okie... thanks very much for your useful info..

good card u got there.. the pcb is actually a real 9600pro/xt board.
its easily to find a good bios thats compatible....

wats ur marking on the ram?? the wordings

btw, when did u got it and where? think this version is quite rare.

thks

your RAM is 5ns


This post has been edited by CHAILEE: Mar 6 2005, 12:46 PM

i got it at kuching pc fair , .... i satisfy with default core clock 459mhz ,
but the ram seems lousy.. default at 200mhz ... only able to oc to 250mhz... it's 5.0ns !!!!!!! such a lousy ones...

my gecube 9550 extreme only able to reach 450/650
do i need to increase the AGP voltage to 1.7v?
i try 1.6v still can get higher

I think its not advisable for stock HSF to go beyond 1.6V...
But then, i can reach 500Mhz at 1.48V....
how come ur one at 1.6 can only do 450Mhz??

A 9600xt is doing 500Mhz at 1.5V also... since its the same core, i think it should be the same....

Its not adviseable becoz i reckon the stock HSF is not so efficent in term if working outside stock value. The lifespan of the product might shorter due to the excessive heat.

Maybe u can follow Dead_man and mod a AMD HSF on the core before ocing more.

U r one unlucky man, got a good PCB with these ram... wat a waste...

500 is not bad already.. also I believe the RAM speed dun affect as much as the CORE speed.

U see a big difference in 400Mhz and 500Mhz??
but 100Mhz difference in a core can be alot.

maybe can attach some ram sink on the ram and clock more.
wat is the brand of the ram btw??

my default is 1.5V but only can reach 450/650
when i set it to 1.6v still can't increase the core speed
mine is samsung 3.3NS

huh... wait a minute...

wats ur edition of card again??
and wats ur core??

he's talking about the vAGP option in the mainbaord bios. it rarely affects overclockability.

man...u are dead....congrats to you

just to follow ur instruction

This post has been edited by ^KamilskaZ^: Mar 7 2005, 11:15 PM

mine is REV 2.1
default core is 432/277

do the pencil mod then....

I tried the mod. For the core I got it running at 535 at 1.63v.
But..... i have no luck with the memory though.
Accidently applied too much voltage for it.
Now got those vertical line artifact all over the place.
I think i fried my gc.
Solutions?

well, did you remove the graphtie line again? i once bumped up my voltage to 3v artifacts, removed the graphite line, and presto, it worked again.

brave soul, btw.. default cooling??

Dead_Man
I did remove the graphite line but the artifacts are still there.
I give it another try this weekend.

rx8
I'm on VGA Silencer Rev 3
Now I'm bock on my old trusty geforce2 mx100

This post has been edited by die_257: Mar 31 2005, 01:13 PM

I just got mine today, and i must say i am rather disappointed with this card. It seems cheaply made all round. The PCB has sharp edges which they did not bother to sand down and the stock heatsink screams CHEAPY. Doesn't even contact the memory chips properly.

serious? I think its pretty decent. The stock cooler is rated quite good compared to other brand in fact.... u shd check out other brand's stock HSF.

Other brand dun even bother to cover the RAM with anything....

Cant really expect much from stock HSF.

That cap they used is from sanyo... thats kinda good in fact.

sharp edges.... dunno about that. I havent see a card with round edge thou....
U know of any??

Btw, im not a fanboy of this card... just posting my own opinion.

Also, its probably not wise to get this card at the moment due to the 6600non pro series....

(i'd like to thank arj to moving this to essential reviews and guides)

btw, the coltage regulation ic has an input of 12v. my overclocking of core seems to be limited after setting the voltage over anything than 1.6v. i believe the core might not be getting enough current (not voltage, remember two diff things here).

if i connect my psu 12v to the ic's 12v input will my core get mroe current? i'm askling mroe the absolute vmod pros or electronic experts here. would appreciate any info.

here the ic datasheet:
http://www.onsemi.com/pub/Collateral/NCP1571-D.PDF