My ATI Radeon 9700 Pro

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My ATI Radeon 9700 Pro

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Well, I've been getting major video corruption for a few weeks now so I decided to send it in for a new one (warrenties are great, aren't they?). I was pleased to hear that I may receive a 9800 in return since the 9700s are no longer produced :P

How lucky!

I know, I know, there is a minimal performace difference but I'm happy nonetheless. I'll take some benchmarks when I get the card back.
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Cool!
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Post by kuun »

dude...

thats awesome. wish i had a radeon 9700 to begin with :P
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Post by locomo10 »

How did you fit a 9700 into a BP6? I though it was a AGP x4/x8, with a different type connector than the BP6 would accept.
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hm

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As BP6 agp slot is 3.3v and your radeon is 0.8v - it means that you are going to heavily overclock your graphic card. Is it so? Maybe this is why the unproper cards can run on BP6? They are simply overclocked?
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Post by Dave Rave »

nah, the voltage doesn't determine the overclock.

the agp slot is supposed to be able to supply 3.3v, and the card takes what it needs, i think.

or, in 8x mode it runs in an 8x agp slot getting 0.8v
but as the card is a fits anything card, it will work. it's amrt, though i can't seem to spell smart at that moment
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Post by purrkur »

lukk wrote:As BP6 agp slot is 3.3v and your radeon is 0.8v - it means that you are going to heavily overclock your graphic card. Is it so? Maybe this is why the unproper cards can run on BP6? They are simply overclocked?
FWIW I don't think Derek is running the 9800 on his BP6.

In any case, I posted a link to an excellent article about AGP standards over here that nobody commented on. The article will explain the differences of the standards, voltages and what is compatable with what.
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Post by lukk »

yes I' ve read recently the article you mentioned. thank you for it :) the article is convincing and the rule 'what fits in the motherboard that would run on it' seems logical for me. I'll buy some card with 3,3v key.
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