Flash your Hercules 9800 to a 9800 Pro! - Page 3

20th October 2003, 23:01

actually all it 'supposedly' does is increase the voltage supplied to the ram/gpu enabling higher overclocks.
though what i want to know is if anyone has managed to get an overclock simmilar to that possible with a good 9800 pro...
then this will own for the serious OC'ers out there (me included).

oh and dont worry about the temps if you get the hercules 9800np becasue the cooling is exactly the same.

20th October 2003, 23:04

obviously the ram clocks would end up being slightly slower but im sure if youre lucky you could hit 460-470 mhz core as long as you were determined and knew what you were doing.

it it failed in my case i would stick my zalmazma-80hp heatpipe on there.

22nd October 2003, 23:11

I got my Hercules 9800NP today and I flashed it after running some benchmarks.
Flash is succesful, but now I can't set the refreshrate any higher than 75hz. Not even on 640x480.

With my old card (9500PRO) I did 1280x1024@85 hz.
Now it's 75hz and it gives me a headache...

Is there anything I can do about it?

23rd October 2003, 13:25

Quote:

Originally posted by vorton
I got my Hercules 9800NP today and I flashed it after running some benchmarks.
Flash is succesful, but now I can't set the refreshrate any higher than 75hz. Not even on 640x480.

With my old card (9500PRO) I did 1280x1024@85 hz.
Now it's 75hz and it gives me a headache...

Is there anything I can do about it?

I even tried to flash my card to normal state, and still 75hz max.
Then I dl-ed hercules 3.7 catalyst drivers in stead of omega 3.8 and now it's fixed!

jmke · 23rd October 2003, 15:23

would fine it strange for the refresh rate to change of the chip, since those specs are baked into the vidcard

glad to see you were able to solve it & thanks for sharing the solution with us, appreciate it!

23rd October 2003, 16:02

my shaphire 9800np has infineon chips

but it gets recognized as an 9800pro

greetz

easypanic · 2nd November 2003, 18:56

and going even a little further:

9800 flashed @ 9800 PRO is flashed to 9800 XT

jmke · 3rd November 2003, 07:22

some people @ XtremeSystems had negative experiences when flashing their 9800 to an XT

easypanic · 3rd November 2003, 11:10

everything good here

just had to set "agp aperture size" in BIOS to 256

jmke · 3rd November 2003, 13:09

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...threadid=21865

not flawless here

20th October 2003, 23:04	#22
Unregistered Posts: n/a	...continued obviously the ram clocks would end up being slightly slower but im sure if youre lucky you could hit 460-470 mhz core as long as you were determined and knew what you were doing. it it failed in my case i would stick my zalmazma-80hp heatpipe on there.

23rd October 2003, 15:23	#25
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	would fine it strange for the refresh rate to change of the chip, since those specs are baked into the vidcard glad to see you were able to solve it & thanks for sharing the solution with us, appreciate it! __________________

2nd November 2003, 18:56	#27
easypanic Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,823	and going even a little further: 9800 flashed @ 9800 PRO is flashed to 9800 XT __________________ \|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\\|\|____ \|....The BEER TRUCK.... \|\|\|\|'""\|""°\_,__ \|___Just for You___l\|\|__\|__\|___\|) _____\| \|(@)(@)""""""""""""\|(@)(@)**\|(@)\|

3rd November 2003, 07:22	#28
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	some people @ XtremeSystems had negative experiences when flashing their 9800 to an XT __________________

3rd November 2003, 11:10	#29
easypanic Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,823	everything good here just had to set "agp aperture size" in BIOS to 256 __________________ \|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\\|\|____ \|....The BEER TRUCK.... \|\|\|\|'""\|""°\_,__ \|___Just for You___l\|\|__\|__\|___\|) _____\| \|(@)(@)""""""""""""\|(@)(@)**\|(@)\|

20th October 2003, 23:01	#21
Unregistered Posts: n/a	actually all it 'supposedly' does is increase the voltage supplied to the ram/gpu enabling higher overclocks. though what i want to know is if anyone has managed to get an overclock simmilar to that possible with a good 9800 pro... then this will own for the serious OC'ers out there (me included). oh and dont worry about the temps if you get the hercules 9800np becasue the cooling is exactly the same.

22nd October 2003, 23:11	#23
vorton Posts: n/a	I got my Hercules 9800NP today and I flashed it after running some benchmarks. Flash is succesful, but now I can't set the refreshrate any higher than 75hz. Not even on 640x480. With my old card (9500PRO) I did 1280x1024@85 hz. Now it's 75hz and it gives me a headache... Is there anything I can do about it?

23rd October 2003, 16:02	#26
Da_BoKa Posts: n/a	my shaphire 9800np has infineon chips but it gets recognized as an 9800pro greetz

3rd November 2003, 13:09	#30
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...threadid=21865 not flawless here __________________

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