ns?), but I'd have to check.