Get your X1950Pro modded BIOS here

[Alcpone]

Well curiosity got the better of me and I flashed to the modded bios you did for bobyjo and it went without a hitch, I have also installed NGO 6.12 drivers with att, it is giving me 621/695 @ stock, can you mod it so its got say 620/800 as I know it will do that for the mem no bother on mine! Then I can fiddle with the gpu speeds accordingly, its only the mem that wont play ball and gives me a black screen now then I have to reboot!

Cheers ketxxx

 

[Ketxxx]

New BIOS, probably isnt many more tweaks I'll do. BIOS is for 512MB cards

V1.3 changelist;

- Fan spins @ 82%, kicks to 100% @ 70c or above
- VGPU voltage 1.45v
- VGPU frequency 640MHz (actual 641.25MHz)
- Memory frequency 730MHz
- Tweaked memory timings

If anyone wants to experiment with frequencies download WinClk. When changing memory frequency the screen may go blank, do NOT reset the system right away its just where the new frequencies are being applied.

 

[Alcpone]

New BIOS, probably isnt many more tweaks I'll do.

V1.3 changelist;

- Fan spins @ 82%, kicks to 100% @ 70c or above
- VGPU voltage 1.45v
- VGPU frequency 640MHz (actual 641.25MHz)
- Memory frequency 730MHz
- Tweaked memory timings

If anyone wants to experiment with frequencies download WinClk. When changing memory frequency the screen may go blank, do NOT reset the system right away its just where the new frequencies are being applied.

Will that work with mine? Can you umph the memory up to 800 for me plssss

 

[Ketxxx]

Use WinClk I'll be forever editing BIOS' otherwise. Once u found your max OC then i'll edit the BIOS.

 

[Alcpone]

Use WinClk I'll be forever editing BIOS' otherwise. Once u found your max OC then i'll edit the BIOS.

All done

641/804 pleaseeeeee

 

[fragfeaster777]

Hey Alcpone,

Glad it all went OK with you! Those clocks look pretty sweet!

I'm going to hold out modding my bios until the headspreader arrives... with only a fan ventilating the VRMs, I don't want to try to new bioses with the increased voltage whilst having inadequate cooling for any extra heat generated (or does the increased voltage have nothing to do with the VRMs??)

I'll keep you guys in the loop anyway.

BTW KetXXX, is there anyway for us to modify the clocks for your bioses using Rabit etc? Just asking cause I'm thinking once the heatspreader arrives, I'd boot up with the default clocks and increased voltage, test for the maximum stable clocks and then apply them.

Cheers guys

 

[Alcpone]

Hey Alcpone,

Glad it all went OK with you! Those clocks look pretty sweet!

I'm going to hold out modding my bios until the headspreader arrives... with only a fan ventilating the VRMs, I don't want to try to new bioses with the increased voltage whilst having inadequate cooling for any extra heat generated (or does the increased voltage have nothing to do with the VRMs??)

I'll keep you guys in the loop anyway.

BTW KetXXX, is there anyway for us to modify the clocks for your bioses using Rabit etc? Just asking cause I'm thinking once the heatspreader arrives, I'd boot up with the default clocks and increased voltage, test for the maximum stable clocks and then apply them.

Cheers guys

It is a lovely oc, im very happy with ketxx for his time

FanATIc is a user on here and he reports 670/680 gpu, which is huge oc'ing, but I dont know how he managed that???

I use water cooling and RAM heatsinks, also I have a 80mm fan blowing onto the vrm so I am not too worried about temps!

 

[bobyjo]

I am tempted just abit wary about using my card as guinea pig lol, might see what bobyjo can get out of his clock! att will clock my gpu fine though im sure of that, if I even move the speed of the memory it just white screens and then I have to reboot!

Well I attempted to run 3dMark03 and the software kicked out to the desktop about 1/4th way through.
An error that the screen was out of focus.
I reset everything and attempted to run that same program again and it had disabled all the components of the game stating that my hardware did not support this action.
I have installed my video drivers again as well as the 3dMark software.
Still cannot get the program to run.
At present I have flashed back to the original bios, but still cannot get the benchs to run on my equipment.
This just does not make scense to me.

 

[Alcpone]

Well I attempted to run 3dMark03 and the software kicked out to the desktop about 1/4th way through.
An error that the screen was out of focus.
I reset everything and attempted to run that same program again and it had disabled all the components of the game stating that my hardware did not support this action.
I have installed my video drivers again as well as the 3dMark software.
Still cannot get the program to run.
At present I have flashed back to the original bios, but still cannot get the benchs to run on my equipment.
This just does not make scense to me.

That sucks, was 3dmark03 working fine before you flashed to modded bios, I have just ran 3dmark06 without any issues whatsoever!

 

[bobyjo]

That sucks, was 3dmark03 working fine before you flashed to modded bios, I have just ran 3dmark06 without any issues whatsoever!

Yea 3dMark03's scores were posted there in that thread. 03 & 05 was running great, the scores I posted links to are the best scores I had ever had. I don't want anyone to think I am blaming anything on this. I do not know what has happened. Right now I am back with the OEM bios and drivers have been completely been reinstalled as well as the bench program. I am about to attempt to run the bench again to see how it goes.

