hi there all.
i know, its the "easiest" card to OC and does really well overclocked... but im an idiot so...
i have a sapphire radeon 8500 (based on the 8500LE) 64MB AGP card.
ive read online that this card SHOULD have a clock of 275/300 out of the box. mine came as a 250/250. when i attemped to bump these up to what the "standard" is for my card i got heavy artifacting.... in windows! it was like having a green morie pattern superimposed on my screen with transparancy on.
after cleaning out my pants... (this is the only good card i have ATM... poorness sucks
and restarting the card returned to 250/250
now for my questions.
1: whats up with the 250/250 thing
2: why did it reset back to 250 core 250 mem
3: what other fun things can i do to this card for extra power without extra cooling? im not looking to go hardcore or anything...(ive never overclocked before but im a fairly experienced computer used besides that point.)
ive heard of volt modding them with lead from a good 'ol yellow #2 whitch leads me to my next question
4: what does volt modding do and how safe is it?
anyhoo
rock on!
i know, its the "easiest" card to OC and does really well overclocked... but im an idiot so...
i have a sapphire radeon 8500 (based on the 8500LE) 64MB AGP card.
ive read online that this card SHOULD have a clock of 275/300 out of the box. mine came as a 250/250. when i attemped to bump these up to what the "standard" is for my card i got heavy artifacting.... in windows! it was like having a green morie pattern superimposed on my screen with transparancy on.
after cleaning out my pants... (this is the only good card i have ATM... poorness sucks

now for my questions.
1: whats up with the 250/250 thing
2: why did it reset back to 250 core 250 mem
3: what other fun things can i do to this card for extra power without extra cooling? im not looking to go hardcore or anything...(ive never overclocked before but im a fairly experienced computer used besides that point.)
ive heard of volt modding them with lead from a good 'ol yellow #2 whitch leads me to my next question
4: what does volt modding do and how safe is it?
anyhoo
