Successfully Unlocked my x850PRO!!

Geoff

Geoff

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I just got my x850PRO yesterday, and this is what I got in 3DMark03 stock:
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Then I did some research and found that my card can be unlocked, so I flashed it with the x850XT PE BIOS, and it successfully unlocked it from 12pp to 16pp, and from 500/500 to 540/590. I havent tried oc'ing it any more yet, but I will and i'll post those benchmarks back. And this is what I got in 3DMark03 after flashing the card:
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(The only thing that changed was the video card BIOS, everything else was the same in both tests)
 
liuliuboy said:
lucky! My x850pro wouldn't unlock :(
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Does your's have VIVO, and is it AGP?

From researching I found that only cards with VIVO are able to sucessfuly unlock to 16pp.
 
[-0MEGA-] said:
Does your's have VIVO, and is it AGP?

From researching I found that only cards with VIVO are able to sucessfuly unlock to 16pp.
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Yup, it's just a Radeon ATI x850pro with Vivo agp, i tried it already but it just didn't unlock.
 
nice dude... now try flashing it to 24 pixel pipelines like mine. lol sorry i had to.
i hope you backed up the original bios... what if the card craps out on you?!
-warranty-gone-
or wait didnt u buy it refurbed
 
fade2green514 said:
nice dude... now try flashing it to 24 pixel pipelines like mine. lol sorry i had to.
i hope you backed up the original bios... what if the card craps out on you?!
-warranty-gone-
or wait didnt u buy it refurbed
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I wish, but the way my card is now, it outperforms even a 7800GT!

And yes I have a backup of the BIOS, what do you think I am? :rolleyes:
 
I suppose it is the same with the X800GTO with VIVO, since it is listed as an X800 Pro on 3Dmark. I could find out, but what were the clocks stock? The overclocked clocks are nice. Mine will not artifact in Atitool but will artifact in games, so I can't really say it is at 530/590.

I wonder if you can volt mod the card...
 
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A X800 Pro is stock at 475/450MHz (475/900MHz) 12pp. My X800RX is basically a X800 Pro, it clocks very nice when it comes to core clock. I can run it at 575/520 (575/1040) without artifacts, I'm a bit disappointed on the memory OC as it starts to artifact at 525MHz.

Nice job, Omega.
 
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Jet said:
I suppose it is the same with the X800GTO with VIVO, since it is listed as an X800 Pro on 3Dmark. I could find out, but what were the clocks stock? The overclocked clocks are nice. Mine will not artifact in Atitool but will artifact in games, so I can't really say it is at 530/590.

I wonder if you can volt mod the card...
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Stock clocks were 500/500, and there running at 540/590 from the XT PE BIOS. I can clock them a little higher, but it's not really worth it.
 
[-0MEGA-] said:
I wish, but the way my card is now, it outperforms even a 7800GT!

And yes I have a backup of the BIOS, what do you think I am? :rolleyes:
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Nice work! But I doubt that it outperforms 7800GT.. Maybe stock GT in 3DMark05 but try and run 06.. I also doubt that it´s better than 7800GT in HDR games either..and theres still 4pipes to go and 7800GT OCs pretty much :)
Hope it lasts long wih that new BIOS and OC. What brand it is? Connect3D?
 
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Nutcase said:
Nice work! But I doubt that it outperforms 7800GT.. Maybe stock GT in 3DMark05 but try and run 06.. I also doubt that it´s better than 7800GT in HDR games either..and theres still 4pipes to go and 7800GT OCs pretty much :)
Hope it lasts long wih that new BIOS and OC. What brand it is? Connect3D?
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By comparing specs side by side, the x850XT PE performs better in almost all areas. However the 7800GT is a newer card, and there are some games/test that are optimized for nVidia, so that card will win then.

And obviously my card would lose in 3DMark06, since this doesnt support SM3.

My card manufacturer is Sapphire.
 
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