i got this powercolor radeon9600pro for testing yesterday.
i was kinda surprised it wasn't using the glued-down hsf like
reference boards did.. but rather it looked like radeon 9700.
in fact - it has the same ram as 9700pro.
but.. 0.13 process is simply amazing.. the core is sooo tiny
and no shim this time
guess they don't give a **** bout us crushing cores on el cheapo cards :P

and to be honest - it's oc results are rather disappointing.
max with def cooler was 465core/330mem.
with h20, 485core was ok, but it at 500core it did
hang right away.
but the card's soo incredibly cool.. i measured max 46C
at the backside when overclocking and running 3dmark..
r9700pro was ~65C w/ def cooler.
when watercooled, temps are like 30-34C. and that's like 10-15C
lower than 9700pro w/cooled.

so, according to temps - this is not a cooling issue. baby needs some voltage.
Anyone knows what def vgpu is for r9600pro?


first testresults with 2.8c proc and 465/330 rad were:
3dm2001se - 13165, 3dm03 - 4022

i'll look for w/cooling max and then bench with full cpu power





and.. ready to roll