My 9800 Pro has been flashed to an XT. Can I turn it back into a pro?

[PizzaDude]

My 9800 Pro that I bought on FS/T was flashed to an XT before I owned it. A VGA Silencer Rev 3 has also been installed on it. However, I'm experiencing artifacts and want to flash it back to a 9800 Pro, or at least lower the clock speeds a little bit. How do I do this?

 

[MichaelD]

Easy. You flash it with the correct BIOS for a 9800 Pro manf'd by whomever made your card. Do it exactly like you did when you attempted to make it an XT, but w/the 9800Pro bios. 🙂

 

[Cattlegod]

keep it an xt, just underclock it from xt speeds

 

[RiDE]

Did the seller originally tell you that theres artifacts?

 

[PizzaDude]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Easy. You flash it with the correct BIOS for a 9800 Pro manf'd by whomever made your card. Do it exactly like you did when you attempted to make it an XT, but w/the 9800Pro bios. 🙂

I didn't make it an XT, the person I bought it from did.

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
keep it an xt, just underclock it from xt speeds

HOW though?!

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: PizzaDude

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Easy. You flash it with the correct BIOS for a 9800 Pro manf'd by whomever made your card. Do it exactly like you did when you attempted to make it an XT, but w/the 9800Pro bios. 🙂

I didn't make it an XT, the person I bought it from did.

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
keep it an xt, just underclock it from xt speeds

HOW though?!

ATi Tool (google)

 

[OSUBeaver]

are you seeing artifacts in everything? I flashed my 9800np to pro and have it overclocked and the only time i ever got artifacts was when i played Doom 3. The beta 4.9 drivers fix the artifact problem for a lot of people, including me.

 

[49erinnc]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
keep it an xt, just underclock it from xt speeds

As someone said, use ATI Tool or Radlinker. I use both. ATI Tool has more bells/whistles but I tend to stick with Radlinker. You can manually lower the speeds back down to natural Pro speeds if you'd like. Just lower them down to 9800Pro speeds and raise them back up in small increments, while testing under stress. Just do it until you find the higest speeds you can run at without artifacts.

 

[apoppin]

The Radeon 9800 Pro To Radeon 9800XT Mod Guide Rev. 5.0! How to flash it . . . how to flash it back including links to original BIOSes and a general Video bios flashing guide . . . a WEALTH of info!

I know i'd be pretty unhappy if i bought an artifacting card from someone on FS/T. 😉

ANd you might try different drivers . . .