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I got my new card today (radeon 9800AIW, hope it softmods) but i need to know how i go about installing these wily devices?
Can anyone help?
Can anyone help?
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cookie monster wrote:
> Well i had it at 385/355.
>
Sweet
> But i started my comp and found some artifacting on the boot up
> screen, so ive lowered it to 380/338 for now.
Still good--> is that using Rivatuner?
> Well i had it at 385/355.
>
Sweet
> But i started my comp and found some artifacting on the boot up
> screen, so ive lowered it to 380/338 for now.
Still good--> is that using Rivatuner?
Insane Bartender wrote:
> This is why it's nice to be loaded. I'm not going to bother screwing
> around with my card once I upgrade. I'll just pay loads more for the
> best on the market.
Lol, yeah but you get less satisfaction that way.
The soft thing way you get to laugh at people who do pay more :o)
> This is why it's nice to be loaded. I'm not going to bother screwing
> around with my card once I upgrade. I'll just pay loads more for the
> best on the market.
Lol, yeah but you get less satisfaction that way.
The soft thing way you get to laugh at people who do pay more :o)
Well i had it at 385/355.
But i started my comp and found some artifacting on the boot up screen, so ive lowered it to 380/338 for now. Im considering swapping drivers though. Maybe going for the omegas.
But i started my comp and found some artifacting on the boot up screen, so ive lowered it to 380/338 for now. Im considering swapping drivers though. Maybe going for the omegas.
This is why it's nice to be loaded. I'm not going to bother screwing around with my card once I upgrade. I'll just pay loads more for the best on the market.
adrian wrote:
> the only way to get a 9800 to a 9800 Pro is to overclock it.
Which is why im going to overclock it. :)
> the only way to get a 9800 to a 9800 Pro is to overclock it.
Which is why im going to overclock it. :)
I dont know if its performing as a 9800Pro Cookie Monster.
Taken from a site
9800 has VPU 325mhz RAM is 290mhz
9800 Pro has VPU 380mhz RAM is 340mhz
9800XT has VPU 412mhz RAM is 365mhz
So unless the chipset is altered which according to http://www.ati.com /products/ radeon9800/radeon9800pro/specs.html is not the case then the only way to get a 9800 to a 9800 Pro is to overclock it.
Taken from a site
9800 has VPU 325mhz RAM is 290mhz
9800 Pro has VPU 380mhz RAM is 340mhz
9800XT has VPU 412mhz RAM is 365mhz
So unless the chipset is altered which according to http://www.ati.com /products/ radeon9800/radeon9800pro/specs.html is not the case then the only way to get a 9800 to a 9800 Pro is to overclock it.
unknown kernel wrote:
> cookie monster wrote:
> Ha, this thing softmods like a dream.
>
> 2789 on the mutlifilrate test in 3dmark01.
>
> Best value for money ever.
>
> What sort of scores were you getting before?
Before the mod the multifilrate test score was around the 1500 mark.
> I don't really understand this soft-modding lark. Is the driver the
> only difference between the pro and the whatever? And how much
> cheaper is it?
My card was £171.55 and it has the All in wonder features (built in tv card etc), the 9800pro would have cost £287.50. So a hacked driver saved me over £100. You should be aware though, the success rate of the mod working is about 67%. Even with my mod i get artifacts appearing when some effects are displayed, though they are only minor.
> I'd investigate these things myself but due to a hilarious chain of
> circumstances I'm surfing the net on a text only browser while my PC
> compiles an entire OS at minus the speed of light.
> cookie monster wrote:
> Ha, this thing softmods like a dream.
>
> 2789 on the mutlifilrate test in 3dmark01.
>
> Best value for money ever.
>
> What sort of scores were you getting before?
Before the mod the multifilrate test score was around the 1500 mark.
> I don't really understand this soft-modding lark. Is the driver the
> only difference between the pro and the whatever? And how much
> cheaper is it?
My card was £171.55 and it has the All in wonder features (built in tv card etc), the 9800pro would have cost £287.50. So a hacked driver saved me over £100. You should be aware though, the success rate of the mod working is about 67%. Even with my mod i get artifacts appearing when some effects are displayed, though they are only minor.
> I'd investigate these things myself but due to a hilarious chain of
> circumstances I'm surfing the net on a text only browser while my PC
> compiles an entire OS at minus the speed of light.
The 9800 Non pro already has 8 pipelines and that's enough I'm gonna say about it!
http://www.ati.com /products/ radeon9800/radeon9800pro/specs.html
Note this is actually the R9800 not the Pro.
http://www.ati.com /products/ radeon9800/radeon9800pro/specs.html
Note this is actually the R9800 not the Pro.
Graphics cards are strange piece's of computer hardware.
New ATI cards are usually set in 3 generations: -
9xxx - Bottem end of the pile
9xxxPRO - Faster clock speeds then the original, With a few other things
9xxxXT - Essentially just a PRO with faster clock speeds
The card that cookie got is Radeon 9800, The "bottem" end. But, People have discovered that if you install a specially "hacked" driver to the card, it opens it up to PRO speeds, making it a cheap card but runs as the expensive version.
It's called softmodding because
a) Its modification of the card
b) No physical tampering has been done to the hardware
I think cookie has already mentioned, His card now has 8 rendering pipelines instead of 4. Pretty cool huh?
In the meantime, It's time to start a benchmarking thread - Check the PCgaming forum.
New ATI cards are usually set in 3 generations: -
9xxx - Bottem end of the pile
9xxxPRO - Faster clock speeds then the original, With a few other things
9xxxXT - Essentially just a PRO with faster clock speeds
The card that cookie got is Radeon 9800, The "bottem" end. But, People have discovered that if you install a specially "hacked" driver to the card, it opens it up to PRO speeds, making it a cheap card but runs as the expensive version.
It's called softmodding because
a) Its modification of the card
b) No physical tampering has been done to the hardware
I think cookie has already mentioned, His card now has 8 rendering pipelines instead of 4. Pretty cool huh?
In the meantime, It's time to start a benchmarking thread - Check the PCgaming forum.
cookie monster wrote:
> Ha, this thing softmods like a dream.
>
> 2789 on the mutlifilrate test in 3dmark01.
>
> Best value for money ever.
What sort of scores were you getting before?
I don't really understand this soft-modding lark. Is the driver the only difference between the pro and the whatever? And how much cheaper is it?
I'd investigate these things myself but due to a hilarious chain of circumstances I'm surfing the net on a text only browser while my PC compiles an entire OS at minus the speed of light.
> Ha, this thing softmods like a dream.
>
> 2789 on the mutlifilrate test in 3dmark01.
>
> Best value for money ever.
What sort of scores were you getting before?
I don't really understand this soft-modding lark. Is the driver the only difference between the pro and the whatever? And how much cheaper is it?
I'd investigate these things myself but due to a hilarious chain of circumstances I'm surfing the net on a text only browser while my PC compiles an entire OS at minus the speed of light.
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