9800NP/PRO to 9800XT soft mod

ZENNZZO · 31-October-03, 03:07 PM

Now that the price of the 9800XT is at $500.00 the owners of a 9800NP/PRO have the luxury of a soft-mod...

Turn the excellent 9800NP/PRO R-350 core speed into the 9800XT's R-360 core speed...

There is also a voltage mod for the memory and core.
looks simple enough..I'll let ya know how it goes!...

Get the info while it's hot right here!!!

hawklen · 31-October-03, 03:10 PM

Pretty cool Zenn, where do you find this stuff??

ZENNZZO · 31-October-03, 03:14 PM

A Hawklen told me? Thankx Bro...

lAnonymousl · 31-October-03, 04:05 PM

Sweet. This one is going up on the links list.

Zen...the new avatar looks pimp.....except that eye is freakin me out.

ion · 01-November-03, 12:16 AM

Does anyone know if overdrive will work with a 9800PRO soft modded to a 9800XT? I didnt think 9800 pros or regular 9800s had any kind of temperature moniter.

G Money · 01-November-03, 12:58 AM

If you use the Omega Drivers their control panels has a tab were you can overclock the card on the fly.

ion · 01-November-03, 01:07 AM

That wasn't really my question. I am seriously considering flashing my 9800PRO to a 9800XT and was wondering if the Overdrive overclocking utility in the drivers would work correctly with a softmodded 9800PRO, because I don't think the 9800PRO has a heat sensor (thermal dioide). The purpose of overdrive is to moniter the GPU temperature and find an optimal overclocked setting, or so i gather.

$SOLID$ Necro · 01-November-03, 01:08 AM

I don't think they have the Temp Sensor on the the regular 9800's or Pro's.
That is supposed to be a new selling point of the XT

Hey Zenn got a new Avatar

Dude, it looks posessed

G Money · 01-November-03, 01:15 AM

I guess my point is that you can easily overclock your ATI 9800PRO card to 1GHz if you want with the Omega drivers which is the only thing you can do with your soft mod right?

ion · 01-November-03, 01:21 AM

Uh no offense G Money but i'm not sure you know what you're talking about. Quote " guess my point is that you can easily overclock your ATI 9800PRO card to 1GHz " All you would end up with (even it even allows settings that high) Is a crisped card and a voided warranty.

ZENNZZO · 01-November-03, 01:44 AM

Ion,
In the article, I belive it says to use good cooling. There is the utility for overclocking in the "tabs" under display, after the flash...I would think it overides the temp sensor and allows full time O/Cing...

G Money · 01-November-03, 02:27 AM

I know you would wind up with a fried card, but I'm just saying if you are just trying to get your speeds up...this is the easiest way.

And the quote should include "if you want" portion to your quote of me to add clarity to my previous post.

P.S. There are nude pics of Salma Hayek hidden in this picture, can you find them all???

ZENNZZO · 01-November-03, 04:56 AM

G-brah,
Oh just let me click the "OK" just once....really, then I'll give it right back to you...I wanna see what happens!!!

Nah G...it's hard to explain OC'n without them seein' how the "sliders" work...and with the XT it thermally protected...
OH BOY HUH...5% O/C if the temps are down..pfft. Gimme the
VR's and let me go!!

mot19 · 01-November-03, 02:35 PM

I got my radeon 9600 to 561 core

IT then crashed after playing a game fort like 5 minutes.

Shadowman0000 · 02-November-03, 09:41 PM

1 question.. if I can pay for a 9800 NP and soft mod it to an XT, is there any benefit to buying a 9800 pro?

Shadowman0000 · 02-November-03, 09:43 PM

oh yeah 1 more thing... can this soft mod also be done with a 9800 pro 256?

mot19 · 03-November-03, 12:00 AM

as far as i know it can even be done on every 9800 even a 9800se from what ive heard. The 256 bit version of course. But to do it on a 9800se you have to have the 2.5 ns or lower ram on it, 256 bit version, and a damn good cooler which most 9800se's dont.

M.D.K. · 03-November-03, 12:28 AM

Heh i've been trying to get my friend to do this for a while now but he's to scared.. what a wuss. H'es got a 128MB dell card, thats all i know of it. Anyone do this with this card?

FoeHammer · 03-November-03, 01:35 AM

Quote:


	Originally posted by mot19 as far as i know it can even be done on every 9800 even a 9800se from what ive heard.

Not true.

That is only true for the cards with the Samsung memory only. If you have one of the cards with memory other than the Samsung you are screwed. I know because I am one of those unlucky enough to be saddled with the Infineon memory.

Plus be advised the 9800SE's are made form the rejected cores that could not handle the stock 9800 Pro freq in all 8 pipelines. So they disable the pipelines that can't handle it and V'oila the 9800SE.

TekXoID · 03-November-03, 01:45 AM

Quote:


	Originally posted by M.D.K. Heh i've been trying to get my friend to do this for a while now but he's to scared.. what a wuss. H'es got a 128MB dell card, thats all i know of it. Anyone do this with this card?

Have him check device manager to see what card he has. Or at least a system tag.
If I know dell its probably a generic brand crap card with that load of memory as a bs-hype-vortex for n00b's to be sucked into.

