Worth the effort to go from 12 to 16 pipes on Sapphire X800GTO

[sweeper]

Is it going to be worth the effort to edit my bios (which I'm not sure I am confidant to do) so it has 16 pipes instead of 12 ? I just got this card (another from newegg) though this one seems to be doing rather well. Just curious if I will see any increase and if anyone can edit it for me ....

 

[dolf]

Is it going to be worth the effort to edit my bios (which I'm not sure I am confidant to do) so it has 16 pipes instead of 12 ? I just got this card (another from newegg) though this one seems to be doing rather well. Just curious if I will see any increase and if anyone can edit it for me ....

If you consider that gaining 20-25% more performance doesn't worth few minutes "efforts" just let it as it is .
If not post your BIOS and some of us will mod it for you.

 

[sweeper]

http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=51474 Here is my dumped bios. All I am looking for is to unlock it to 16 pipes ... I don't think the core/memory will do much.

 

[zesquale]

Hello.
Here is your modded BIOS : http://www.zesquale.info/downloads/modded bios.bin

You must flash your card with modified flashrom. You can download it here : http://www.zesquale.info/downloads/flashrom16p.zip

Important : You MUST save your video BIOS BEFORE using the modded one. If you have problems with the unlocked pixel pipeline, you can flash back your card with your original BIOS.

PS : You can test the BIOS with RamBIOS before flashing your card, it'll tell you if the BIOS works good with your card.
Take a look at this thread : http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=8312

 

[sweeper]

zesquale THANKS!!!!!!!!! Though the core and memory won't clock as high I went from 5100 3DMARK 05 to 5619 !!!!!! Not a bad jump for 4 extra pipes!

THANKS AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[micron]

That's a low score for a 16pp card. My plain 12pp agp GTO scored 5,761 last time I benched it in 05'.

 

[sweeper]

CPU to CPU your's will out perform mine regardless of my overclock. AMD vs Intel ... Also, what drivers are you using and do you set them all to performance?

 

[milkyman]

Can anyone of you help me out here ??

Im going crazy over this, i got a Fujitus Scaleo s and a X800 gto but dont know who made the card so i dont know what to do.

I took a look at the Core and it says Atix800pro 430 PciExpress but its an AGP card.
The mem´s are Samsung 537 ...-6c20
Using omega drivers at mom. and id´s as a X800 GTO

Ati tool screen:

Very greatfull for any help // MilkyMan

 

[dolf]

Your core fuses show that 16 pipes are possible for you . Dump and post your BIOS here to be modded to 16 pipes. If your memory is realy 2.0ns you can clock it to 500MHz and more not only the default 350MHz .

 

[milkyman]

Thanks!

Yes i read on the memorys Samsung 537 -6c20 so it should be 2.0
dont know why its only 350 ?

link to my bios:

http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=51817


Thanks Alot!!! /MilkyMan

 

[dolf]

Here you are your moded BIOS. Use modified flashrom when flashing from here: http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/100

Type the following command line: flashrom -f -p 0 (it is zero not o) bios16.bin and press "enter". After the successfull flashing your CONFIG_ROM_FUSES should be changed from 0xA61 to 0xA60 (now you should have 16 pipes).

Find yor max memory (and core) with ATITool and eventually use RaBit 1.7 to edit bios16.bin and to set your own (higher stable) clocks. Do that check after enabling of the all 16 pipes and after that set your custom BIOS with core clock 10-15MHz below the max. and memory 15-20MHz below the max. .

 

[milkyman]

THANKS dolf

I´ll try the bios you modded str8 away!
Will be back with an report

//MilkyMan

 

[milkyman]

THANKS dolf!!!

It worked!! got me upp 200 points in 3dmark05 ^^!!
Thanks alot my headake is gone now now i will move on to the mems and core!

ok core is set to 418 and mems 540 ^^ =)

Best regards // Milky

 

[psxsux]

HI!
I have a sapphire x800gto 256mb agp and the letters is correct for 16p flashing in atitool.
I hope someone can help me fix my bios.
heres my dumped bios

 

[Solar804]

Is the BIOS the exact same for any Sapphire X800 GTO? If so, can I simply download a modded bios that was already posted or do I still have to post my bios?

 

[dynamite]

hi there you good people i have also brought an x800 gto saphire i have an amd atholon
3200+ xp 2.22ghz 1536mb ram ddr 400 i would like the core and pipelines flashing please as i see you lads are the ones to trust i look forward to your help ta rob

 

[devnulllore]

Type the following command line: flashrom -f -p 0 (it is zero not o) bios16.bin and press "enter". After the successfull flashing your CONFIG_ROM_FUSES should be changed from 0xA61 to 0xA60 (now you should have 16 pipes).

Does this need to be done in a dos enviroment like from a boot disk or can it be done drom a command prompt with a reboot after?

~dev

 

[dynamite]

how do you even get to your graphics bios ??????

 

[dolf]

Does this need to be done in a dos enviroment like from a boot disk or can it be done drom a command prompt with a reboot after?

~dev

DOS mode from boot disk (floppy or CD) .

 

[dynamite]

Dolf Im Really Stuck On What To Do Here I Can Understand Whatdevnullore Is Saying But I Seriously Wouldnt Know How To Get Into The Dos The Way Youve Said As I Have No Bootdisk At Hand I Have The Os Disk Please As Im Not Overly Impressed With The Deal I Got For The Card It Only Just Beats My Old X700 PLEASE IM COUNTING ON YOUR EXPERTISE HERE THANKS ROB

 

[dynamite]

this is my card 2006-04-21 01:54:42 ATITool v0.24 started.
2006-04-21 01:54:42 Detected GPU Chip: R430 (554F), 12 Pipelines, 256 MB

 

[devnulllore]

Dolf Im Really Stuck On What To Do Here I Can Understand Whatdevnullore Is Saying But I Seriously Wouldnt Know How To Get Into The Dos The Way Youve Said As I Have No Bootdisk At Hand I Have The Os Disk Please As Im Not Overly Impressed With The Deal I Got For The Card It Only Just Beats My Old X700 PLEASE IM COUNTING ON YOUR EXPERTISE HERE THANKS ROB

Ok, i used barts clean cd boot disk in the past to flash my 9800pro to an xt:

http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/clean/

For that it was flawless so I will use it again.

I finaly reverted back to the stable build of 24 of ATITool and the fan and temp options work fine. I was NOT going to try the flash without being able to check this.

Also I think my card is running a bit hot. After an hour of WOW it's averaging 60c, it that too hot? Either way I am not going to completely replace the heatsink at first. I am going to order some Arctic Silver 5 and replace the cheap stuff they used at the factory. That can average a 15 degree drop sometimes.

If I am not satisfied I have a Zalman fan that I used on my 9800 pro. It is the same fan they asell for the X800 series. Kind of bulky but VERY efficient.

Cheers,

 

[dynamite]

i didnt get much joy with that feller i did try but nowt

 

[dynamite]

my brothers 7800gs extreme benches faster than mine im sooooooooo dissapointed i realy need theese extra pipelines

 

[dynamite]

i cant blummin get me bios in ere

despite me adding zips to it and all the rest this forum is not playing ball