9700 O/C

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I have an unbranded, stock-cooled, non-pro 9700 that I occasionally
overclock a little. The core, it seems, overclocks to the low-to-mid 300s,
but the RAM suffers these speeds lightly. If I endure the awkward
installation (and heart-rending risk factor) of replacing the stock heatsink
with an Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer, how much benefit will I see? Will the
RAM actually clock higher than the low 300s reliably?
 
Martin Francis said:
I have an unbranded, stock-cooled, non-pro 9700 that I occasionally
overclock a little. The core, it seems, overclocks to the low-to-mid 300s,
but the RAM suffers these speeds lightly. If I endure the awkward
installation (and heart-rending risk factor) of replacing the stock heatsink
with an Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer, how much benefit will I see? Will the
RAM actually clock higher than the low 300s reliably?
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No?

Yes?

No and yes.

;-)
 
The VGA Silencer, at least the ones I've had experience with, does not
contact the RAM chips. Just as well, since the DDR1 BGA chips do not give
off a lot of heat.

A possibility is the grade of RAM on the non-Pro just isn't good enough for
substantial overclocks. To attain higher speeds, you will have to hard-mod
the card to pump higher voltage into the core and memory; this can be quite
risky.

BTW, the 9800XT's RAM runs at only 365 MHz. If you can clock your RAM to low
300s, then it's actually not too shabby.
 
Martin Francis said:
I have an unbranded, stock-cooled, non-pro 9700 that I occasionally
overclock a little. The core, it seems, overclocks to the low-to-mid 300s,
but the RAM suffers these speeds lightly. If I endure the awkward
installation (and heart-rending risk factor) of replacing the stock
heatsink with an Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer, how much benefit will I see?
Will the RAM actually clock higher than the low 300s reliably?
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The low 300's is REALLY good for non-pro memory. Mine can't go above 300
reliably, although I had another that could - but not by much. Most
non-pros had 3.3ns ram, or even 3.6ns. Only the ones with 3.0ns ram are
normally realiable over 300mhz - however, some 3.3ns ram is really
underrated and can handle the low 300s.
 
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