X800 GTO² to X850 XT BIOS Mod

[Pentium D]

The commands for flashing to enable pipelines using atiflash 3.09 are as follows (where x800gto.bin is the name you save your current bios as and x850xt.bin is the bios you are flashing to):

atiflash -s 0 x800gto.bin
atiflash -f -p 0 x850xt.bin -newbios
atiflash -f -p 0 x800gto.bin

The -newbios option will not work with atiflash versions below 3.x and will not work with any version of flashrom.

shadow, can u explain the word in bold? how to save the bios? thx~!

 

[ChAce]

Download ATiTool and under settings/misc hit "dump bios". Your original bios will be saved in the ATiTool folder

 

[HousERaT]

for you folks that want to order the card today get it from Directron or Allstarshop and save about $80.

 

[Pentium D]

newegg has it for $199 again....

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

 

[HousERaT]

wow.... newegg must be having problems with the website.....

 

[BlackPearl]

And now OOS.

 

[Unregistered]

Okay I had some time to play with my Sapphire X800GTO2.

Hardware Details
Computer: Dell 8400 - 3ghz - 800FSB (from a previous deal none the less)
Ram: 1.5gb
Video: Sapphire X800GTO2 (OEM from newegg)


3DMark 2005 Demo results:
4404 Stock fresh out of package (12 pipes)
4934 After 16 pipe firmware was applied
5891 After OC to 537.55 / 589.09 (XT PE speeds) But artifacts were present :-(. Stock cooling though

Using ATITool and clicking the "Find Max Core" button it got up to 585 the first time before the screen went black and I had to reboot. I tried it again and this time it got up to 585.9 (.9 higher)

I left the fan speed setting alone since it's automatically adaptive based on GPU temperature. At 537.55/589.09 (X850 XT PE speed) artifacts are present in the demo of 3dmark 2005. Checking the fan speed, it was running at 96%. Enabling the temperature meter in ATITool while the 3d view is enabled(spinning square porcupine thing) shows 84 / 60. That seems pretty hot to me? No? Anyone else care to drop their temperature results and artifacting info?

 

[Unregistered]

I am new to the whole Overclocking thing. Please excuse my ignorance.

It seems everytime I reboot, the mem/core is back down at stock speeds.

Do I have to run ATITool each and everytime I want to jump core/mem speeds up?

Am I missing something?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[ShadowFlare]

shadow, can u explain the word in bold? how to save the bios? thx~!

Basically what I was saying is this:

atiflash -s 0 x800gto.bin This will save your bios as x800gto.bin
atiflash -f -p 0 x850xt.bin -newbios This will flash x850xt.bin to the bios chip and enable 16 pipelines in the bios.
atiflash -f -p 0 x800gto.bin This will flash your original bios back (which was saved in the first command), but will keep the pipelines intact.

 

[Dr.D]

Okay I had some time to play with my Sapphire X800GTO2.

Hardware Details
Computer: Dell 8400 - 3ghz - 800FSB (from a previous deal none the less)
Ram: 1.5gb
Video: Sapphire X800GTO2 (OEM from newegg)


3DMark 2005 Demo results:
4404 Stock fresh out of package (12 pipes)
4934 After 16 pipe firmware was applied
5891 After OC to 537.55 / 589.09 (XT PE speeds) But artifacts were present :-(. Stock cooling though

Using ATITool and clicking the "Find Max Core" button it got up to 585 the first time before the screen went black and I had to reboot. I tried it again and this time it got up to 585.9 (.9 higher)

I left the fan speed setting alone since it's automatically adaptive based on GPU temperature. At 537.55/589.09 (X850 XT PE speed) artifacts are present in the demo of 3dmark 2005. Checking the fan speed, it was running at 96%. Enabling the temperature meter in ATITool while the 3d view is enabled(spinning square porcupine thing) shows 84 / 60. That seems pretty hot to me? No? Anyone else care to drop their temperature results and artifacting info?

Hey I got a question for you. I have a Dell 8400 - 3ghz - 800FSB as well and I was wondering did you install the "Card Fan" (the one dell wants you to put in if the card uses more than 75Watts)

If you didnt, do you get the message in the BIOS that asks you to put it in everytime you start up?

 

[Derektm]

The card on Directron says its a Fireblade... it has a different model number too. Is this the SAME CARD? I read that the Fireblade can't be unlocked and that it didn't use 1.6ns memory.

Has around same price as all the other ones too...

 

[ShadowFlare]

It looks exactly the same as mine, and if it says it is a GTO2, it must be one; otherwise, when you get it they would have given you the wrong thing.

