How do you tell its a 9700 or a 9700pro from comp?

[fantasi]

How do you find this info out from the computer?

 

[GoNz0]

right click a blank part of the desktop and press properties > settings, will tell you there, card type attached to monitor type.

 

[dpr]

Are you asking because you think you have been sold a 9700 instead of a 9700 Pro ?

 

[LeeJend]

Its actually under:

Right Click blank area of screen - select properties - select settings - select advanced tab - select adapter. Will say at top of screen.

Or

Right click My COmputer - select manage - select device manager - select display adapter. All of your hardware is under device manager.

 

[fantasi]

yeah i did that but it just says radeon 9700 Series....=\

 

[Teddy]

and you were expecting a pro?

 

[fantasi]

yup...well thats what i thought i would get......obviously there is a difference in core and memory frequency. does anyone have a default 9700 and 9700 pro in terms of speed for each of them?

 

[trackrat]

9700

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=4431
www.ati.com/products/radeon9700/radeon9700pro/specs.html
Try these two links.

 

[theevilsithlord]

hmm thats strange... mine says 9700 pro, but i didnt buy a pro...

 

[Gary Pandher]

got lucky did u ? lol i woudn't mind that if u dont like it send it here 😛

 

[LeeJend]

Umm, didn't it say on the box or was this a used card?

You can also download sisoft sandra and under the video card info it will say

The ati web site has a comparison page where you can select 2 cards and see the differences.

If you have the pro it hsould have an overclocking option in their control panel that will show you the speeds.

 

[cryogenic]

9700 Pro should be 325 core/300 mem, if I remember correctly... I actually bought a card expecting a Pro, but it was a whitebox OEM made by powercolor. I found out much later that Powercolor doesn't clock their OEM cards as high. It came clocked @ 325/300, but would crash constantly at those speeds... I found out from Powercolor's site that it was only supposed to be 277 core, 270 mem. I run it at around 285/290 and it runs fine now. But I thought I was buying a pro. 🙁

 

[Howling Wolf]

9700 Pro should be 325 core/300 mem, if I remember correctly... I actually bought a card expecting a Pro, but it was a whitebox OEM made by powercolor. I found out much later that Powercolor doesn't clock their OEM cards as high. It came clocked @ 325/300, but would crash constantly at those speeds... I found out from Powercolor's site that it was only supposed to be 277 core, 270 mem. I run it at around 285/290 and it runs fine now. But I thought I was buying a pro. 🙁

Strange what you say, I bought a Powercolor 9800Pro (brand new, retail, but half the retail price at time it was launched about 1 year ago or so...), and it is clocked as Ati tells it should be, minus 2-3Mhz but Sazar (Ati specialist here) told me at this time is was normal to have a tiny difference from one video card to another... but mine isn't an OEM one, that should explain it... 😕

 

[lynchknot]

hehe, mine's actually a 9500pro

 

[cryogenic]

Oddly enough, ONLY the 9700 Bulk/OEM is clocked lower than its retail counterpart.... I saw a 9800 OEM that was clocked at ATI-spec. Figures, though.. my luck, I get the one junker. 🙁 I paid $280 for it a year ago, when the pros were still $400 in stores, so I don't guess it was all that bad. It plays everything I throw at it.

 

[Sazar]

the actual clocks for the 9700pro are 324/310 mhz... core/mem...

the clocks for the stock 9700 are 275/270 core/mem

an overclocking tool such as rage3d's tuner or one of various others will report your exact core/mem speeds...

 

[dpr]

There was quite a few questions a while ago at rage3d forums from people who had bought a 9700pro but thought they had been sent a 9700. There is a few ways to turn a non pro into a pro and the only way to tell the difference that I now of is by looking at the brand and model number of the memory on the actual card not by software

 

[Luna]

I have a 9500 Pro but it still shows up as a 9700 Pro.


Never could figure that out.

 

[fantasi]

oh well i think i have a 9700 pro from the speed check. thanks guys. but now, the default 320 317 is makin price of persia seem as if i overclocked it, you know when u see all those artifacts that are not suppose to be tehre. i didnt even overclock it yet 🙁. So i was thinking should i change the fan on the card with this http://www.pccasegear.com/prod1065.htm . I mean will it make a difference. Ive already got artic silver 3 so that should help. Tell me if i should buy that. thx

 

[Sazar]

the default clocks are 324/310... perhaps what you have is a flashed 9500 series card...

btw the vga silencer is apparently a decent product... several people I know have used it and say its pretty decent...