X800 GTO² to X850 XT BIOS Mod

[mongoled]

There must be a problem with the contact between your heatsink and core

There dosent have to be a problem! Not all cores run the same temperature. My Connect3D GTO with default cooler, fan 100% and AS5 would also run 76C full load, I hope you are not going to tell me that I also have bad contact with the core.

Now if you said 'there could be a problem' then I would whole heartedly agree. There seems to be peeps on this brd who are 'scaring' others into thinking their cards will burn-up



Oh and just for the record after slapping my block on, my card runs at 44C load, big difference, LOL

 

[Dynamic]

Check this out, i ran Aquamark3 just a few minutes ago and got a crash at "Massive OverDraw" with my C3D GTO @16pp 540/560.

http://img493.imageshack.us/my.php?image=aquamarkcrash6bc.jpg

WTF? Everything else works perfect, weird shit dudes, what the hell is that shit?

 

[JimmyHa]

Ebola,

Do you have any optimised timings for us poor bastards using C3d X800GTOs?

 

[kapeeteeleest_peeg]

C3D best bios?

I have a connect3d x800gto on order and was wondering... does this card 'only' come with r423 core?. I ask this because some ppl are reporting r480 cores on this card.

Also, Im lookin forward to flashing this card to 16 pipes, but the default bios on the site doesnt change clocks to x800xt specs

Can anyone recomend a bios that enables 16 pipes & gives x800xt clocks and if possible, keeps 'vivo' enabled.

For £113 I'd be happy with 16 pipes, 500 core/ 1000 mem & vivo!

Great site & Info btw... & of course wot a mod!

Come on ATi!, bring out x1800xt with 32 pp's! and vanquish that nVidia trash!!! lol

 

[Ebola]

Ebola,

Do you have any optimised timings for us poor bastards using C3d X800GTOs?

Well those timings are hours of efforts from an XS member, you should try yourself with 2.0ns by decreasing them gradually and check when it becoms stable

 

[Ebola]

My Sapphire GTO2 did not unlock. I ran ATITool and the CONFIG_DIE_FUSES is 0xFFFFBFFF (should be "F" and not "B") and the CONFIG_SUBSTRATE_FUSES is 0xFFFFFFF9E (should be "F" and not "E"). I tried flashing it anyways and of course it did not work. Any harm in leaving this bios, or do I need to reflash with the old bios?

I guess the success rate isn't 100% anymore. :shadedshu

Are you sure you have the Limited Edition and not another one, which name is so close but so different inside ?

 

[Cubewood]

I changed the air tunnel whats in my Antec Sonata II Case, and now i got 520/590 clock speeds at 62°

If i put the core on 530 the screen freezes and turn black Maby if i use Artic Silver 5 now i can get it some higher.

 

[DanishDevil]

Check this out, i ran Aquamark3 just a few minutes ago and got a crash at "Massive OverDraw" with my C3D GTO @16pp 540/560.

http://img493.imageshack.us/my.php?image=aquamarkcrash6bc.jpg

WTF? Everything else works perfect, weird shit dudes, what the hell is that shit?

AquaMark 3 doesn't work properly with the new ATi Drivers. I will upload the file you need to fix it soon.

 

[ranigapc]

I bought it from Page Computers who were selling it as "Retail Lite". It came in a brown box with the card, manuals, cables, and drivers CD. I've had it for almost a month now, but didn't try to unlock it until yesterday. Before I installed the card, I removed the stock heatsink and put a Zalman VF700-cu HSF on it. The stock heatsink looks like everyone elses - says "Sapphire GTO^2 Limited Edition", red colored, etc. The core is R480 and the memory is 1.6ns. I tried flashing with flashrom and the bios provided from this site.

This sucks

 

[DanishDevil]

Well, try it again. Make sure you're not making any mistakes. If you aren't, then this mod isn't 100% anymore

 

[ranigapc]

I used Sapphire.X800GTO2_16P.Samsung16.bin and Flashrom. Since it didn't unlock, do I need to reflash with the original bios, or should I be okay the way it is?

 

[Dynamic]

Yeah, i got it working, it needed a .dll file hotfix for Aquamark3. So far i got my C3D GTO working guys, 520/520, 540/560, and testing 550/565 right now.

C3D GTO @16PP 550/565 w/ ASRock 939Dual-Sata2 Bios: 04xx
AquaMark3
GFX:11721
CPU:11819
Score:78356

3DMark05: 6426

 

[mascaras]

hey guys , i make my 2nd run on 3dmark 2005 now with clocks 530/530- 49c LOAD >>>

and here my previously 1run at default clocks (500/500) >>> http://img137.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3dmark0tz.jpg


and here my temps. default clocks scaning for artefacts( 2minuts - one of the best way to see LOAD temps) >>

 

[mascaras]

I have a connect3d x800gto on order and was wondering... does this card 'only' come with r423 core?. I ask this because some ppl are reporting r480 cores on this card.

Also, Im lookin forward to flashing this card to 16 pipes, but the default bios on the site doesnt change clocks to x800xt specs

Can anyone recomend a bios that enables 16 pipes & gives x800xt clocks and if possible, keeps 'vivo' enabled.

For £113 I'd be happy with 16 pipes, 500 core/ 1000 mem & vivo!

