ATI Radeon 9800 Pro - OEM?

[@drian]

What's the difference between the OEM and Retail versions? The clock speed
is slower on the OEM?

@drian.

 

[Adam S]

What's the difference between the OEM and Retail versions? The clock speed
is slower on the OEM?

Usually the following:

Retail - Shiney box, instruction book, manufacturers guarentee, Driver
disk, possibly free game or two

OEM - Antistatic bag, no instructions, guarentee only from the shop you
brought it from, no drivers (download them) no freebees.

Adam S

 

[@drian]

Usually the following:

Retail - Shiney box, instruction book, manufacturers guarentee, Driver
disk, possibly free game or two

OEM - Antistatic bag, no instructions, guarentee only from the shop you
brought it from, no drivers (download them) no freebees.

Adam S

So if I can get an OEM version of this card, I won't have to worry about it
being underclocked or anything? I remember they did that with the 8500DV or
8500 128MB. I'm not concerned about the lack of a shiney box or anything.

@drian.

 

[Ben Pope]

So if I can get an OEM version of this card, I won't have to worry
about it being underclocked or anything? I remember they did that
with the 8500DV or 8500 128MB. I'm not concerned about the lack of a
shiney box or anything.

I think ATI stated that all cards will have the same minimum clock speeds.

Then came the 9800se...

Ben

 

[Magnus Berggren]

I think ATI stated that all cards will have the same minimum clock speeds.

Then came the 9800se...

But the SE has the same clock speeds, hasn´t it? Performs like a 9600, but
runs like a 9800. What a marketing scam.

 

[@drian]

Then came the 9800se...

What's a 9800SE?

I looked here:

http://www.ati.com/products/gamer.html

....and don't see a 9800SE.

@drian.

 

[Magnus Berggren]

What's a 9800SE?

I looked here:

http://www.ati.com/products/gamer.html

...and don't see a 9800SE.

@drian.

It´s a 9800Pro with only four of the 8 pixel pipelines working. Probably a
way of making some money on bad 9800 cores. Some people have succeded in
opening up the pipes with hacked drivers.
Basicly the same deal as they did with the early 9500np on 9700PCB-cards.
Havn´t seen any statistics on how often the mod works, though.

 

[BoroLad]

I think ATI stated that all cards will have the same minimum clock speeds.

Then came the 9800se...

Ben

Mornin! Ben.

They are all over Asia, dumping the R350 just as they did with this
R300 [ x8 Line softmod ] I'm using.

My understanding is that they can be softmodded.
So '9800SE GE-to-9800pro' performance is probable.

Go read here:

http://www.amdforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=243677

BoroLad