yea my 9800 pro is underclocked too. its core is at 324 and the memory is at 290. they should be at 380/340. so far i have had the worst experience with dell. this is the second card they have sent me. the first one was fried and my monitor has already broke. so yea, i should have built my own system

It's 16 pipes. But it's not the best card ATI has to offer..I.E it's not the X800XT Platinum Edition...it's one step down...

NuMMba2,

Those are the speeds of a non-pro, if you ordered a pro then you should ask for an exchange...

hills420,

It sounds like you have a faulty card, its the X800se that has 8 pipes, but the clock speeds don't match up

Message Edited by shunney on 07-28-2004 07:50 PM

hills420,

Yes. PM me your service tag number.

I agree. I think I received the SE model. I am going to call Dell Support tonight. When I ordered my computer, it said x800xt. Looking at ATI's website to verify the specs of this card, it says 16pipes and 520/560.

If this is not a mistake, then I was mislead. I expect to receive the correct card.

Can any moderators confirm that this is indeed the SE card and not the REAL x800xt as promised? 

How do you check how fast a card is running at?

This for Ati cards , it will tell you clock speeds, pipelines etc here

This will do Nvidia aswell as Ati here

These tools also allow you to overclock the card, but don't bother until you are sure how to use it, otherwise you could damage your card..

Message Edited by shunney on 07-29-2004 10:38 PM

I am using the Omega Drivers. There is a tab called Radlinker that will tell you the speed.

500 is correct.  Read the specs at Dell.  OEM cards are usually different from the retail version.

 

Sometimes the clock speeds are slightly different, but there shouldn't be 8 missing pipelines otherwise its not the card that is advertised