5900=5950

[rumcooler]

Just flashed bios for my 5900 to a 5950 ultra. Everything works great.

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Check your overclocks, some people's has gone down, some have gone up.

[H]. nVnews, and a few others had trouble with any decernable increase.

3Dcentre has <A HREF="http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=de_en&url=http://www.3dcenter.org/artikel/2004/01-13_a.php" target="_new">This article</A> in German they had a few different results (CLICKY to left translated from Babel, link below in original German);

<A HREF="http://www.3dcenter.org/artikel/2004/01-13_a.php" target="_new">http://www.3dcenter.org/artikel/2004/01-13_a.php</A>

Seems to be more hit/miss than the R9500/9800SE mods. But can be worth it if it works for you.


- You need a licence to buy a gun, but they'll sell anyone a stamp <i>(or internet account)</i> ! - <font color=green>RED </font color=green> <font color=red> GREEN</font color=red> GA to SK

 

[GeneticWeapon]

Just flashed bios for my 5900 to a 5950 ultra. Everything works great.

Thanks, I'll sleep well tonight.

<b>I help because you suck</b>

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

LOL! 😎


- You need a licence to buy a gun, but they'll sell anyone a stamp <i>(or internet account)</i> ! - <font color=green>RED </font color=green> <font color=red> GREEN</font color=red> GA to SK

 

[Vimp]

What exactly is flashing the bios? And how does that effect the card? How does a 5900 just become a 5950? I'm not understanding this at all.

 

[JoeB]

A BIOS basically tells the videocard what it is. It tells the videocard at what setiings it should run, what core/memory speed, etc. So if you have a 5900 and replace (flashing) its BIOS with a 5950 one, the videocard thinks it is a 5950. But do not try this unless you're certain the card can handle the speeds...

_____________
whompiedompie

 

[Guest]

Did you do it with a plain 5900 or a 5900pro.
I dont know if the 5900np will reach these frequencies

 

[petrolhead2003]

Even lx,xt etc models can reach these speeds sometimes.

http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=963

This explains it.

 

[rumcooler]

i have a Gainward 1200 golden sample fx 5900nu. with enhanced mode the clocks were 440/900. With the 5950 bios I am currently at 510/1060. The highest I could overclock before was 480/950. Everything is running real smooth.

 

[cleeve]

Apparently, a BIOS with lax memory timings = +50 on the card number scale.

________________
<b>Radeon <font color=red>9500 PRO</b></font color=red> <i>(hardmodded 9500, o/c 322/322)</i>
<b>AthlonXP <font color=red>2600+</b></font color=red> <i>(o/c 2400+ w/143Mhz fsb)</i>
<b>3dMark03: <font color=red>4,055</b></font color=red>