 

[Unregistered]

Hey I got a question for you. I have a Dell 8400 - 3ghz - 800FSB as well and I was wondering did you install the "Card Fan" (the one dell wants you to put in if the card uses more than 75Watts)

If you didnt, do you get the message in the BIOS that asks you to put it in everytime you start up?

I wasn't aware of the "Card Fan"? got any info on this? I forgot to plug the extra power supply into the card when I first got it and on Post it barked at me saying "Put the extra power supply...".

It definately gets HOT.

I just finished playing Fear 2 on super high settings just to get the card hot, up to 80F. I launched ATITool and loaded the default clock speeds, clicked "Find Max Mem" It's not going over 515 and the temp is hovering around 78 right now.

Not sure whats up.

 

[Dr.D]

I wasn't aware of the "Card Fan"? got any info on this? I forgot to plug the extra power supply into the card when I first got it and on Post it barked at me saying "Put the extra power supply...".

It definately gets HOT.

I just finished playing Fear 2 on super high settings just to get the card hot, up to 80F. I launched ATITool and loaded the default clock speeds, clicked "Find Max Mem" It's not going over 515 and the temp is hovering around 78 right now.

Not sure whats up.

Its because dells run hot heres a my thread on the card fan in the dell fourms
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_upghw&message.id=67516

 

[ShadowFlare]

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I left the fan speed setting alone since it's automatically adaptive based on GPU temperature. At 537.55/589.09 (X850 XT PE speed) artifacts are present in the demo of 3dmark 2005. Checking the fan speed, it was running at 96%. Enabling the temperature meter in ATITool while the 3d view is enabled(spinning square porcupine thing) shows 84 / 60. That seems pretty hot to me? No? Anyone else care to drop their temperature results and artifacting info?

My X800 GTO2 (currently using stock cooling) usually doesn't reach 70 C even when overclocked and under load. I have 4 case fans, though (2 intake, 2 exhaust). That in combination with my psu (has 2 fans), cpu, and gpu fans makes a total of 8 fans in my case. Your gpu overclocks better than mine, though. When mine gets to around 530 and runs at that for a short time, it locks up and I have to reboot. The memory on mine gets up to about 604.

 

[Dr.D]

Crap everyone is out of stock I cant find the card!

 

[ShadowFlare]

Crap everyone is out of stock I cantt find the card!

Heh, it's probably because of all of the forum topics like these. I'm sure they will get more sometime soon.

 

[Unregistered]

Its because dells run hot heres a my thread on the card fan in the dell fourms
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_upghw&message.id=67516

I didn't get any error messages about case fans. When it comes back in stock, buy it.

I am thinking about getting another fan for the card. Is the ATI Silencer the best bang for the buck fan?

How difficult is it to install? Any special tools needed to get the old fan off and install the new one? Does the ATI Silencer come with all the needed parts and bond that adheres the chip to the cooling system?

 

[ShadowFlare]

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How difficult is it to install? Any special tools needed to get the old fan off and install the new one? Does the ATI Silencer come with all the needed parts and bond that adheres the chip to the cooling system?

It looks like it would be pretty easy. I'd recommend to any who is going to remove a heatsink and apply another to get some ArctiClean by Arctic Silver; it works extremely well at removing thermal material and is very easy to use. It makes it much easier for when you mess up and need to do it over.

 

[Dr.D]

I hear ATI Silencer is the best!

This is the one
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=61

Well ati silencer 5 or ati silencer 1 I am not sure

 

[Derektm]

I hear ATI Silencer is the best!

This is the one
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=62

Well ati silencer or ati silencer 4 I am not sure

I got the Ati Silencer 5 rev. 2. It says X850XT r480 core on the box

 

[Dr.D]

I got the Ati Silencer 5 rev. 2. It says X850XT r480 core on the box

Where did you get it?

 

[Unregistered]

I have a quick question. Currently I have an x850 pro ($250) that i have stable at 600/600 with stock cooling. Current 3dmark05 score is 5633. GPU temp is 64C under full load. It even seems like it could go higher clock speeds (no artifacts yet)

Would it be worth it to get this card over my current one. I know I would get higher scores but is stablility an issue? I keep hearing about how some of you are getting artifacts or random lock ups with temps up in the 80C mark. That cant be good.

My current ambient temps hover around 45C (side cover is off right now after rebuild)

 

[Derektm]

Where did you get it?

Case-mod.com ... They have them the cheapest. Got it to me FAST too!

 

[Heidelun]

GTO2 to 850XT Success

I got my GTO2 today and successfully went from 12 to 16 pipeline
But I didn't overclocked it yet.

12 Pipeline 3DMARK2005 Score : 4473
16 Pipeline 3DMARK2005 Score : 5045