| Mod your ATI Radeon X800 PRO vivo to a ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum |
| Written by ForzaG | |
| Tuesday, 30 November 2004 | |
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ATI RADEON X800 Pro vivo ~ $490.00 ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum ~ $700.00 =) This hack uses some bios tricks to activate some extra pipelines that were disactivated in the factory. The speed gain is about 33%. Here a Link to ATi Tool with which you can check your pipelines and clock - http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool// Before Proceeding make sure you have 1.6ns Samsung GRam. Needed files:
First of all it's save to backup the current ATI bios - Create a bootable floppy disc with flashrom on it by double clicking the Flasher+Floppy2.37.exe. - Boot with the floppy. - Type the following command line to back up your existing BIOS: flashrom -s 0 backup.bin You now have a file on the floppy disc named 'backup.bin' this is your original BIOS which you may require at a later date. Next flash to the Gigabyte X800XT BIOS for enabling the 4 locked pipelines (Floppy 'B') - Create a bootable floppy disc by double clicking the DrDos boot disc creator. - Unzip the Gigabyte Flash utility & X800 XT BIOS, then place the files on the floppy disc. - Boot with the floppy. - Type the following command line to flash the BIOS: GVF11 -p -f A:r80x256v.f1 Now flash to the ATI Retail X800 XT BIOS, for improved over clock (Floppy 'A') - Use the flloppy disc of the backup bios (leaving existing files in tact). - Place the downloaded Retail ATI X800 XT BIOS ( X800XT.bin ) on to the floppy. - Boot with the floppy. - Type the following command line to flash the BIOS: flashrom -p -f 0 X800XT.bin If you have followed the instructions carefully you should have a fully fledged ATI Radeon X800 XT 520mhz core / 560mhz memory. Due to the heat generated by the additional 4 pipelines your maximum core over clock is likely to be reduced by on average 20mhz. Submitted by user: ForzaG |
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