Best Bios for a 9800 Pro

[VoXie]

Howdy:

I just got an ATI Radeon 9800 pro card (128MB version) and was wondering if a Bios upgrade will help my overclock? My current best overclock is 396 core/351 memory. Thanks in advance for the help. :)

[Karnivore]

sheesh, seems like a pretty weak card, might want to check the TIM on the GPU, mine was a very poor aplication, and extremely poor contact, those springs holding the HSF on are pretty weak as well....

Originally mine clocked around 411/370, new TIM on Core about 431/380, but blazing hot, VGA silencer 440/380, and noticeably cooler..


EDIT: BTW, i tried a few different bios on mine with no difference, if your is an R360 core you might see some slight performance gains with an XT bios.

[VoXie]

I can definitely recheck the TIM, but I'm using liquid cooling on the GPU and ramsinks on both sides of the memory.