Installed DX9.0a and updated 9500 Pro's bios with Warp11's

[sinensis]

Ok. I installed the DirectX 9.0a runtime. After reboot, I decided to install Warp11's bios for my Sapphire ATI 9500 Pro.

Ok, the initial screen when booting shows odd stuff. lines across the screen. That is the only visual glitch I have seen so far. What is VERY odd is that XP had to redetect my video card and after it did, it thought I had a 9700 Pro. It was my understanding that the 9500 Pros could not be 9700s right?

I was going to do the 3DMark 2001 SE test for fill rates, except to my chagrin, I can't run 3DMark 2001 SE anymore. It gave me an error saying I must have DirectX 8.1 installed. Is that normal?

So I installed 3DMark 2003 build 330. And it crashed on the 3rd sound test with an error with sound. I will try the test again to see if it crashes in the same place.

Any ideas why my computer thinks I have a 9700 Pro? I doubt that it really is one.

I flashed 95pro128.bin from the warp11 zip file.

Thanks.

 

[Viper96720]

What brand of memory is on the card? If it has infineon memory try one of these depending on your memory speed. Should be the last two digits.
9500Pro

 

[Gravija]

interesting, i haven't overclocked my 9500pro infineon 3.3ns... but i get the same prob as you with having DX9.0a nad trying to run 3dmark2k1, says i need 8.1
if i remember correctly, i could run 3dmark on my old comp before even having 9.0...is there a problem with my card?

and where can i get BIOS for overclocking?

thanks

 

[sinensis]

I fixed the problem with 3DMark, I just reinstalled it. I checked my memory is it is Infineon memory at 3.3 I'll try one of those.

 

[sinensis]

I just updated with that bios. I fixed the line problem at POST. It seemed after a few reboots it went away (same with the wrong bios). But uninstalled the drivers and computer still thinks I have a 9700 Pro. That shouldn't cause a problem should it? My computer seems to run games and benchmarks fine.

 

[mamisano]

Originally posted by: sinensis
I just updated with that bios. I fixed the line problem at POST. It seemed after a few reboots it went away (same with the wrong bios). But uninstalled the drivers and computer still thinks I have a 9700 Pro. That shouldn't cause a problem should it? My computer seems to run games and benchmarks fine.

That's fine. I think that is supposed to happen. I believe the Warp11 Bios tricks Windows into thinking it is a 9700 so it can be overclocked