X800 GTO² to X850 XT BIOS Mod

[DanishDevil]

Damn I wish they could enable all 16 and compare the card to the other cards in those benchmarks. Don't those benchmarks always leave something to be desired?

 

[Trevor]

Looking at it.. (started over from 400/490) and apparently, it might be my temps. I'm running at 427/490 (and rising) and temps are around 64/46... (about what they were unflashed at 575/608)

 

[Unregistered]

Any place still has it for cheap?

 

[Trevor]

Defintely believing it might be a heat issue now. 67C @ 480...
95 Mhz under yesterday.

69C @ 490...

70C @ 535...

Why would opened pipelines increase the heat this much?

 

[Psxcrazy]

I have no issue with my fan on my moded x800 gto 2

I have it the fan control on ati tool to keep card at 40 and when not playing fan is nice and quiet and speds up normaly when hardcore game just alittle upset at my top clock speed which is 540/558 my case only warms up to 30 c with my fans at full blast and istill cant get a higher clock without artifacts but ican still crank it up to 550/600 and no visual affects in gameplay but atitool sees artifacts and farcry crashes 3dmark scores is only a few points difference my 3dmark05 score was 5831 any coments on this matter

 

[DanishDevil]

Open pipelines do not increase GPU Temperature on the X800GTO2. My temps run about 40C idle and 60C Load on stock cooling.

Does anyone know if the Thermalright V-1 is compatible with the Sapphire X800GTO2?

 

[rev]

i have the modded sapphire gto2, but i cant seem to get it any higher than the 520/540 speeds, anything higher makes it detect artifacts in atitool. whats the deal.

 

[Unregistered]

They have a link to download the old bios in the article
so I guess that means you can reflash it, but don't take my word for it.

This thread is getting so long i can't find what i'm looking for...

All i want to know is can you Re-Lock the pipelines if you get a bad quad? Going back to 12 pipelines. I remember with the pro once you enabled them you couldn't turn them off.

-TBi

 

[Trevor]

Pre-Flash, pre-extra fan
2005-10-12 20:49:15 Clocks set to: 579.27 / 498.27
2005-10-12 20:49:17 Temperature: GPU: 64.6°C GPU environment: 46.0°C
STABLE

Post-flash, pre-extra fan
2005-10-13 18:07:58 Temperature: GPU: 70.8°C GPU environment: 48.0°C
2005-10-13 18:08:00 Clocks set to: 556.88 / 492.75
2005-10-13 18:08:04 Clocks set to: 558.00 / 492.75
CRASHED (at the above)

Post-flash, w/ extra fan
2005-10-13 18:42:52 Clocks set to: 555.00 / 492.00
2005-10-13 18:42:54 Temperature: GPU: 63.5°C GPU environment: 41.0°C
CRASHED (At the above)

Not quite sure what the deal is.
After the flash, my clocks dropped.. dramatically.
(Ability to overclock.)


Side note
Pre-flashing, it would hit the 'cap', then start moving back down.. after flashing, it'd just lock up/stop whenever it hit the 'cap'.

Final stable:
540/580.5
40/37 idle
70/47 full load after half an hour. (On Zalman 700-Cu)
Not bad, I'm happy with trading 35Mhz/27.5Mhz (well, 55...) for 4 pipes.
Any day.
=D

 

[Pentium D]

my question here havnt been answered...can somebody pls help? after the flash to 16p on gto2, would the system reconigze the card as a x850 in the windows device manager? if not, what should it show up?

 

[Unregistered]

has anyone come across an agp version?cause I have is it modable also?

 

[Unregistered]

newegg has the gto2 lite in stock for $249 plus whatever shipping is...

 

[Pentium D]

I got mine from newegg for $199, superbuy looking back now

 

[DanishDevil]

my question here havnt been answered...can somebody pls help? after the flash to 16p on gto2, would the system reconigze the card as a x850 in the windows device manager? if not, what should it show up?

Here is mine.

JUST like I have been saying this whole time: X800/X850 Series.

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has anyone come across an agp version?cause I have is it modable also?

As far as I know, there IS NO AGP version.

 

[DanishDevil]

UPDATE:

NewEgg Stock:

Retail Verison Here ($249)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102596

OEM Version Here ($199)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102595

 

[DanishDevil]

Here is a pic of Sapphire's Website:

It shows that the only X800GTO/GTO2 version that is AGP is the Base X800GTO Version (NOT THE X800GTO2). The only way you will for sure get to unlock the pipelines is by buying a:

Sapphire X800GTO2 PCI-E

There is no guarantee that any other cards will work.

 

[Pentium D]

mine showed up like this , is there something wrong?

 

[DanishDevil]

Did you flash to the modded 16 pipeline BIOS or an X850 BIOS?

 

[Pentium D]

Did you flash to the modded 16 pipeline BIOS or an X850 BIOS?

I think i used the modded 16p bios..I followed the 1st page of this thread and used atiflash instructions acording to shadow

 

[Trevor]

mine showed up like this , is there something wrong?

This happened to me originally.
How many pipes are you showing unlocked?

 

[HousERaT]

has anyone come across an agp version?cause I have is it modable also?

There is no AGP version. Far as I know there isn't going to be one either.

 

[Unregistered]

My GTO2 Flash

Just to add to the mix. My gto2 card purchased from newegg unlock flawlessly using the directions posted in the first page (thanks a million for that). 16pipes unlocked and 575core/575mem. Under load 60-62c, idels@35c.

 

[Unregistered]

Got my GTO2 form Micro direct in the UK, unlocked a treat and am running ATITool, and the core clock speed is at 605mhz and rising??? is that healthy should i stop it???

Used the modified bios at the start of this thread

Thanks for all the information ppl

 

[DanishDevil]

Go ahead and push it as far as you would like. Keep an eye on the temps though. I wouldn't let them go past 70C. I could only get my core to 519 on stock cooling so far, but some cards are better than others.

 

[Pentium D]

This happened to me originally.
How many pipes are you showing unlocked?

16p