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Sapphire X800GT COMPLETE NEWB, Need LaserMod help, Voltage Solder, and Card Identity

devilspy

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Hi everyone, I just received this card today off ebay and popped it into my cpu. (deided to make my own thread.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sapphire-RADEON...9913209QQihZ004QQcategoryZ80184QQcmdZViewItem

Display adapter RADEON X800 GT (0x554B)
Core Name R423
SubVendor Sapphire (P.C. Partner) (174B)
SubDevice 0600
BUS 5
Device 0
Function 0
Base Address 0 D000000C
Base Address 1 00000000
Base Address 2 FD7F0004
Base Address 3 00000000

Bus Type PCI Express
Hardware Information ASIC (Software) Method
Family 56
Emulated Revision 2
Gfx Engine ID 3
VRam Bit Width 256
Installed memory 256

Hardware Information Direct hardware access
Installed memory 256 Mb
Memory Type GDDR3
Memory Width 256 bit
Active Rendering Pipelines 8

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Radeon Registers
RADEON_BIOS_0_SCRATCH 02000002
RADEON_BIOS_1_SCRATCH 0500C000
RADEON_X_MPLL_REF_FB_DIV 00464904
RADEON_XCLK_CNTL 00807FFA
RADEON_MCLK_CNTL 00031212
GB_TILE_CONFIG 00010017
MC_TIMING_CNTL 69668334
MC_SDRAM_MODE_REG 10430000
______________________________
Video BIOS Information
Version 009.010.001.015
Part Number 474r423.pcp
Date 2005/06/28 11:08
Vram Type DDR3
____________________
Displays supported by adapter
0 (1) Monitor (CRT1)
1 (2) Second Monitor (CRT2)
2 (4) Component Video Output
3 (8) TV
4 (16) Digital Flat Panel


Its 8 pipelines, attached pics below. I want to get to 12 at the very least ,16 is what I'm aiming at. The card has a stock cooler for now, video goes blank from heat when I try to oc too high...due to temp going to over 65C(or maybe voltage draw, its only running on a true 300w power-supply)..i had no artifacts but it shuts off, memory highest was 614mhz w/out artifacts..and gpu got to 525 before heat-up..but stable at 510 or below .

Soldering is not a problem for me, I do it all the time, good at following diagrams, but not great at figuring out what does what. Voltage mod , laser cut pipe-unlocking, heard it all mentioned, but hard to find specific guides..i think that vmod guide is aimed at my exact card? Couldn't find the link to the laser mod re-solder(where r the points?) for 16 or 12, and can I use thin led free solder with a 15w fine tip point?, also if anyone could point me to the right Bios for my card would be appreciated.

oh yeah the:
Memory Chips
Samsung 531
K4J553230FGC20

AWE451PZA 3 CHIPS
AWE547GAA 5 CHIPS
AWE485GAA 1 CHIP

CHIP/CORE ?
ATI RADEON X800GT
215RBMAGA12F
GF9177.1
0531AA
TAIWAN

PART # PRINTED ON (RED COLORED)PCB 109-A47401-10
Noticed a dip switch on the back anyone know whats that for?
Hope this is enough data.
 

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PtokaXX

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your core is R423
 

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been reading through the 100s of pages of posts, looks like I might be out of luck to get 16pipes no matter what amounts of solderign I do..right?

So how do I at least get 12?
Found that alot of ppl are praising Dolfs iso, anyone have that?

I attached my bios dump for more reference. I plan on putting a zalman cooler with the two huge plates, once I find the core adapter.

Oh my email is atimod@gmail.com for applicable bios, and tools. Thnx
 

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devilspy

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I ran it through Riva Tuner, I have no clue what I'm doing, anyway it says its R430?
> Hardware table: at 0xB192, Rev.2
hw_a: 0x350F, hw_b: 0x0000
> VESA BIOS Extension 3.00, Rev. 9.10:
Vendor: (C) 1988-2005, ATI Technologies Inc.
Product: R430, Rev. 01.00
OEM: ATI ATOMBIOS
Memory size: 256 Mb
> ASIC config:
0x75 = 0xE4, 0x74 = 0x03
0x7B = 0x08, 0x7A = 0x62

Also found this in one of the threads, forgot which had it in copy and paste, my browser crashed from the 300+ tabs I had open..


"By DOLF
BruceAWAY unfortunately your card can't be unlocked.


"Quote:
Originally Posted by omirko View Post
I have ATI X800GT AIW 10 days

Device ID : 554E
Chip name : R430
Memory size : 128 Mb
Memory tipe : DDR3
Active pipelines : 8
GPU clock: 398.00 MHz
Mem Clock : 492 MHz
Config_die_fuses : 0xFFFF5FFF
Config_substrate_fuses : 0xFFFFFF9D
Config_ROM_fuses : 0xA62
GB_pipe_select : 0x29550

Is it possible unlock another quad of pipes?

That card also can't be unlocked to something more than 8 pipes. Probably it could hides R480 which is very good overclocker. Try the core max. overclock with ATITool and if you figure out that it can reach 480-500MHz then return here. If it is capable of only 420-450MHz then it is R430 and you can't do more to improve the performance.
dolf is offline Report Post Reply With Quote"


If you take a look at my bechamrks picture my max oc I was actully able to go up to the 520/600 before screen blanked..not sure due to oc or too much draw.. Lots of conflicting information on these forums. Do I have R423 R430 OR R480 ?

But gives me hope. I'm going to take a break from this.. my head is hurting, any help is much appriciated.
 
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rivatuner is more for nvidia and to the best of my knowledge there is no X800gt there is a gto though, you need to flash the X850XT bios on it i believe because i THINK that is the card that has that chip but you need to reseach that
 

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Video Card(s) Sapphire X800gto r430 445/545(1100 effective) w/ Zalman FATALITY fan and Omega Drivers 3.8.360
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ok your gonna want to flash the X800XT bios on it and you should see a performance increase and i wouldnt really recommend buying of ebay in the future
 
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I'd REALLY change that PSU if you wanna push the card! Bloody good price on that card btw :D
 
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