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Asus 9800pro to XT question

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BlindBartimaeus

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I have a 9800pro 250 that will only run 405/351 with the pro bios. Is it worthwhile flashing to the XT bios? Will it increase the ability for higher clock speeds? Does the XT bios change any voltages?

I would hate to flash it and torch it but at the same time the extra shaders and stuff are quite advantageous.

Advise please

Thanks in advance
 
Try getting a better heatsink first before risking burning anything up. I have a VisionTek 9800Pro clocked at 425/375 using Ati Tool with a Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer Rev.3 on it, which helped me up my core clock from stock to slightly passed XT speeds. Although I'm not familiar at all with bios flashing, so you'd have to ask someone else for that.
 
Yeah i would not recomend flashing BIOS because i never tried it, but there are few advantages to flashing the bios, instead of overclocking the memory and Gpu. The advantage will be some new features available in XT, e.g CPU temperature reading etc. But you definately need to change your cooling system.
 
First you should check if you can run at the default XT speed of 412mhz/365. If you can't you might have a big problem later on because this is what speed that XT bios will be running. Do what you have to do to make your card stable at 412mhz/365 first.

For you to take advantage of those shaders and stuff you will need to have a R360core, if you have a R350 core you will not get this new feature even if you flash it to XT bios. Most new 9800 pro are R360 but you can't be 100% sure unless you remove the GPU fan and look at the core.


Since you current speed is 405/351 it's better that you don't flash to TX bios. I don't think your ram will be able to handle it.

 
What is my 9800 pro is recognized automatically by the ATI drivers as an XT? Does that mean it has the XT bios or should I flash it to the XT bios?
 
Originally posted by: Trevelyan
What is my 9800 pro is recognized automatically by the ATI drivers as an XT? Does that mean it has the XT bios or should I flash it to the XT bios?
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As HappyNic said...

For you to take advantage of those shaders and stuff you will need to have a R360core, if you have a R350 core you will not get this new feature even if you flash it to XT bios. Most new 9800 pro are R360 but you can't be 100% sure unless you remove the GPU fan and look at the core.
 
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