Sapphire/ATI 9600XT works at 525M

**MIG-31** · Nov 14, 2003, 09:04 AM

for those interested in 9600xt.

Sapphire/ATI 9600XT works at 525MHz

Sapphire, the mother of most of the Radeons in the market has just introduced a card that works at 525MHz and not the 500MHz ATI showed us five weeks, three days, ten hours, sixteen minutes and twelve seconds ago, precisely.

ATIs reference clock speed for Radeon 9600XT is a 500MHz core and 600MHz memory and the card still doesnt need a power plug while the printed circuit board (PCB_ is significantly smaller than the FX 5700 Ultra that looks like Geforce 4 TI 4600 and needs extra power to run.

Even the Radeon 9600XT has its overdrive driver featuring the legal overclocking where your card will run faster if its not too hot. Even when you dont turn this feature on, Sapphire decided to run at 525 MHz at the same price.

We are talking about a retail card that we just unpacked from one of the first European retail Radeon 9600XT boxes.

The card also features Tomb Raider AOD game and Half Life 2 voucher but this time a real one with a real surface to scratch.

I would expect that many other ATI partner cards will run at 525MHz except on 500MHz since this seems to be just enough to match FX5700 Ultra.

We reckon that this is what ATIs re-spin was all about to get the chips to run even faster. In that light the Radeon 9600XT that runs at 525MHz is the fastest graphics chip built so far.

Erroneus · Dec 31, 2003, 04:05 PM

I'm getting the 256mb version next week

But has anyone seen any tests on the net, I cant seem to find any :/

Chaos · Dec 31, 2003, 04:27 PM

I hope you are saying a 9600XT with 256 Megs because the 9600 with 256 Megs is packing very slow memory....

Quote:

Originally posted by Erroneus
I'm getting the 256mb version next week But has anyone seen any tests on the net, I cant seem to find any :/

**MIG-31** · Dec 31, 2003, 04:32 PM

i can not say which version card it is as i can't remember where i seen the article when i posted it.

Erroneus · Dec 31, 2003, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Chaos
I hope you are saying a 9600XT with 256 Megs because the 9600 with 256 Megs is packing very slow memory....

It is a 9600XT and it's running 525 @ core and 600 @ ram.

I did find a german test, and they also specified the speeds to be 525@core and 600@ram, but they didn't OC the card

But guess i have to wait and try it out my self :P

HolyAvenger · Jan 1, 2004, 01:56 AM

Hm, I have a Sapphire 9600 XT with 256 MB, and it runs stock 500 out of the box. Haven't bothered overclocking it yet, as it's fast enough as it is for me.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jan 1, 2004, 02:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by HolyAvenger
Hm, I have a Sapphire 9600 XT with 256 MB, and it runs stock 500 out of the box. Haven't bothered overclocking it yet, as it's fast enough as it is for me.

it wasn't for only 4 pixel pipe lines if they had 8 these would rival a 9800 pro

H82LUZ · Jan 3, 2004, 01:03 PM

Uhm you get 525 mhz core when you enable OverDrive on the XT cards .

HolyAvenger · Jan 3, 2004, 04:37 PM

Except that I don't get the overdrive tab in either the official 3.10 or the latest Omegas....

Erroneus · Jan 3, 2004, 08:19 PM

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Originally posted by HolyAvenger
Except that I don't get the overdrive tab in either the official 3.10 or the latest Omegas....

Because some of the Sapphire 9600XT doesn't have the tembprobe and therefore Overdrive can't be used.

H82LUZ: 525 is standard on this card, and not 500 like other models.

Nov 14, 2003, 09:04 AM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,804 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Sapphire/ATI 9600XT works at 525M for those interested in 9600xt. Sapphire/ATI 9600XT works at 525MHz Sapphire, the mother of most of the Radeons in the market has just introduced a card that works at 525MHz and not the 500MHz ATI showed us five weeks, three days, ten hours, sixteen minutes and twelve seconds ago, precisely. ATIs reference clock speed for Radeon 9600XT is a 500MHz core and 600MHz memory and the card still doesnt need a power plug while the printed circuit board (PCB_ is significantly smaller than the FX 5700 Ultra that looks like Geforce 4 TI 4600 and needs extra power to run. Even the Radeon 9600XT has its overdrive driver featuring the legal overclocking where your card will run faster if its not too hot. Even when you dont turn this feature on, Sapphire decided to run at 525 MHz at the same price. We are talking about a retail card that we just unpacked from one of the first European retail Radeon 9600XT boxes. The card also features Tomb Raider AOD game and Half Life 2 voucher but this time a real one with a real surface to scratch. I would expect that many other ATI partner cards will run at 525MHz except on 500MHz since this seems to be just enough to match FX5700 Ultra. We reckon that this is what ATIs re-spin was all about to get the chips to run even faster. In that light the Radeon 9600XT that runs at 525MHz is the fastest graphics chip built so far. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Dec 31, 2003, 04:05 PM	#2
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,415 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	256mb tests? I'm getting the 256mb version next week But has anyone seen any tests on the net, I cant seem to find any :/ __________________

Dec 31, 2003, 04:32 PM	Thread Starter #4
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,804 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	i can not say which version card it is as i can't remember where i seen the article when i posted it. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Jan 1, 2004, 01:56 AM	#6
HolyAvenger DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 83 Rep Power: 0	Hm, I have a Sapphire 9600 XT with 256 MB, and it runs stock 500 out of the box. Haven't bothered overclocking it yet, as it's fast enough as it is for me.

Jan 3, 2004, 01:03 PM	#8
H82LUZ HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cobourg ,Ontario ,Canada Posts: 114 Rep Power: 55 System Specs	Uhm you get 525 mhz core when you enable OverDrive on the XT cards .

Jan 3, 2004, 04:37 PM	#9
HolyAvenger DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 83 Rep Power: 0	Except that I don't get the overdrive tab in either the official 3.10 or the latest Omegas....