How to flash/overclock an ASUS 9550 ?

[AnitaPeterson]

So... I got for my birthday an ASUS 9550 Gamer Edition card.

I understand this can be flashed and/or overclocked to a 9600 Pro... but I didn't find the link explaining how.

However, I found this note here:
http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/showstory.jsp?storyid=54050&upto=7
indicating the Omega drivers will unlock the clocks.

Has anyone here done it successfully?

Any issues I should be aware of, before proceeding to the operation?

Are these the Omega drivers I need - Radeon Omega Drivers 2.6.12 (Catalyst 5.2), found at http://www.omegadrivers.net/ - and is there anything else I would need to download as well?

 

[IntegraGSR]

yes, you will need the 3rd party drivers (omega) in order to overclock.. for overclocking you will also want to download atitool and radlinker.. use atitool to find your max core/ram and then use radlinker to apply them (atitool has a fuzzy spinning box so you can watch for artifacts when overclocking)... both atitool and radlinker are available at omega's site.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=463 <-- how to flash to 9600 pro

before flashing (if that's what you plan to do), you should run some stability tests with your core/mem overclocked to 9600pro speeds (3dmark). you may or may not require extra cooling (ramsinks, better hsf) and generally 9550s are great overclockers, so it shouldn't be a problem. but you should definetly run stability tests before flashing just in case