Bad Powercolor Radeon 9500 128MB

TJA · Jul 25, 2003, 09:08 AM

Hi,
i got a Powercolor Radeon 9500 card with 128MB and 3.6 Accesstime and just cannot get it to overclock ...
Increasing RAM or Core something over 275 or 270 (540) gives me artifacts (colors mostly). This errors sometimes take a long time to arise - so it seems to be a heatproblem ... but i never had such a problem with my Asus V9280 Ti4200 and am now hesitating to go back to NVidia :-(

Biggest problem is, that my PC produces a Beep sometimes when i play or when running 3DMark2001 for some time - even when NOT trying to overclock ... don´t know what actually is beeping - but of course this is not acceptable :-(

Idea idea, help or information for me?

Should i get th is card away or can the problem be solved?!?

I use Omega drivers 2.4.74 now, after testing just Wizards 9500->9700 softmod and then the DNA-Drivers ...
Right now, i work on top of DirectX 8, not 9 - could this be a problem?!?

:-/

~~HawK~~ · Jul 25, 2003, 09:46 AM

No it is not the ATI chipset, it is the brand....

Powercolor - Appollo and some others I can't think of at the moment
(i'm shure Judas or Uberlord knows a few, 'cause they gave the Kyro chipset a real bad name)
should be avoided like the plague, sure they cost a few bucks less but in the end you pay dearly for those !!

bring it back if you can and get a better one

TJA · Jul 26, 2003, 07:44 PM

Thanx a bunch!
I got the card away and went back to Ti4200 - hoping that i can get a another Radeon 9500 in future :-)

Nuke209 · Jul 26, 2003, 09:56 PM

^^^ sapphires and built by ati are the best...that i've used

Chaba · Jul 27, 2003, 12:57 PM

I have 128mb powercolor radeon 9500. couldn't overclock it with rivatuner/powerstrip but able to o/c to 342/324 with rage3dtweak. It also o/c well in this review, http://www.tweakbox.net/radeon95006.html

TJA · Jul 27, 2003, 08:58 PM

Quite strange ... can it be possible that different tweak-utilities give different results at overclocking!?!?
Hard to believe .... :-/
Core-Clock and Memory-Clock should always be the same thing - not differing with the toll that allows for them - or not?!?
(confused)

Jul 25, 2003, 09:08 AM	#1
TJA DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Bad Powercolor Radeon 9500 128MB Hi, i got a Powercolor Radeon 9500 card with 128MB and 3.6 Accesstime and just cannot get it to overclock ... Increasing RAM or Core something over 275 or 270 (540) gives me artifacts (colors mostly). This errors sometimes take a long time to arise - so it seems to be a heatproblem ... but i never had such a problem with my Asus V9280 Ti4200 and am now hesitating to go back to NVidia :-( Biggest problem is, that my PC produces a Beep sometimes when i play or when running 3DMark2001 for some time - even when NOT trying to overclock ... don´t know what actually is beeping - but of course this is not acceptable :-( Idea idea, help or information for me? Should i get th is card away or can the problem be solved?!? I use Omega drivers 2.4.74 now, after testing just Wizards 9500->9700 softmod and then the DNA-Drivers ... Right now, i work on top of DirectX 8, not 9 - could this be a problem?!? :-/

Jul 26, 2003, 07:44 PM	Thread Starter #3
TJA DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Re: Bad Powercolor Radeon 9500 128MB Thanx a bunch! I got the card away and went back to Ti4200 - hoping that i can get a another Radeon 9500 in future :-)

Jul 26, 2003, 09:56 PM	#4
Nuke209 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. Paul Posts: 568 Rep Power: 0	^^^ sapphires and built by ati are the best...that i've used __________________ 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX

Jul 25, 2003, 09:46 AM	#2
~~HawK~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,092 Rep Power: 0	No it is not the ATI chipset, it is the brand.... Powercolor - Appollo and some others I can't think of at the moment (i'm shure Judas or Uberlord knows a few, 'cause they gave the Kyro chipset a real bad name) should be avoided like the plague, sure they cost a few bucks less but in the end you pay dearly for those !! bring it back if you can and get a better one

Jul 27, 2003, 12:57 PM	#5
Chaba DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	I have 128mb powercolor radeon 9500. couldn't overclock it with rivatuner/powerstrip but able to o/c to 342/324 with rage3dtweak. It also o/c well in this review, http://www.tweakbox.net/radeon95006.html

Jul 27, 2003, 08:58 PM	Thread Starter #6
TJA DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Quite strange ... can it be possible that different tweak-utilities give different results at overclocking!?!? Hard to believe .... :-/ Core-Clock and Memory-Clock should always be the same thing - not differing with the toll that allows for them - or not?!? (confused)