Sapphire Radeon 9500 128 mb non-Pro 160.00 SHIPPED at Newegg

[Vrangel]

Not really.

From Newegg RMA policy page:

A 15% restocking fee will be applied to all returns for refund

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Vrangel
Not really.

From Newegg RMA policy page:

A 15% restocking fee will be applied to all returns for refund

I've returned 7-8 items to them over the past 2 years (including 2 this month) and they have never charged me a penny. I know many others who have returned products to them and never been charged as well.

 

[kevman]

anyone else having problems installing the ^%#%^& card? I get ati2vdiag errors. Anyone?

HELP!!

 

[rachaelsdad]

Just got mine. It is a Saphire Radeon with 3.3 ns Infineon ram. \bios says 9500 800400.8004.
Ran the Wizard Hack for the 3.2 9800 Pro. Absolutely no Artifacts in Mark 2001 Or 2003. Card overclocks to 333 without memory artifacts and 370 on Core. Wanted to get this in so people would know that there are some good cards in this deal. By the way Morrowind at 6XAA and 8AF at 1024X768 is gorgeous.

 

[kevman]

Originally posted by: rachaelsdad
Just got mine. It is a Saphire Radeon with 3.3 ns Infineon ram. \bios says 9500 800400.8004.
Ran the Wizard Hack for the 3.2 9800 Pro. Absolutely no Artifacts in Mark 2001 Or 2003. Card overclocks to 333 without memory artifacts and 370 on Core. Wanted to get this in so people would know that there are some good cards in this deal. By the way Morrowind at 6XAA and 8AF at 1024X768 is gorgeous.

can you help? I;m gettin ati2dvag.dll stuck in infinite loop errors. How do I fix this?

PS- can't even install the catalyst drivers...

 

[StayPuff]

Originally posted by: rachaelsdad
Just got mine. It is a Saphire Radeon with 3.3 ns Infineon ram. \bios says 9500 800400.8004.
Ran the Wizard Hack for the 3.2 9800 Pro. Absolutely no Artifacts in Mark 2001 Or 2003. Card overclocks to 333 without memory artifacts and 370 on Core. Wanted to get this in so people would know that there are some good cards in this deal. By the way Morrowind at 6XAA and 8AF at 1024X768 is gorgeous.

When did you order it? (My order is still at the warehouse....:|)

 

[deals99]

kevman do you have your agp overclocked?

 

[kevman]

Originally posted by: deals99
kevman do you have your agp overclocked?

welll....my fsb is set to 146.... you think that's the problem?

 

[StayPuff]

Originally posted by: kevman

Originally posted by: deals99
kevman do you have your agp overclocked?

welll....my fsb is set to 146.... you think that's the problem?

Depends on if your motherboard has it's AGP bus locked or not.

 

[rachaelsdad]

Originally posted by: StayPuff

Originally posted by: rachaelsdad
Just got mine. It is a Saphire Radeon with 3.3 ns Infineon ram. \bios says 9500 800400.8004.
Ran the Wizard Hack for the 3.2 9800 Pro. Absolutely no Artifacts in Mark 2001 Or 2003. Card overclocks to 333 without memory artifacts and 370 on Core. Wanted to get this in so people would know that there are some good cards in this deal. By the way Morrowind at 6XAA and 8AF at 1024X768 is gorgeous.

When did you order it? (My order is still at the warehouse....:|)

Ordered it las Thursday evening.

 

[kevman]

Originally posted by: StayPuff

Originally posted by: kevman

Originally posted by: deals99
kevman do you have your agp overclocked?

welll....my fsb is set to 146.... you think that's the problem?

Depends on if your motherboard has it's AGP bus locked or not.

do you mean the 3:4 thing? I think that that gets disable beyond 133 fsb...

 

[rachaelsdad]

Originally posted by: kevman

Originally posted by: rachaelsdad
Just got mine. It is a Saphire Radeon with 3.3 ns Infineon ram. \bios says 9500 800400.8004.
Ran the Wizard Hack for the 3.2 9800 Pro. Absolutely no Artifacts in Mark 2001 Or 2003. Card overclocks to 333 without memory artifacts and 370 on Core. Wanted to get this in so people would know that there are some good cards in this deal. By the way Morrowind at 6XAA and 8AF at 1024X768 is gorgeous.

can you help? I;m gettin ati2dvag.dll stuck in infinite loop errors. How do I fix this?

PS- can't even install the catalyst drivers...

Kevman sounds like a driver conflict. First go here and download thisDrive cleaner It will clean any old drivers either NVidia or ATI or your computer.

