ATI Radeon 8500LE 128


Recommended Posts

Hi, I recently purchased a Radeon card built by ATI (great card, very satisfied) and was wondering if over clocking the card to 300/300 MHZ will damage it over a period of time?

The reason I ask is because It appears to me that the LE is actually a full <<8500>> yesterday I over clocked it to 300/300 for a few hours and it ran without any error and lockups. I wonder if I got the 3.3 ns RAM.

Shortly after I bought my Radeon 85000 128 LE I noticed that a lot of people were posting in forums like this one that the LE is capable of running as fast or if not faster than it?s big brother the retail 8500.

Is the 8500le the same card as the 8500 with just a slight under clock i.e.250/250 vs. 275/275? If so, I would assume that oc?ing my LE would be safe?

Any info on this subject would be greatly appreciated.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

The Radeon LEs are chips that ATI has for some reason or another decided to rate at only 250MHz. rather than 275MHz. That may or may not be because the chip is not capable of running at 275MHz. It could be that ATI is getting such good yields out of their chips these days that most of them are hitting 275MHz. and above.

Anyway, if your card can run at 300/300 without locking up, then I say go for it. You won't damage your card, except possibly through excessive heat. If you have a decently-cooled system though, it shouldn't be a problem. Just watch those temps!

Good luck,

Nick

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.