IVIYTH0S Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 yeah I just looked and there is a few bootable flash utilities that you can use HERE or HERE I would not recommend using these for any flashes related to the 4 series since they have a different size bios and the latest version of ATIflash was around when 4 series were about to come out so I think it may not know how to transfer the 128kb bios on there and will only transfer half Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 well i flashed it with a usb dos (thanks for the link but i found one while digging around). it seems it's a no go, CCC and GPU-z says its 100% a firepro but the benchmarks still run like a normal 4670. even more odd is that the bios has no set ram (when it boots it checks to see how much) yet it only says 256mb... well this theory isn't busted but rather ATi got smart and you can no longer flash normal gaming cards to the workstation counterpart (might be why no driver hacks have work yet). anyone got ideas? i'm thinking about just reflashing back and selling the card since i have no use for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 well i flashed it with a usb dos (thanks for the link but i found one while digging around). it seems it's a no go, CCC and GPU-z says its 100% a firepro but the benchmarks still run like a normal 4670. even more odd is that the bios has no set ram (when it boots it checks to see how much) yet it only says 256mb... well this theory isn't busted but rather ATi got smart and you can no longer flash normal gaming cards to the workstation counterpart (might be why no driver hacks have work yet). anyone got ideas? i'm thinking about just reflashing back and selling the card since i have no use for it. idk I've never did the workstation conversion, but have always been interested (hence me lending a hand) but other than what we've tried, I haven't a clue Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 i think ati got smart and "disabled" the firegl part (if thats really it) kinda like burning out pipelines on the old agp cards? because before the only thing that stood between the two was Ati drivers. both gpu-z and CCC truly thought it was a firegl, no error or anything..just didn't run like one. kinda bums me out, i wanted to flash a 4850 2gb card Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 i think ati got smart and "disabled" the firegl part (if thats really it) kinda like burning out pipelines on the old agp cards? because before the only thing that stood between the two was Ati drivers. both gpu-z and CCC truly thought it was a firegl, no error or anything..just didn't run like one. kinda bums me out, i wanted to flash a 4850 2gb card wait so you CAN flash it successfully, it's just the driver's that are denying it being the firegl right? Isn't there anywhere like guru3d that has modded drivers for workstation cards? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 i can flash it and the drivers seem to work fine just when it comes to spec benchmark its the same as a unmodded card so flashing it becomes pointless i think. i also think its illegal to distribute modded drivers...but im not sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 usb sticks don't like my computer it just boots into windows anyways Have you tried pressing "ESC" upon boot? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 i got it to boot with usb drive, i just have to unplug all the harddrives or it would boot windows anyways. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 i also think its illegal to distribute modded drivers...but im not sure. I think Guru3d openly mods drivers (but for performance increases, not for softmods). I don't see why it'd be illegal if noone's making any profit (though ATI would be losing some ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 it seems it's a no go, CCC and GPU-z says its 100% a firepro but the benchmarks still run like a normal 4670. How much differently do they normally perform? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted February 20, 2009 Posted February 20, 2009 4670 unmodded and flashed to a v3750 (both get about the same score) spec 10 maya: 54 cinebench 10 opengl bench: 3400~ firepro v3750 spec 10 maya: 150 fps cinebench: 5400~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted February 20, 2009 Posted February 20, 2009 They've finally outsmarted people I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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