Soft modding Red or Black PCB 9500 into 9500 pro. Is it possible?

[adlep]

Is it possible to change the regular 9500 into 9500 pro?
If yes how would I do that?
Let me know

 

[Fallen Kell]

No. They have 2 COMPLETELY different layouts and associated hardware.

 

[lazarus000]

Originally posted by: adlep
Is it possible to change the regular 9500 into 9500 pro?
If yes how would I do that?
Let me know

no, but you can softmod a 9500 into a 9700 pro

go here: http://reviews.designtechnica.com/print_guide13.html

 

[adlep]

Weird!

ATI 9700 Pro - The GPU is clocked at 325Mhz, 8 rendering pipelines, 256 bit memory bus, memory is clocked at 310 Mhz
ATI 9700 - The GPU has been detuned to 275Mhz, still 8 rendering pipelines, 256 bit memory bus, memory has been detuned to 270Mhz
ATI 9500 Pro - The GPU is clocked at 275Mhz, 8 rendering pipelines, card is detuned to 128 bit memory bus, and memory is at 270Mhz
ATI 9500 - The GPU is clocked at 275Mhz, 4 rendering pipelines cut out to leave 4, 128 bit memory bus, and memory is at 270Mhz

So according to the spects, potentially it could be easier to make a 9500 into 9500 pro. This kind of mod would be potentially half simpler than the soft mod to the regular 9700...
To make a 9700 out of 9500 -> soft mod has to enable: 256 mem bus, 8 rendering pipelines
To make a 9500 pro out of 9500 -> soft mod has to enable: only 8 rendering pipelines....
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No. They have 2 COMPLETELY different layouts and associated hardware.

The only thing diffrient, according to the spects is the amount of rendering pipelines....
?

 

[JJSuperman]

Yes, it is possible to get a 9500pro from a 9500. Though a 9700 is much better performing.

 

[Alkaline5]

According to Wizzard (the guy that makes the softmod) a 9500np based on the new PCB layout will become a 9500Pro instead of a 9700 if the softmod is used. The differences are all explained on his page.

 

[kylebisme]

Originally posted by: adlep
To make a 9700 out of 9500 -> soft mod has to enable: 256 mem bus, 8 rendering pipelines

?

actualy the memory bus is on the pcb itself, and the 9500s that you could make into 9700s were ones that used a 9700pcb, they don't make those anymore though. as for enableing the 4 extra pipes, that is what the soft mod did; why that would not work to make a 9500 into a 9500pro assumeing the chip has 8 good pipes is beyond me.

 

[DRaG0nBLaD3]

Yes, it can be done. Exactly the same way as the 9500-->9700 mod. Which you'll get depends on the layout of the card (L-RAM or Straight RAM).

 

[adlep]

lol, so it can be done then...🙂
Thanks!

 

[alexkraemer]

weren't the first 9500np's soldered to cut the pipeline down to 4? I remember the first 9500np mod involved resoldering in order to enable the pipelines

 

[DRaG0nBLaD3]

That was one way to do the mod, but then a couple of people found a way to do it purely in the drivers, hence the SoftMod.

 

[Creig]

All the info you need is here.

 

[adlep]

Thank you!
Will give you a rating of 10 for the effort...🙂