Sazar, I need your Advice on my 9600pro

[Heeter]

Hi Guys,

According to powerstrip and display properties, I am running a 9600 non-pro card. (as compared to frequencies on ATI's site). I phoned ATI, they told me that my card is in fact a 9600pro (as per my p/n). They told me that if I am concerned that there is something wrong with my card, I should mail it to them for further testing. They also said that powerstrip is not a valid frequency tester. I asked them what can I use that is valid. I got no response. I would like to know what you think, do I or don't I have a valid concern that requires attention?

Attached is the powerstrip scan

 

[Heeter]

Here is the Diagnostic report from Powerstrip.......

Diagnostic report - generated on 4/8/2004
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PowerStrip build - 364
Windows build - v.5.1.2600.2.Service Pack 1
DirectX build - v.5.3.0000000.900 built by: DIRECTX
OpenGL renderer - (n/a)

System board
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Type - NVidia
AGP aperture - 512 MB
AGP transfer mechanism - Disabled
AGP non-local memory - (n/a)
AGP revision - 3.00
AGP transfer rates supported - 4x, 8x
Current AGP transfer rate - 8x
Sideband addressing - hardware support, but currently disabled
Fast write protocol - Enabled
AGP texturing - hardware support, but currently disabled

Graphics card #1
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Identity - RADEON 9600 SERIES
Memory clock - 297.00 MHz
Engine clock - 398.25 MHz
IRQ - 19, not shared
AGP revision - 3.00
AGP transfer rates supported - 4x, 8x
Current AGP transfer rate - 8x
Sideband addressing - Enabled
Display driver - ati2dvag.dll, v.6.14.10.6414
DirectX driver - ati2dvag.dll, v.6.14.10.6414
Attached monitor - FLATRON 775FT (Microsoft)
Monitor caps (1) - 1280x1024, 70kHz, 160Hz

Device enumeration
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RADEON 9600 SERIES (41501002h) - using IRQ19
ATI Display controller (41701002h)
Chaintech Audio device (011113F6h) - using IRQ17
NVidia CPU-to-PCI/AGP bridge (01E010DEh)
NVidia RAM controller (01EB10DEh)
NVidia RAM controller (01EE10DEh)
NVidia RAM controller (01ED10DEh)
NVidia RAM controller (01EC10DEh)
NVidia RAM controller (01EF10DEh)
NVidia PCI-to-ISA bridge (006010DEh)
NVidia SMBus (006410DEh) - using IRQ10
NVidia Universal serial bus (USB) (006710DEh) - using IRQ21
NVidia Universal serial bus (USB) (006710DEh) - using IRQ22
NVidia Universal serial bus (USB) (006810DEh) - using IRQ20
NVidia Ethernet controller (006610DEh) - using IRQ22
NVidia PCI-to-PCI/AGP bridge (006C10DEh)
NVidia IDE controller (006510DEh)
NVidia Firewire bus (006E10DEh) - using IRQ21
NVidia PCI-to-PCI/AGP bridge (01E810DEh)


I checked the aperture size in the BIOS, It is 128megs written in the BIOS

Heeter

 

[Xie]

Yeah I have a 9600pro .. clock should be 400/600 ... I would try another program to test clock speeds. Maybe try something like ATITool and see what clocks it shows.

 

[Sazar]

there is nothing wrong with your card...

it is showing as a 9600 SERIES card... which includes the pro... your clocks are correct for a 9600pro... nothing to worry about..

my card shows as a 9700 series card for comparison's sake...

 

[Electronic Punk]

I noticed the other day that the clcoks for the 9600xt are damn high, around 500 ? :O

 

[Sazar]

its a redone card... higher clocks on core and mem...

 

[Electronic Punk]

Yes, but thats even higher than the 9800xt :O

 

[indyjones]

true but it has half the pipelines i think.....

 

[Sazar]

EP... its on the 0.13 micron process and uses low-k dielectrics... it is only expected it would clock higher than a 0.15 micron process gpu with about 30 million more trannies and no low-k dielectrics...

 

[Heeter]

Hi Sazar,

Does my computer setup effect VPU clock speeds? ATI says so. I always presumed that clock speed on the VPU were always totally independant of the system it is sitting in.
Would you be so kind as to explain to me why 9600Pro says 400/600 (mem/eng) on ATI site and mine spits out 300/400? I did buy this card because of the numbers on their site. I guess I really would like one because so next time that I buy one, I will be better prepared to decipher what is really I am getting and what the manufacturer is saying.

Thanks you in advance,

Heeter

 

[Sazar]

your core (engine) clock is 400mhz.. or 399 if you want to nitpick 🙂

you memory clock is 300 mhz... since the memory is ddr you market it as 300x2 == 600mhz...

ergo the card you have right now is running full speed @ 400/600mhz for core/mem RIGHT NOW...

there is nothing wrong with it... it is operating @ exactly the right frequencies...

 

[Heeter]

I am sooooo Sorry, Sazar.

Completely forgot the DDR part, just never even gave it a thought throughout.

I should of known better too. Thanks a million for sticking with me.

Heeter

 

[Xie]

I am sooooo Sorry, Sazar.

Completely forgot the DDR part, just never even gave it a thought throughout.

I should of known better too. Thanks a million for sticking with me.

Heeter

oops once again I forgot about the DDR part also :/