help with X800 pro

[Kalessian]

I bought a used X800pro modded to X800XT a few years ago and it can't run at the XT speeds anymore... I get artifacts in games/tests at those speeds, however if I knock down the clocks it becomes stable. I had to lower the clocks more and more as time went on and it got more damaged.

I was thinking about putting it in a spare computer. Should I just give up on the card?

It was flashed to open up the extra pipes, right? I don't remember how these mods work - it was so long ago. I was thinking about editing the bios, I want to keep the extra XT pipes open, but maybe bump down the default clocks a bit and, more importantly, reduce the core/ram voltage (I forget which I had to underclock to make it work fine, ram or core).

What do you guys think?

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

give up

 

[Leyawiin]

Check with this forum and posts by "Dolf". Used his instructions and flashing tool to open the pipes on my X850 Pro a few years ago. You might want to send him a PM to get his utility and instructions. He's pretty helpful. Your BIOS may be corrupted, or you may need a third party cooling solution. I bought an Arctic Cooling Silencer for mine to keep the temps down. It doesn't get much use anymore, but its totally stable with the current Cat 8.11 drivers.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=369

I wouldn't spend too much time and effort on it. Even with the full 16 pipes open mine can only run WoW and LotRO on medium settings now.

 

[Kalessian]

OK thanks. I'll start with that thread.

It's gotta be better than the lame integrated mobo stuff. It has a zalman flower sink on it with some ramsinks. I think I can get it to run well again, maybe.