Great site & Info btw... & of course wot a mod!

Come on ATi!, bring out x1800xt with 32 pp's! and vanquish that nVidia trash!!! lol

yep its r423 and im using other bios , not that one that its here , im using the powercolor x800xt bios that change the clocks to defult (500/500)

 

[ShadowFlare]

I recevied my Connect3d x800gto from Newegg yesterday, unlocked 16p like a charm! IT says I have the R480 core...not sure if I do or not. This is my 3rd try at modding my vid cards. I had the 9500 non pro, the 9800SE, and now this. This is the only one that truely worked flawlessly.....ROCK ON!

What bios did you flash to the card? I'm interested because I've wanted to know whether flashing R480 bioses to an R423 works or not.

 

[Ombracol]

What bios did you flash to the card? I'm interested because I've wanted to know whether flashing R480 bioses to an R423 works or not.

I'm not sure but this off the top of my head I think i have read something about r480 being backwards compatible with r480 i will try to confirm

 

[ShadowFlare]

I'm not sure but this off the top of my head I think i have read something about r480 being backwards compatible with r480 i will try to confirm

You mean r480 being backward compatible with r423? I posted something about that a little while ago. I've been curious if it works the other way around, though. Here's my thread about it: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=6081


BTW, does anyone know if there are some X800 GTO cards with R480 chips that are being identified by software as R423? I know there are some X800 GT cards like this, so I've been curious about the GTOs. Here is a thread having to do with the Powercolor X800 GT, which is like that: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=6056

 

[Dynamic]

To the person that has gotten a none 16pp status flash, how did you flash?

Flashrom -f -p 0 (moddedbios.bin) -newbios <----- This worked for me, but after booting into windows, it counted 0pp, so i had to reboot one more time to get the 16pp.

Flashrom -f -p 0 (moddedbios.bin) <---This didn't do a damn thing for me, no matter what i couldn't get the 16pp, only set 12pp.

 

[kohan69]

I used Sapphire.X800GTO2_16P.Samsung16.bin and Flashrom. Since it didn't unlock, do I need to reflash with the original bios, or should I be okay the way it is?

LITE = BAD

try using flashrom16

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?p=41687

 

[mascaras]

To the person that has gotten a none 16pp status flash, how did you flash?

Flashrom -f -p 0 (moddedbios.bin) -newbios <----- This worked for me, but after booting into windows, it counted 0pp, so i had to reboot one more time to get the 16pp.

Flashrom -f -p 0 (moddedbios.bin) <---This didn't do a damn thing for me, no matter what i couldn't get the 16pp, only set 12pp.

i only rename the powerclor x800xt bios to "XTbios.bin" and then use : " -f -p 0 XTbios.bin" , and it works for me and i didnt have to flash back to original bios.

 

[ranigapc]

Do you mean I should download flashrom16p.zip? Should I use the same bios (Sapphire.X800GTO2_16P.Samsung16.bin)? And is there really a point in trying if ATITool already says it can't be unlocked? Thanks

 

[DanishDevil]

And is there really a point in trying if ATITool already says it can't be unlocked? Thanks

Answer me this ranigapc. Do you want an extra four pixel pipelines? Do you want to get X850XTPE performance out of a $200 card? I sure did. If I was in your situation, I would find a way to make the mod work, or prove it can't. You are a very special person to this community. You supposedly have the only heard of unmoddable X800GTO2. We need your results

BTW: I'm ordering my Zalman VF700-CU LED Cooler TODAY I SWEAR. I am also getting an Enermax Liberty 620WATT Modular PSU and I am sleeving it myself with Ogre Sleeving and UV Green Heatshrinks. I will also be putting an ACRyan UV Blue/Green 120mm LED Fan in it. I'll post pix and details when I get modding.

Enermax Liberty:

Ogre Sleeving (on Antec NeoPower 480 with ACRyan UV Green Fan):

 

[ranigapc]

Okay, I'll do it, but please give me detailed instructions on what I should do and what tools I need because I am a total newbie at all of this. Also, this card is in a computer I built for my dad, which he uses for business, so I don't want to screw it up.

 

[BlackPearl]

The detailed bios flash instructions are provided in W1zzard's article (the first post of this thread). I hope that it works for you, but in that article, specifically the "Is my card moddable" section, he says that only cards with fuse configuration strings containing "F" in the noted positions are moddable. You have already noted that your card doesn't have that. Yours is actually the first report I've seen of a GTO2 with different strings from those shown in the guide. Both of my cards had the configuration shown in the guide and modded easily using the exact steps from W1zzard's article. Please let us know what you decide to do and how it turns out. Good luck.

Edit: It's interesting to note that when I scanned the fuse configuration reporting thread I saw that the people who reported the same configuration strings as you had Sapphire X800GTO (not GTO2).

 

[Ombracol]

You mean r480 being backward compatible with r423? I posted something about that a little while ago. I've been curious if it works the other way around, though. Here's my thread about it: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=6081


BTW, does anyone know if there are some X800 GTO cards with R480 chips that are being identified by software as R423? I know there are some X800 GT cards like this, so I've been curious about the GTOs. Here is a thread having to do with the Powercolor X800 GT, which is like that: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=6056

yeah thats what i meant sorry