 

[Alcpone]

Yea 3dMark03's scores were posted there in that thread. 03 & 05 was running great, the scores I posted links to are the best scores I had ever had. I don't want anyone to think I am blaming anything on this. I do not know what has happened. Right now I am back with the OEM bios and drivers have been completely been reinstalled as well as the bench program. I am about to attempt to run the bench again to see how it goes.

OK, good luck!

Im sure ketxx will have more ideas than me, but (touch wood) my card is working lovely!

 

[bobyjo]

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=5215460

The bench ran oK, score was pretty good also. No problems with the benchs.
I may try the modded bios again, I think I would like ketxx to look into the bios again and see if there is anything that might cause anything like this.
Maybe be a bit milder, with the modded bios than the first time around.

 

[Ketxxx]

Well I attempted to run 3dMark03 and the software kicked out to the desktop about 1/4th way through.
An error that the screen was out of focus.
I reset everything and attempted to run that same program again and it had disabled all the components of the game stating that my hardware did not support this action.
I have installed my video drivers again as well as the 3dMark software.
Still cannot get the program to run.
At present I have flashed back to the original bios, but still cannot get the benchs to run on my equipment.
This just does not make scense to me.

Thats a DX issue, it happens sometimes, just reinstalling DX will fix it (or sometimes even just a simple restart). Here is your modded BIOS Alcpone As to the question about rabit, you can try it, but as of v2.2.1 (or previous versions) it doesnt seem to support X1950 cards properly, often detecting incorrect mem\gpu frequencies etc.

 

[Alcpone]

Thats a DX issue, it happens sometimes, just reinstalling DX will fix it (or sometimes even just a simple restart). Here is your modded BIOS Alcpone As to the question about rabit, you can try it, but as of v2.2.1 (or previous versions) it doesnt seem to support X1950 cards properly, often detecting incorrect mem\gpu frequencies etc.

Sweeeeeet, I will sort it after balls of steel, my audio from tv runs through comp

Will post back

 

[Ketxxx]

Balls of steel? whack it on E4, Scream is on

 

[Alcpone]

Balls of steel? whack it on E4, Scream is on

Nah, i like comedy friday! Scream is too scary for me man

You cant beat urban sports lol

 

[Ketxxx]

lol true, but I love blood, guts.. all things gory really

 

[Alcpone]

lol true, but I love blood, guts.. all things gory really

Yeah so does my lass, she loves horrors 'n' gory stuff, I more like comedy, just for shits 'n' giggles

Do you wreckon I should reinstall gfx driver after I flash it or is there no need to?

 

[Ketxxx]

No need to, driver reinstall is only mandatory when I have to use a BIOS from a diff manufacturer cos subsystem and subvendor IDs are different manufacturer to manufacturer.

 

[Alcpone]

Got the right gpu speed, just abit shy on the mem speed though!

 

[unsmart]

just wondering if you had a chance to look at my jetway bios and if you think I could use your modded 256mb bios?
What do you guys recommend for temp monitoring ,atitools shows nothing and I swear I've seen the same heatsink on a FX5200 . It looked like crap on newegg when I bought it but up close it looks like sh*t.

 

[AshenSugar]

No need to, driver reinstall is only mandatory when I have to use a BIOS from a diff manufacturer cos subsystem and subvendor IDs are different manufacturer to manufacturer.

subsystem id shouldnt change if the cards are the same, the vendor id in my exp on 19*0 cards are all ATI generic, even if you set a manual brand name with rabit the drivers dont change the name, unlike older drivers/cards where u could change the brand and it showed

 

[tkpenalty]

Hey ketxxx, do up this bios, but with no OCing, the VRMS do in fact get hot, I had to slam on a X300 (YOU WONT FUCKING BELIEVE THIS, MY FRIEND COULDN'T FIT IT IN HIS DELL SO HE CUT THE CONNECTOR ) passive heatsink on one of them, figures that they were making my GPU unstable; gay Australian climate T_T.

So with the bios 100% fan speed 27/4 plox

 

[Ketxxx]

subsystem id shouldnt change if the cards are the same, the vendor id in my exp on 19*0 cards are all ATI generic, even if you set a manual brand name with rabit the drivers dont change the name, unlike older drivers/cards where u could change the brand and it showed

SubsystemID WILL change, many manufacturers dont use generic, generic is 0000, while Club3D for example use a subsytemID of 2204.

 

[Ketxxx]

Hey ketxxx, do up this bios, but with no OCing, the VRMS do in fact get hot, I had to slam on a X300 (YOU WONT FUCKING BELIEVE THIS, MY FRIEND COULDN'T FIT IT IN HIS DELL SO HE CUT THE CONNECTOR ) passive heatsink on one of them, figures that they were making my GPU unstable; gay Australian climate T_T.

So with the bios 100% fan speed 27/4 plox

Cant see how anyones 1950Pro VRMs get hot.. I've monitored mine closely and their damn close to ice cool.. that said xpertvision could of lowered voltages, and while that seems possible for my memory they probably havent for the GPU judging by my current 640MHz - some +65MHz, and from what I see in reviews etc most dont make it much past 620MHz or so. with stock voltage.
I'll have the 256MB version of my last modded BIOS shortly.