Unlock Radeon 9200 on win98SE

[peter]

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Hi all,

Hope you can help me with this one. My Radeon 9200 appears to be clock-
locked. I know this because, no matter what core/memory settings I
choose with Radclocker, 3DMark2001 returns the same score every time,
give or take a few marks. I've also double-check the card with the
software tool to test whether probe is active, and it is.

Also, as luck would have it, I was able to test the card out on an XP
machine using ATItool and a 'softmodded' version of the catalyst drivers
that were specifically for XP/2000 to allow for 9200 and other clock-
locked Radeons to be overclocked. This time 3DMark2001 showed
significantly improved scores when core/memory settings were increased.

I've searched for similar drivers for win98, but with no success, so
does anyone know of anything out there for Win98 that will allow this
card to be unlocked and overclocked?

Cheers in advance.
--
Pete Ives
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[peter]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.hardware.overclocking (More info?)

In article <MPG.1b85dbfa3e900dcf9896b5@news3.fast24.net>,
ivingtonALL_STRESS@fast24.co.uk says...
> Hi all,
>
> Hope you can help me with this one. My Radeon 9200 appears to be clock-
> locked. I know this because, no matter what core/memory settings I
> choose with Radclocker, 3DMark2001 returns the same score every time,
> give or take a few marks. I've also double-check the card with the
> software tool to test whether probe is active, and it is.
>
> Also, as luck would have it, I was able to test the card out on an XP
> machine using ATItool and a 'softmodded' version of the catalyst drivers
> that were specifically for XP/2000 to allow for 9200 and other clock-
> locked Radeons to be overclocked. This time 3DMark2001 showed
> significantly improved scores when core/memory settings were increased.
>
> I've searched for similar drivers for win98, but with no success, so
> does anyone know of anything out there for Win98 that will allow this
> card to be unlocked and overclocked?
>
> Cheers in advance.
>
Sorry, since posting this I've delved even deeper into what could be
done and discovered that the Radeon BIOS could be flashed. Went to:
http://softmod.ocfaq.com/ and got hold of some modified BIOS's. Flashed
my 9200 and, although when queried with the flashing software
'flashmod', the card was still locked. However, when I overclocked it
with RadClocker and tested with 3DMark2001 it showed a marked increase
in score.
--
Pete Ives
Remove ALL_STRESS before sending me an email