Just purchased new card. Need input.

[gvblake22]

Yeah, need to watch out for those dueling monitors, they get feisty. Almost as bad as duel core processors!!!

[Banditman]

Now here is something odd.....

According to BFG's web site .. >>BFG Technologies<< , my 7800 should have a clock speed of 400 mhz and a memory clock speed of 1.25ghz. Now the display properties control panel says that core clock is at 400 mhz and the memory is at 2.5ghz. I did not and have not touched the frequencies at all. What gives?

Edit: Just a little note that my card does not look like the one pictured in that link but that is the one I purchased. The one I RECIEVED looks like it in general but this one has a copper heatsink clear plastic heatsink cover and a clear plastic fan.

[stinger608]

Originally Posted by Banditman

Now here is something odd.....

According to BFG's web site .. >>BFG Technologies<< , my 7800 should have a clock speed of 400 mhz and a memory clock speed of 1.25ghz. Now the display properties control panel says that core clock is at 400 mhz and the memory is at 2.5ghz. I did not and have not touched the frequencies at all. What gives?

Edit: Just a little note that my card does not look like the one pictured in that link but that is the one I purchased. The one I RECIEVED looks like it in general but this one has a copper heatsink clear plastic heatsink cover and a clear plastic fan.

Yea, its double the rating!!! Hence the DDR!!!

That is why it is showing up as 2.5......Double 1.25

[Banditman]

DOH!!!!!

[Lead Head]

You ram cannot be running at 1.25/2.5 GHz. There is just no way. Even 8800GTXs with much better ram then that 7800 has have trouble getting to those speeds!

I just looked at some reviews of the card, the ram in fact runs at 625MHz, and 1.25GHz is the DDR speed.

BFG Geforce 7800 GS OC AGP Review - Page 2 - Bundle & Features

[Banditman]

Originally Posted by Lead Head

You ram cannot be running at 1.25/2.5 GHz. There is just no way. Even 8800GTXs with much better ram then that 7800 has have trouble getting to those speeds!

I just looked at some reviews of the card, the ram in fact runs at 625MHz, and 1.25GHz is the DDR speed.

BFG Geforce 7800 GS OC AGP Review - Page 2 - Bundle & Features

Ok, tell me how you take a screen cap and I'll show you.

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by Banditman

Ok, tell me how you take a screen cap and I'll show you.

Press the "PrtScn" key on the keyboard (located to the right of F12 and above the Home key). Then open up MS Paint and paste the image and save it as a JPG.

[Banditman]

Originally Posted by gvblake22

Press the "PrtScn" key on the keyboard (located to the right of F12 and above the Home key). Then open up MS Paint and paste the image and save it as a JPG.

LMAO, I havent used that button since DOS back when I was teaching myself basic language 15 years ago!

Originally Posted by Lead Head

You ram cannot be running at 1.25/2.5 GHz. There is just no way. Even 8800GTXs with much better ram then that 7800 has have trouble getting to those speeds!

I just looked at some reviews of the card, the ram in fact runs at 625MHz, and 1.25GHz is the DDR speed.

BFG Geforce 7800 GS OC AGP Review - Page 2 - Bundle & Features

Here is what Nview properties says:

Originally Posted by Banditman

Now here is something odd.....

According to BFG's web site .. >>BFG Technologies<< , my 7800 should have a clock speed of 400 mhz and a memory clock speed of 1.25ghz. Now the display properties control panel says that core clock is at 400 mhz and the memory is at 2.5ghz. I did not and have not touched the frequencies at all. What gives?

Edit: Just a little note that my card does not look like the one pictured in that link but that is the one I purchased. The one I RECIEVED looks like it in general but this one has a copper heatsink clear plastic heatsink cover and a clear plastic fan.

Here it an actual pic of what I recieved. This is not my system:

[Lead Head]

Originally Posted by Banditman

Here is what Nview properties says:




Here it an actual pic of what I recieved. This is not my system:

Its a bug by Coolbits. Its impossible for the ram on that card to run that fast with extensive coolings and voltage bumps. Download ATI Tool or rivatuner, that should tell you.