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9800 pro 256MB to 9800XT mod
Hello,
I'm looking to buy a built by ATI 9800pro 256MB card. I found a store here in Toronto that sells these for $370CDN. This is only roughly a $60 difference from the 128MB version, so i think it's worth it. Anyways, I stumbled upon this article that tells you how to mod a 9800pro to a 9800XT: http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx...var1=92&var2=0 Apparently more recent shipments of pros have the R360 core (that the XT has) leaving the ONLY difference between the pro and XT to be in the BIOS. The board are identical, the components are identical, everything. In flashing the bios, it unlocks the XT only features, such as overdrive. So by doing this, you just saved yourself a wad of cash on a 9800XT 256MB that performs exactly the same as a genuine one In the article above, they mod a sapphire 256MB but tell you that the stock cooling is barely enough for the pro speeds, let along the XT speeds. Now heres my question: Has anyone successfully done this mod? Will the stock cooling on a non third party (built by ati) card be enough? If not which cooler would you recommend? Thanks, Kevin |
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Kevin Wagner wrote:
Hello, I'm looking to buy a built by ATI 9800pro 256MB card. I found a store here in Toronto that sells these for $370CDN. This is only roughly a $60 difference from the 128MB version, so i think it's worth it. Anyways, I stumbled upon this article that tells you how to mod a 9800pro to a 9800XT: http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx...var1=92&var2=0 Apparently more recent shipments of pros have the R360 core (that the XT has) leaving the ONLY difference between the pro and XT to be in the BIOS. The board are identical, the components are identical, everything. In flashing the bios, it unlocks the XT only features, such as overdrive. So by doing this, you just saved yourself a wad of cash on a 9800XT 256MB that performs exactly the same as a genuine one In the article above, they mod a sapphire 256MB but tell you that the stock cooling is barely enough for the pro speeds, let along the XT speeds. Now heres my question: Has anyone successfully done this mod? Will the stock cooling on a non third party (built by ati) card be enough? If not which cooler would you recommend? Thanks, Kevin ... the ATI cards are all built by third parties ... sigh (made by ATI refers to the GPU not the PCB). In other words the ATI branded cards are made by manufacturers such as Sapphire for ATI. regards @ndrew |
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On 7/14/2004 9:36 AM Kevin Wagner brightened our day with:
Hello, Apparently more recent shipments of pros have the R360 core (that the XT has) leaving the ONLY difference between the pro and XT to be in the BIOS. The board are identical, the components are identical, everything. In flashing the bios, it unlocks the XT only features, such as overdrive. So by doing this, you just saved yourself a wad of cash on a 9800XT 256MB that performs exactly the same as a genuine one In the article above, they mod a sapphire 256MB but tell you that the stock cooling is barely enough for the pro speeds, let along the XT speeds. Now heres my question: Has anyone successfully done this mod? Will the stock cooling on a non third party (built by ati) card be enough? If not which cooler would you recommend? Thanks, Kevin You're going to have to pop-off your vpu hsf in order to find out for sure whether you've got a R360 core. Some people seem to insist that its guaranteed, its not. The zalman and arctic cooler are what the majority go for, or maybe the latest vantec iceberq 4. If you've got he R360 core it's still worthwhile to flash to XT even if you have to keep the clocks down. Additional features are enabled with the BIOS flash. I've seen reports of lots of people who've done the BIOS flashing, everyone that I can remember changed the cooler. I've got a R350 with a Arctic Cooler VGA Silencer on it. Its pretty good, its definitely quiet. -- "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." - Inigo Montoya Steve [Inglo] |
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On 7/14/2004 3:35 PM @ndrew brightened our day with:
Kevin ... the ATI cards are all built by third parties ... sigh (made by ATI refers to the GPU not the PCB). In other words the ATI branded cards are made by manufacturers such as Sapphire for ATI. regards @ndrew That's a ****ing idiotic condescending useless comment. -- Steve [Inglo] |
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Inglo wrote:
On 7/14/2004 3:35 PM @ndrew brightened our day with: Kevin ... the ATI cards are all built by third parties ... sigh (made by ATI refers to the GPU not the PCB). In other words the ATI branded cards are made by manufacturers such as Sapphire for ATI. regards @ndrew That's a ****ing idiotic condescending useless comment. And why may that be you worm? @ndrew |
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