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will this bios update work for ATI OEM cards??

so far Sapphire and Hercules have been confirmed to be working with this Flash.. no others though.. only if the PCB layout of the card is exactly the same, you might have a chance of it working.

i think yes because shaphire uses the same pcb as BBA cards

greezt

Question: Are there any advantages to doing this vs just overcloking to Pro-frequencies "normally"? Ie. as a person with not a whole lot of extra money at the moment, do I have any reason to risk flashing over just overcloking the good old way?

Also, I've had trouble finding any discussions on whether or not this flash works how often. I've not found a single report on it not working, but have not had much success finding success reports either. Anyone care to give a link where I could enlighten myself or tell me something I don't know about the matter?

Thanks in Advance,

--Rams

What really are the changements it involves ?

Does it imply an increase of heating of the card ?
Is the fan enough to contain the heat increase ?
Would it reduce the life of the card ?

What are the real dangers to put a 9800np to 9800p ?

Is it the same as a simple O/C ?

Will this work with a non-hercule video card ? Because mine and hercule's have perhaps the same schema and components (Club3D).

Could this be harmless then ?

if your club3d has the same pcb as the hercules or shaphire or 9800pro it ( with offcourse the right memchips ) will flash,

and when you flash your card the memchips and core will get more voltage and so you will oc even higher

normally the cooling of an 9800np and a pro are the same so don't worry about that

and when your flash failes, re-flash it as said in the guide

greetz

some answers to the questions asked thanks to Short-Media

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Many people have asked me why they should bother with flashing their Radeon 9800 Non-Pro just to attain the Radeon 9800 Pro clock speeds? Couldn't they simply manually overclock their video adapter using Rage3D Tweak? The answer is both yes and no. Some video adapters have no problem reaching the Radeon 9800 Pro default clock speeds (380 Core / 340 DDR Memory) from the Radeon 9800 Non-Pro speeds (325 Core / 290 DDR Memory), in which case go right ahead and manually overclock your adapter. On the other hand, there are some adapters that benefit from the Radeon 9800 Pro BIOS being flashed onto them, as many video adapter enthusiasts believe that the Radeon 9800 Pro BIOS increases the voltage passed to the onboard memory chips slightly to help in attaining a higher memory overclock.

Hardware Required:

-> "Built By ATI" or OEM Radeon 9800 Non-Pro with Samsung 3.3, 3.0 or 2.8ns memory chips (NO INFINEON CHIPS)
-> PCI-based video adapter (for emergency BIOS restoration purposes only)

more info : http://www.short-media.com/forum/sho...&threadid=3327

ok, thank you guys. I'll take a look at the PCB inscriptions and try that...

I sure hope it'll be possible to flash your hercules 9800 pro to the XT :)
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Is it the same as a simple O/C ?

Euh no it isn't it activates the 4 missing pipelines in your 3D card. And alters the cores a bit I guess.