Radeon 9500 nonPro

[Bahumut]

A friend of mine recently bought a Radeon 9500 nonPro under the impression it was the Pro model.

I've seen people flash a Radeon 9700Pro bios into a Radeon 9700 before.
I was wondering if you could flash the Radeon 9500Pro bios into a standard Radeon 9500.
I ruled out flashing the Radeon 9700Pro bios because it requires eight pixel pipelines, but the Radeon 9500Pro works with four.

I need to know if there are any problems I'm not seeing.
Also, where can I get the bios and software to flash it?

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[scottchen]

HUH? the 9500pro uses 8 pipelines, 9500np uses 4 while other 4's disabled and could be enabled however there's only a 50% success rate. 9700pro has 8 pipelines however it uses 256bit memory while 9500pro uses 128bit, some early Sapphire 9500np had 256bit but disabled, here's some things to look for
1.Red PCB
2.Memory in L shape
if those are true then there's a 50% chance it could be modded into the 9700np. I say non-pro because pro uses different memory. Check the rage3d forums and <A HREF="http://www.driverheaven.net" target="_new">driverheaven</A> for hacked drivers and bios flashing utilities.

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[Crashman]

A 9500 Non-Pro with the L-shaped memory can be software modified into a 9700 Non-Pro. The 9500 Non-Pro without that L-shaped memory can be modified into a 9500 Pro. It's the same modification, it enables the disabled pipelines. It works on many, but not all, cards.

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[scottchen]

Yeah, not all cards, i've read there's only a 50% success rate so it's better to just get a 9500pro and use it.

-Intel PIV 2.6C @ 3.575G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 275mhz 3-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800np @ 432/760 -SB audigy -120G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 S-ATA150 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

 

[Bahumut]

So what software and bios should I use?
(and where)
I can't seem to find anything at driverheaven.
Maybe I'm just not familiar with the site.

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[Crashman]

The Omega drivers offer the option of configuring a 9500 Non-Pro so that all 8 pipelines are enabled.

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[scottchen]

You just download the Omega drivers, when you are installing it it'll ask you what kind of driver to install.

-Intel PIV 2.6C @ 3.575G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 275mhz 3-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800np @ 432/760 -SB audigy -120G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 S-ATA150 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

 

[Bahumut]

Sweet, thanks guys.
It's running as a radeon 9700 now.

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[scottchen]

Benchmark the fill rate in 3dmark03, let us know what you get.

-Intel PIV 2.6C @ 3.575G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 275mhz 3-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800np @ 432/760 -SB audigy -120G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 S-ATA150 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

 

[Bahumut]

I'll have to get back to you on that one.
My friend (owner of the card) doesn't live around here and doesn't yet know what 3DMarks is.

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