Originally Posted by shermstix Download Rivatuner and unlock your pipelines that way. Then if you get artifacting, you can always turn off the pipelines without having to reflash the card. If you do unlock the pipelines and it works, I would then say it is safe to get the 9800XT BIOS and flash. You will probably need some better cooling though. |
Originally Posted by simonsez Thanks for the advice. Yeah, I just ordered the Artic Rev. 3 and some ramsinks. Does the Rivatuner have documentation on how to unlock my pipelines? After unlocking my piplines, should I use ATI Tool to check for artifacts or does Rivatuner provide this feature? I'm new to tweaking. Thank for the help. |
Originally Posted by shermstix Make sure you read the Readme file that comes with the download. It will have all of the details. To check for artifacting, you should get 3Dmark'03 and run it. You will know when you get artifacting. It will look like streaks or blocks flying all over the screen. Can't miss it at all. I am not sure if you have RAM on the back of your card, but if you don't, the Arctic Silencer has RAM heat spreaders built into it. |
Originally Posted by simonsez Just found out by looking at my card, that it's an ATI 9600 PRO 256 r350 and not a 9800. I can't find anything on the RivaTuner that refers to "Pipelines". Could you explain exactly where I would find this in the software? |
Originally Posted by shermstix The 9600 Pro has no extra pipelines. Sorry but there is nothing to unlock. The only thing that you would have success with is OC'ing it to XT speeds, which can be done with good cooling and ATI tool. The Riva tuner will only work on cards that have locked pipelines. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. |
Originally Posted by simonsez Darn, well thanks sooooo much for your help shermstix. Especially taking to time to answer my tedious questions. |
Originally Posted by simonsez How would I go about flashing my 9800 Pro 256 to the XT? Thanks in advance. |
Originally Posted by shermstix ^^Exactly. The ATI tool is all you need, unless you are trying to unlock the pipes, which is why I suggested RivaTuner in the first place. Once you found out you had a 9600 instead of a 9800, that made RivaTuner useless since the 9600 has no locked pipelines. How much of an increase did you get from OC'ing?? Can you get your core and mem up to 9600XT speeds (500/600)?? |
Originally Posted by simonsez Actually, I wasn't able to hit that high. Wow 500/600!!! Mine could only get to about 440/340 I think. I'm at work so that's just from my vague memory. But it was around there. |