Start up in VGA mode. Just hit f8 a bunch of times when the first boot up screen comes on
Delete any video drivers you have.
Reboot in VGA mod and run Drivecleaner
Reboot in VGA mode and install CAT 3.2
Reboot in VGA mode and intall the Control Panel
Then Reboot as Normally and you should be golden.
If the error persists there are some more Draconian measures you can Take but this should do it.

 

[kevman]

Originally posted by: rachaelsdad

Originally posted by: kevman

Originally posted by: rachaelsdad
Just got mine. It is a Saphire Radeon with 3.3 ns Infineon ram. \bios says 9500 800400.8004.
Ran the Wizard Hack for the 3.2 9800 Pro. Absolutely no Artifacts in Mark 2001 Or 2003. Card overclocks to 333 without memory artifacts and 370 on Core. Wanted to get this in so people would know that there are some good cards in this deal. By the way Morrowind at 6XAA and 8AF at 1024X768 is gorgeous.

can you help? I;m gettin ati2dvag.dll stuck in infinite loop errors. How do I fix this?

PS- can't even install the catalyst drivers...

Kevman sounds like a driver conflict. First go here and download thisDrive cleaner It will clean any old drivers either NVidia or ATI or your computer.

Start up in VGA mode. Just hit f8 a bunch of times when the first boot up screen comes on
Delete any video drivers you have.
Reboot in VGA mod and run Drivecleaner
Reboot in VGA mode and install CAT 3.2
Reboot in VGA mode and intall the Control Panel
Then Reboot as Normally and you should be golden.
If the error persists there are some more Draconian measures you can Take but this should do it.

thanks! I'll give it a shot,

After the cat 3.2, what's the Control Panel? is that an ATI thing?
See ya after the next few reboots.
Kevin

 

[kevman]

got rid of the loop error.

but now when it gets back into windows after the catalyst it doesn't recognize the 9500 as the adapter. any ideas? maybe I should try the control panel?

Kevin

 

[rachaelsdad]

In your advanced settings in the video control what does it call it? It should say 9500 and tell you your bios. If not you can manually load them. Do get the control panel for the 3.2 Cats. Give you much greater functionality.

Hey at least the Infinite loop is gone. Then maybe try the hack and see if she overclocks well.

 

[kevman]

it just has a blank for the video card.

am i supposed to install the native CD drivers before the catalyst?

 

[makor26]

What's the difference between this and the PRO version?

 

[rachaelsdad]

You can either try loading them again or manually forcing them. Right click on your desktop and click new and make a folder. Click on the ATI CAT drivers and when asked where to put them point to the desktop folder. When it asks to install just stop it. Go into properties for the video card and choose update driver then opt to install them yourself then I have CD go to the desktop folder and choose for the 9500.

Or uninstall the drivers and try the ones on the CD.

 

[kevman]

Originally posted by: rachaelsdad
You can either try loading them again or manually forcing them. Right click on your desktop and click new and make a folder. Click on the ATI CAT drivers and when asked where to put them point to the desktop folder. When it asks to install just stop it. Go into properties for the video card and choose update driver then opt to install them yourself then I have CD go to the desktop folder and choose for the 9500.

Or uninstall the drivers and try the ones on the CD.

Should I pick up the ATI control panel from AtI's website? or is there one specific for the cat dirvers?

 

[rachaelsdad]

Just go to www.rage3d.com they have both the drivers and the control panel there. Each Cat has its own control panel.
While your there check on the forums and lurk in the Tweaking and overclocking section. They will be happy to tell you how to soft mod your card and overclock it if you have a mind to.

Oh just tried 3DMark with this 160$ Radeon 9700
3DMark with a little work should be able to hit 5600.

 

[ObiGon]

Ok, just tested the newegg board on a nv7-133r and got a 3dmark03 score of 3891 with no artifacting except in the cpu test 2. I ran some other test Doom3 was checkboarding but ran ok. Nba Live 2003, Mafia, MOHAA: Spearhead, Jedi Knight 2 all ran flawlessly. No problems at all. Im really starting to think that there are no broken pipes, that this checkerboard problem has something to do with drivers or maybe even RAM to CPU sync. Im going to run the hell out of this board for the next week and ill tell you what i get.

 

[kevman]

I give up!!!

ATI has always been a problem for me with drivers and installing just to get it working normal.

I'm sending this back....didn't even get to try the stupid hack...

 

[m1ke101]

Originally posted by: kevman
I give up!!! ATI has always been a problem for me with drivers and installing just to get it working normal. I'm sending this back....didn't even get to try the stupid hack...

wow so quick to return. The same thing happened to me, but it was just a problem of installing the drivers incorrectly.

 

[SDOG34]

Format Kevman...sometimes its the only way when your computer isnt cooperating

 

[clarkmo]

Lower your fsb.Instal and raise the bus again.