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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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> > "Skid" <sk...@comcast.NOSPAM.net> wrote in message
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> > > "George" <geo...@george.net> wrote in message
> > > news:uf_pb.30213$BX.4018@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
> > > > 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.
>
>

Yes, I've read about that too, now.  I guess the moral of the story is to
take what you read with a grain of salt.  I do stand by my contention that
my card ran hotter.  I had all kinds of problems with my games.  Everything
else ran fine.  When I rolled back to 3.7, the problems went away.