any other easy mod for my 9800pro (pic inside)

[rlc]

alright.... i dragged my friend to help me mount this amd 3200+ stock heatsink onto my sorry ass 9800 pro.... you would think i can benefit from some of these cooling and oc more, but......

i only gained close to 20mhz on the core and NONE on the memory (even w/ ramsinks). at the moment, my highest clock speed on this 9800 pro is 433/371 (am i too greedy? or this is a good oc already?)

here is the video card sitting nicely in the agp slot...
http://www.hhc-r.com/ebay/pc2.jpg

and here is an overall top view....
http://www.hhc-r.com/ebay/pc1.jpg

i don't think the agp voltage help out anything for the OC, is there any other mod can be done at this? (have to be easy mod)
btw, i am only setting the agp voltage at 1.6 (too low or too high?)

thx guys!

[DeathMonk]

I replaced my cooling on my R9800p and added ramsinks. I'm at 443/371.

vee mods, you needith da vee mods.

[rlc]

Originally posted by DeathMonk
I replaced my cooling on my R9800p and added ramsinks. I'm at 443/371.

vee mods, you needith da vee mods.

.... sounds very hard man.. i am not good w/ those stuff

[DeathMonk]

Sadly, that's the only way you'll be able to get more out of it. Nice job on the mod though :)

[Endre]

I wouldn't say 20 MHz increase is bad, but it seems like you haven't been very lucky with your card. It's not very bad, but good cards do 430-450 with stock cooling.

An easy "mod" you can try is to flash to XT-bios, this can get the memory on the card higher since it gets higher voltage, it will also give increased performance in some games.

[Professor12]

I would suggest trying the core vmod as it is not too difficult or dangerous if your thorough (and not using a iron hot enough to desolder that resistor :)). The point at which you have to solder onto is relatively large as vmods go and there are convenient grounds located nearby (or elsewhere as you please). Also I wouldn't flash the xt bios if you don't want to risk your card... unless you have the 256 mb version of the 9800 pro you shouldn't flash the xt bios.

[kromosto]

really a ugly overclocker mine was 460 out of box without any artifacts 465 artifacts starts but still benchable with artic cooling 475 with water 500 and when added it vmods 533 :)

[Endre]

Originally posted by Professor12
Also I wouldn't flash the xt bios if you don't want to risk your card... unless you have the 256 mb version of the 9800 pro you shouldn't flash the xt bios.
You can flash with a modded 128MB bios. And if you have a PCI-card it's no problem to flash back.

But do the vmods, if you're scared you can practice on some old hardware you have. :)

[rlc]

Originally posted by kromosto
really a ugly overclocker mine was 460 out of box without any artifacts 465 artifacts starts but still benchable with artic cooling 475 with water 500 and when added it vmods 533 :)

yeah... tell me about it... :bsod: