SAPPHIRE Radeon X800 GTO² 256MB PCI-Express Modding!

Sidney · 30th September 2005, 20:14

A quick BIOS flash unlocks the dormant rendering quad that's not available on regular 'GT/GTOs, and turns SAPPHIRE's GTO² into a full 16 fragment processor card. The enthusiast can then further gain by raising the card's mediocre 400MHz core and 980MHz clocks. All in all, with a little work, we can't see why a default SAPPHIRE X800 GTO² 256MB card won't function as, say, a Radeon X850 XT or even the XT PE version, thereby saving yourself up to £100 for a little work. Add in a couple of these cards, preferably unlocked and overclocked, in to ATI's soon-to-be-released CrossFire multi-GPU technology for some serious framerate fun.

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=1636&page=9

Sidney · 30th September 2005, 20:33

This IS overclocking

jmke · 1st October 2005, 13:23

finally some ATI flash loving for the new gen

15th October 2005, 11:26

I received it yesterday, but i can't use it till i get my case/mobo/cpu/mem
i cant wait

30th September 2005, 20:14	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	SAPPHIRE Radeon X800 GTO² 256MB PCI-Express A quick BIOS flash unlocks the dormant rendering quad that's not available on regular 'GT/GTOs, and turns SAPPHIRE's GTO² into a full 16 fragment processor card. The enthusiast can then further gain by raising the card's mediocre 400MHz core and 980MHz clocks. All in all, with a little work, we can't see why a default SAPPHIRE X800 GTO² 256MB card won't function as, say, a Radeon X850 XT or even the XT PE version, thereby saving yourself up to £100 for a little work. Add in a couple of these cards, preferably unlocked and overclocked, in to ATI's soon-to-be-released CrossFire multi-GPU technology for some serious framerate fun. http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=1636&page=9 __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

30th September 2005, 20:33	#2
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	This IS overclocking __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

1st October 2005, 13:23	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,013	finally some ATI flash loving for the new gen __________________

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15th October 2005, 11:26	#4
BoRn Posts: n/a	I received it yesterday, but i can't use it till i get my case/mobo/cpu/mem i cant wait