MircoDirect & 9800-PRO

[Tosk]

hi all i just got me a radeon 9800 pro ( powercolour )
and i just found out its not a pro well so the mem and core speeds showing

i just wanted ppl 2 know i used the ati tool

and the reading where not right so my m8 told me a he knows more than me

the mem chips showing

Infineon
DDR SGRAM
HY8250128323C-3.0
A
0312 SUU 17840

here is the tool showing the speed


let me know what u think, ive packed it up and sending back now gonna phone them 2mo and say im not happy with it and get me money back ok cya all im of for tea

[CoDa]

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[Stoo]

your "mate" is talking rubbish, that's a full pro, just not an XT

[Tosk]

hi yes CoDa, thats the card & stoo it is a lite version ive phoned md up and they told they bin getting the odd 1 boxed up as a lite version sayin its a pro when its a none pro, or there is some 1 who works there and as bin switching them witch is not a good thing, they gonna refund me anyway if any you get 1 check it out to see if u got a real 1 of not. thats what i did anyway

stoo, would u be happy with core:310 mem:290 i dont think so lol there the setting of a none pro with 20% less power. when it should be 380/340 give or take the odd mhz out, ah well i just wanted ppl to know as i dont any 1 to br riped of ok cya thx for the replys

[Apex]

Tosk, that 9800pro is a pro

the bus width gives it away pal

also

also i got a Sapphire 9800pro lite from ocuk so saying yours is not a pro is bs tbh pal

it's only not a pro in my eyes when the mem bus width is 128bit and not 256bit

[Tosk]

Apex, you can get none pros with 256bit rate so i dont know what your on about lol, sorry i had to say that, dont take it the wrong way tho

i only posted the info here so others new & to help out :/

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ATI 9800 Pro 380Core/340mem 256Mbit Memory Interface
ATI 9800 (Non Pro) 325Core/290mem 256Mbit Memory Interface

In my eyes its not a Pro when its runnning at Default Non-Pro Speeds with Non-Pro 3NS Memory when i paid for a Pro. Its being returned as we speak and then I can pick up a real 9800Pro running at the correct speed.

[Apex]

other thing is power colour are known to run lower mhz on there cards.

[SilentDeath]

Tosk is 100% right. 9800non pros ONLY have 256bit mem, and the clock speeds are around 325/290-310 (speeds are same as 9700pro, iirc, so 290mhz ram is because its a powercolor)

Only 9800SE versions have 128bit mem.

microirect should change there site to indicate it is a nonpro.

[ed^chigliak]

I purchased a 9800 non pro 324/290 last year so that card is wrongly advertised as a 9800pro which should be 380/340. Some cards badged as 9800pro cards hit retail with the 128bit memory interface which I find very disturbing.

I go to a car showroom and buy a Skoda 1.9Tdi and I receive a Skoda 1.4Tdi with a 1.9Tdi badge on the back is clearly wrong. What makes graphics cards any different? Trade discriptions and false advertising by ATI and their partners IMO.

[Tosk]

thx |SilentDeath|, yea they should of said its a lite or a none pro they i wouldnt of got it, thx all for posting