how many pipelines am i using?

[slag]

How can I tell how many pipelines my video card has? Specifically, I flashed a Radeon 9500 NP to 9500 P and want to ensure all 8 pipelines are working.

I am getting ready to sell it and do not want to misrepresent the fact that it really is a 9500 np flashed to 9500 p status

 

[Viper96720]

If you don't want to misrepresent the fact it's actually a 9500np flashed to 9500p. Then just say so then the buyer can't complain. You could run 3dmark 2001 or 2003 and compare.

 

[slag]

i plan on doing just that, however, I want to ensure that when I flashed it, the 4 other pipelines were enabled.

How can I do this?

 

[high]

Before and after benches

 

[bandana163]

Try AIDA32 or Sandra.

 

[The Green Bean]

more pipelines=higher scoreS=more FPS?

 

[high]

I believe the *average* 3dmark 01 score from a 9500 4 pipe is like 115, while 14~15 should be the score with them enabled, but don't quote me on that

 

[Pete]

Try using 3DMark fillrate (single and multitexture) scores. If your numbers surpass the theoretical limits of the four-pipe 9500, then it's probably safe to say you have an eight-pipe card, but don't take that as gospel. If you have a Pro version of 3DM, testing in 16-bit mode will let you approach theoretical peaks better than 32-bit mode due to the 9500's limited memory bus (a 128-bit bus means four 32-bit reads per second, so even if you have an eight-pipe card, it'll be limited by the memory bus). I think a flashed 9500 may still be missing some HyperZ components, BTW, so it may not be a complete 9500P.