SHAPPIRE 9500 NP 128MB SOFTMOD RESULTS!!

human2k

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From Newegg of course.........

rig(see sig)..

3dmarks:

Default Non-Modded = 9,950

Modded using w1zzards driverhack and RivaTUner for low-level overclocking:
core/memory

275/270 - 11,669 No artifacts in WC3/RTCW/Q3/MaxPayne/Madden2k2/NHL2k2/GTA3
300/290 - 12,021 No artifiacts "
325/290 - checkerboards :(

What can I say? I got what a payed for, A FOLKING OUSTANDING CARD FOR $160! The ATI demos look awesome!!!:) There's a reason newegg is sold out;).
 

Chad

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Yeah, same deal for me. Ordered from newegg.com, got the card, did the w1zard mod and everything ran perfect, found my limits on overclocking (core 324/memory 297 using rivatuners low level overclock util). $160 and I basically got a 9700 Pro (almost). 3dMark gets 13,300+ Nascar 2002 1600x1200x32x16anso quality = 60+ fps on every track (some are well over 100+).

WEEEEEEE! :)
 

McCarthy

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Mine (from newegg, 3.3ns ram) does 300/300 fine. No probs. Won't post my 3Dmark cuz my 1600+/SDRAM makes it pitiful. But this card will be staying awhile :)
 

AnMig

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Another Success Story

Newegg 9500 NP OEM/ 3.3 infineon ram/used Rivatuner 9700 soft script/using rage3dtweak to overclock

confirmed succes with doubling of fillrate/never saw checkerboard in 3dmark/bear or car demo (yahoo!!!)


Kind of dissappointed that I cant overclock beyond 320/290 (I get artifacts) but I got 2000 boost in 3d mark for $160 Cant complaint.
I think I might be CPU limited 1600xp at 1.75 mhz (10 x 175 fsb) agrressive mem timing. I thought I should get at least 1300 to 1400 3dmark.
I might mess around with the bios setting, I havent messed around there for a while

9500 Score

3DMark Score 9964
Game 1 - Car Chase - Low Detail 132.3 fps
Game 1 - Car Chase - High Detail 49.3 fps
Game 2 - Dragothic - Low Detail 184.5 fps
Game 2 - Dragothic - High Detail 103.2 fps
Game 3 - Lobby - Low Detail 134.1 fps
Game 3 - Lobby - High Detail 60.1 fps
Game 4 - Nature 60.2 fps
Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 935.7 MTexels/s
Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 1104.5 MTexels/s
High Polygon Count (1 Light) 51.7 MTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (8 Lights) 13.7 MTriangles/s
Environment Bump Mapping 188.5 fps
DOT3 Bump Mapping 114.5 fps
Vertex Shader 152.7 fps
Pixel Shader 164.6 fps
Advanced Pixel Shader 96.0 fps
Point Sprites 13.3 MSprites/s


9700 not overclocked 275/275

RESULTS
3DMark Score 11517
Game 1 - Car Chase - Low Detail 142.0 fps
Game 1 - Car Chase - High Detail 49.4 fps
Game 2 - Dragothic - Low Detail 231.5 fps
Game 2 - Dragothic - High Detail 120.9 fps
Game 3 - Lobby - Low Detail 137.8 fps
Game 3 - Lobby - High Detail 60.5 fps
Game 4 - Nature 89.5 fps
Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 1547.9 MTexels/s
Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 2173.9 MTexels/s
High Polygon Count (1 Light) 53.0 MTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (8 Lights) 12.9 MTriangles/s
Environment Bump Mapping 257.7 fps
DOT3 Bump Mapping 182.9 fps
Vertex Shader 156.8 fps
Pixel Shader 189.7 fps
Advanced Pixel Shader 174.7 fps
Point Sprites 34.6 MSprites/s

9700 overclocked 320core/290 mem
RESULTS
3DMark Score 11984
Game 1 - Car Chase - Low Detail 145.6 fps
Game 1 - Car Chase - High Detail 48.6 fps
Game 2 - Dragothic - Low Detail 234.4 fps
Game 2 - Dragothic - High Detail 124.5 fps
Game 3 - Lobby - Low Detail 138.5 fps
Game 3 - Lobby - High Detail 60.3 fps
Game 4 - Nature 106.6 fps
Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 1713.9 MTexels/s
Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 2517.8 MTexels/s
High Polygon Count (1 Light) 59.4 MTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (8 Lights) 15.0 MTriangles/s
Environment Bump Mapping 278.8 fps
DOT3 Bump Mapping 229.7 fps
Vertex Shader 156.7 fps
Pixel Shader 214.9 fps
Advanced Pixel Shader 197.9 fps
Point Sprites 38.3 MSprites/s



 

madthumbs

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No point in benchmarks. The first card I got was riddled with green checkerboard artifacts. For the second one, grey checkerboards rarely appeared when fsaa was on. I'm not rma'ing the first one btw... it can sell for about what I paid for it which is more than the cost - return to stock fee.
 

Maximus96

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sorry if this is stupid, but where do i find the ati demos? i got my card from newegg too and it came with the driver cd. by the way, my card seemed to have maxed out with stock cooling at 360/297...memory can't seem to go higher than 297...anybody changed the fan on the card? i heard the chrome orb doesn't do a very good job...
 

hdeck

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i think i got a defect card. on stock speeds with no mods it crashes 3dmark and during games :(
 

AnMig

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sorry if this is stupid, but where do i find the ati demos?

I had a hard time locating them too but here you go ati demo



I am surprised you guys are not having any luck with your mod. I guess I was lucky. I did not even have to do a clean install of my OS.

peace
 

PCMarine

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Originally posted by: AnMig

Kind of dissappointed that I cant overclock beyond 320/290 (I get artifacts) but I got 2000 boost in 3d mark for $160 Cant complaint.
I think I might be CPU limited 1600xp at 1.75 mhz (10 x 175 fsb) agrressive mem timing. I thought I should get at least 1300 to 1400 3dmark.
I might mess around with the bios setting, I havent messed around there for a while

Yes, your CPU is the bottleneck in your system. On your third benchmark (with the overclocked video card) it shows that you got a very little point increase over the "stock" 9500(after w1zard).