FIC Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb

     Back in the day, FIC was one of the first manufacturers affiliated with AMD. during the period of time that the Athlon came to be a force to be reckoned with FIC proudly strutted their stuff with the AMD 750 chipset featured SD-11. The SD-11 was a very simple board, but for me it was my very first DYI system, and it never hiccupped one time during the time that I had it. I learned a lot back in that day, and I also learned that if it ain't broke why fix it. with Asus, EPoX, ABIT, and others having problems with their debut Athlon boards, the SD-11 just kept running, and running, and running. As you can already tell I have a soft spot for FIC, and over the years I have seen them always sticking to the same marketing theory with no tricks. Well, FIC is sticking with that philosophy, and with their somewhat newly acquired OEM licensing with ATI, I can say that they hit the bull's-eye. Why is this? Well, their 9800 Pro is just downright overclockable, and that is what ClubOC is about.. So lets skip the frills and colorful PCB's and get dirty as we try, yes I said try, to kill this card... That is of course if it can be killed...

Specifications

     The Radeon 9800 Series expands what is visually possible on the PC. SMARTSHADER 2.1, full floating-point precision, and industry-leading memory architecture, allow the RADEON 9800 Series to execute complex effects in real-time. With the most advanced and comprehensive feature set, fully supporting Microsoft DirectX 9.0 and OpenGL 2.0, developers can now create vibrant digital worlds full of lush environments and stunning effects.

VPU
RADEON™ 9800Pro

Core/Memory clock
380MHz/340MHz

Advanced 3D Features
SMARTSHADE 2.1
SMOOTHVISION 2.1
HYPER Z™ III+
TRUFORM
VIDEOSHADER™

Memory Type
128MB DDR
RAMDAC 400MHz

Bus Type
AGP 8X or 4X compatible

Display Support
VGA Connector
TV-out
DVI-I

Maximum 3D Resolution
2048 x 1536 x 75Hz

OS Support
Windows® ME
Windows® 2000
Windows® XP

Bundled Software
CyberLink® PowerDVD 4.0