dogeatinghotchips Posted October 3, 2003 Posted October 3, 2003 Hi all! I've recently been given the chance to buy a Radeon 9500 pro. The seller claims that this card can be "unlocked" to turn it into a 9700 pro. Is this true? And if so, how do you unlock them, and how do you know that they can be unlocked? What performance increase would you expect? Thanks for any replies!! Dog Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted October 3, 2003 Posted October 3, 2003 since it only has a 128bit memory controller the best you could do is mod it to a 9700 non pro. the 9700 pro had a 256bit memory controller. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted October 3, 2003 Posted October 3, 2003 You'll need to get the hacked drivers for the card or flash the bios on the card with a hacked one, which unlocks the other 4 pipelines. Buy the way, I thought it was only the 9500 np that could be modded to a 9700 np, and the 9500 pro. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0DE Posted October 3, 2003 Posted October 3, 2003 yup needs to be the 9500 np man... the pro will not give you a 9700. seller didnt know what he was talking about, unless it was a typo on your part and you do have a 9500np Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogeatinghotchips Posted October 3, 2003 Posted October 3, 2003 Thanks People!! I've just looked back through the forums, should have done that in the first place!! , and I've found out a lot about it!!! I'll find out more before I decide to buy!!! Cheers for the posts!! Dog Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
syneze Posted October 3, 2003 Posted October 3, 2003 since it only has a 128bit memory controller the best you could do is mod it to a 9700 non pro. the 9700 pro had a 256bit memory controller. 9700 has a 256-bit bus too Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted October 3, 2003 Posted October 3, 2003 thought that was the difference between the pro and non. speeds were the same but the bus was cut down Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
syneze Posted October 3, 2003 Posted October 3, 2003 nah you're a tad mixed up the bus is the same but speeds are different here's a nice chart http://www.tech-report.com/etc/comparo/graphics/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sainou-Kun Posted October 4, 2003 Posted October 4, 2003 The Prevous verson of the Omega drivers for the 9500 seem to be very nice for modding the speeds on this card. But It Can be done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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