I purchased the 9800 NP.

[SiegeTECH]

Circuit City will have them back in stock soon, and i prepurchased mine with the sale price. Thank god, as they are now back to 299.99 at the webpage. So what programs/advice/info do you all suggest as far as Overclocking it to the 9800 Pro levels? I also bought a new module of 512 PC2700 RAM and a 7200 rpm 80 gb western digital hd with a 8 meg buffer.. wow. After adding that ram and the HD my system is blazing fast after getting rid of those 5 year old Hard drives. My MX 440 actually runs games pretty good now! I cant wait to see the Radeon dominate. Thanks for all the previous feedback guys!

SiegeTECH

 

[GeneticWeapon]

Heya,
Congradulations on the new card, I've got one too. My card runs stable at 400/630 which is pretty good, your mileage may vary though. Your gunna piss your pants after seeing the difference between an MX440 and this new beast.
Here's the 3DMark score I got with the same card your about to get <A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=1666744" target="_new">http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=1666744</A>

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[gobeavers]

I've overclocked my Radeon 9600 pro with Powerstrip, I haven't tried anyother programs, but Powerstrip is pretty easy (slide bar up and down) so I have just stayed with it.

http://www.entechtaiwan.net/ps.htm (dl powerstrip)

 

[GeneticWeapon]

This is better <A HREF="http://www.rage3d.com/index.php?node=r3dtweak" target="_new">http://www.rage3d.com/index.php?node=r3dtweak</A> It integrates itself in with your ATi control panel and is much easier to use....dont get me wrong, Powerstrip is a great tool if you like making custom monitor drivers, and funky refresh rates, but most Radeon users use Rage Tweak.

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[gobeavers]

Thats cool, I just heard about PS, used it, worked fine, so I stuck with it...