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"George" <geo...@george.net> wrote in message
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> "Skid" <sk...@comcast.NOSPAM.net> wrote in message
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> > "George" <geo...@george.net> wrote in message
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> > > Careful with the 3.8 drivers.  I've read in other newsgroups that ATI
> > tried
> > > to overclock the processor too much, and some of them got fried.  Mine
> got
> > > so hot, I couldn't touch the heatsink.  I'm using 3.7 on an ATI Radeon
> > 7500
> > > All in Wonder on a Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 MB with a 3000+ Barton (333
> Mhz)
> >
> > Sorry, got to call BS on this one. The "OverDrive" function in the
> Catalyst
> > 3.8 drivers only works on the 9600XT and 9800XT, which have built-in
temp
> > sensors and throttle back the OC when they get too warm.
> >
> > The new drivers do absolutely nothing to overclock your Radeon 7500, or
> any
> > other non-XT card, and it won't run any hotter with those than with the
> 3.7
> > set. Your heat sink is supposed to feel hot, that's how you know it's
> > working.
> >
> > Most of us who do overclock our cards with third-party utilities or a
> hacked
> > bios use clock speeds much more aggressive than the ones ATI builds into
> the
> > new drivers with no ill effects.
> >
>
>
> Well, I hate to burst your bubble, but the fact is that my 7500 did run
> hotter using 3.8.  I do not know why .  However, to be fair, here is ATI's
> response to the problem.

Takes more than that to burst my bubble ;>)

I hope you used something more reliable than your finger to measure that
temp increase.

I give you credit for quoting ATI. They measured a single-digit rise in
specific high-stress situations. A website that tried to duplicate those
results saw no increase at all.

And I never, ever, saw any confirmation of your warning that a built-in
overclock in the Cat 3.8 drivers fried any video cards.

There was a lot of mass hysteria surrounding urban legends about monitors
being damaged by outlaw refresh rates, but that was also BS, also refuted by
ATI.