31-October-03, 03:07 PM		#1 (permalink)
ZENNZZO Direct Cool Hoe	9800NP/PRO to 9800XT soft mod Now that the price of the 9800XT is at $500.00 the owners of a 9800NP/PRO have the luxury of a soft-mod... Turn the excellent 9800NP/PRO R-350 core speed into the 9800XT's R-360 core speed... There is also a voltage mod for the memory and core. looks simple enough..I'll let ya know how it goes!... Get the info while it's hot right here!!! Attached Images

01-November-03, 01:15 AM		#9 (permalink)
G Money Fuel Hoe-lio	Yah but . . . I guess my point is that you can easily overclock your ATI 9800PRO card to 1GHz if you want with the Omega drivers which is the only thing you can do with your soft mod right? Attached Thumbnails

01-November-03, 01:21 AM		#10 (permalink)
ion Apex Techie II	Uh no offense G Money but i'm not sure you know what you're talking about. Quote " guess my point is that you can easily overclock your ATI 9800PRO card to 1GHz " All you would end up with (even it even allows settings that high) Is a crisped card and a voided warranty. Last edited by ion; 01-November-03 at 01:27 AM..

01-November-03, 02:27 AM		#12 (permalink)
G Money Fuel Hoe-lio	1GHz and to infinity and beyond! I know you would wind up with a fried card, but I'm just saying if you are just trying to get your speeds up...this is the easiest way. And the quote should include "if you want" portion to your quote of me to add clarity to my previous post. P.S. There are nude pics of Salma Hayek hidden in this picture, can you find them all??? Attached Thumbnails Last edited by G Money; 01-November-03 at 02:33 AM..

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31-October-03, 03:10 PM		#2 (permalink)
hawklen PCApex's Mouthy Stepchild	Pretty cool Zenn, where do you find this stuff??

31-October-03, 03:14 PM		#3 (permalink)
ZENNZZO Direct Cool Hoe	A Hawklen told me? Thankx Bro...

31-October-03, 04:05 PM		#4 (permalink)
lAnonymousl The Who? Hoe	Sweet. This one is going up on the links list. Zen...the new avatar looks pimp.....except that eye is freakin me out.

01-November-03, 12:16 AM		#5 (permalink)
ion Apex Techie II	Does anyone know if overdrive will work with a 9800PRO soft modded to a 9800XT? I didnt think 9800 pros or regular 9800s had any kind of temperature moniter.

01-November-03, 12:58 AM		#6 (permalink)
G Money Fuel Hoe-lio	If you use the Omega Drivers their control panels has a tab were you can overclock the card on the fly.

01-November-03, 01:07 AM		#7 (permalink)
ion Apex Techie II	That wasn't really my question. I am seriously considering flashing my 9800PRO to a 9800XT and was wondering if the Overdrive overclocking utility in the drivers would work correctly with a softmodded 9800PRO, because I don't think the 9800PRO has a heat sensor (thermal dioide). The purpose of overdrive is to moniter the GPU temperature and find an optimal overclocked setting, or so i gather.

01-November-03, 01:08 AM		#8 (permalink)
$SOLID$ Necro Mastah Overclocker	I don't think they have the Temp Sensor on the the regular 9800's or Pro's. That is supposed to be a new selling point of the XT Hey Zenn got a new Avatar Dude, it looks posessed

01-November-03, 01:44 AM		#11 (permalink)
ZENNZZO Direct Cool Hoe	Ion, In the article, I belive it says to use good cooling. There is the utility for overclocking in the "tabs" under display, after the flash...I would think it overides the temp sensor and allows full time O/Cing...

01-November-03, 04:56 AM		#13 (permalink)
ZENNZZO Direct Cool Hoe	G-brah, Oh just let me click the "OK" just once....really, then I'll give it right back to you...I wanna see what happens!!! Nah G...it's hard to explain OC'n without them seein' how the "sliders" work...and with the XT it thermally protected... OH BOY HUH...5% O/C if the temps are down..pfft. Gimme the VR's and let me go!!

01-November-03, 02:35 PM		#14 (permalink)
mot19 Apex Tech God	I got my radeon 9600 to 561 core IT then crashed after playing a game fort like 5 minutes.

02-November-03, 09:41 PM		#15 (permalink)
Shadowman0000 Apex Advanced Techie	1 question.. if I can pay for a 9800 NP and soft mod it to an XT, is there any benefit to buying a 9800 pro?

02-November-03, 09:43 PM		#16 (permalink)
Shadowman0000 Apex Advanced Techie	oh yeah 1 more thing... can this soft mod also be done with a 9800 pro 256?

03-November-03, 12:00 AM		#17 (permalink)
mot19 Apex Tech God	as far as i know it can even be done on every 9800 even a 9800se from what ive heard. The 256 bit version of course. But to do it on a 9800se you have to have the 2.5 ns or lower ram on it, 256 bit version, and a damn good cooler which most 9800se's dont.

03-November-03, 12:28 AM		#18 (permalink)
M.D.K. Apex Tech Maniac Supreme	Heh i've been trying to get my friend to do this for a while now but he's to scared.. what a wuss. H'es got a 128MB dell card, thats all i know of it. Anyone do this with this card?

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