R360...shouldn't they all run 412Mhz?

[BlindBartimaeus]

I am talking with a guy who has a R360 core ASUS 9800pro. He says it will only do 405. I thought all R360's would do atleast 412...am I wrong on this?

Thanks

 

[MercenaryForHire]

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Radeon 9800 Pro - Engine Clock (MHz) - 380

- M4H

 

[HappyNic]

well, you can say most could do 412mhz, but not all,, just most.

Did your friend overclock his ram too? if so maybe he overclock his ram to high for a high gpu stabliy,, as him to lower his ram back to stock and see how high his core/gpu can go.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: BlindBartimaeus
I am talking with a guy who has a R360 core ASUS 9800pro. He says it will only do 405. I thought all R360's would do atleast 412...am I wrong on this?

Thanks

Yes, you are wrong on this.

All 9800XT's should do at least 412MHz on the core, not all 9800 Pro's. There's a reason many of them were sold as Pro's - only the best of the best which are bin sorted go in to 9800XT's and run by default at 412MHz.

All you are guaranteed when you buy a new 9800 Pro with an R360 core is that it is the newer core; that's it.


Intel and AMD speed bin their chips too, so you shouldn't be disappointed that not all Athlon64's run at 2.4 Ghz either, for example, even though it's the same core.

 

[rgreen83]

On paper, yes as r360 was originally only launched for the 9800xt, eventually ATI stopped making R350 cores and stuck slower r360 cores on 9800 pro boards.