The ATI Radeon To ATI FireGL Mod Guide! - Page 2

Chai · 19th Jun 2004, 03:48 AM

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BRB · 19th Jun 2004, 04:04 AM

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Thanks. I'll get it and try the mod. I'll report back as to what kind of sucess I have.

Adrian Wong · 19th Jun 2004, 04:08 AM

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Thanks. I'll get it and try the mod. I'll report back as to what kind of sucess I have.

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gd96 · 19th Jun 2004, 04:12 AM

hehe, should never attempt a mod when your tired, I actually forgot that whne installing a new vid card in 2k3 you have to enable video acceleration again, lol, which is why I was getting the errors, and I don't really play games that much(though I like city of heroes) I've been breaking into 3d modeling and rendering, so I am very interested in hacking the card, and I will hack it back after I install the watercooling in my system.....just gets too hot, and this little 9800 is a hell of an overclocker

more to come

BRB · 19th Jun 2004, 08:10 AM

Sorry it took so long. I had to find out the hard way that this won't work booting to a CD boot disk. I finally gave up and slapped a floppy in there and presto!, instant Fire GL X2 256.

Thanks again for a well written "How to" that really works as described.

Capt'n Carnage · 19th Jun 2004, 01:37 PM

Hi guys,

Currently i own a Radeon 9800pro DDR-2 Video card and just finished reading about the article which states that my video card can flash perfectly to a FGL X2 256 card bios as these two cards are identical right down to the exact same bios.

I was wondering what the pro's and con's are of doing this. First off im a gamer so most of my games are DX9ish with a few games being OGL (ive had some problems with OGL games stating the radeon series dont use a robust enough OGL drivers)

Would there be any negitive impact in my gaming? would there be any possitive impact to my gaming? Also what type of impact would this have on OCing this video card as ivehad great success with this card on stock cooling and have hit 400 (800) on the ram with ease which i have been told is good for the DDR2 this card uses.

Any imput is welcome and wanted, im not fearful of the flashing process as i dont need to use a hacked Bios for this card because of its native configuration matching that of the "Real" FireGl card but im currious of what changes this will actually make.

Thnx guys !

dosmond · 19th Jun 2004, 04:42 PM

I used the mod on my radeon 8500, and it did work, windows detected the "new" card, and I had no issues installing the proper drivers. One thing that was affected was my cards overclocking, for the worst. I usually can run the card at 290/325 but when I tried that setting and went to benchmark in 3dmark2001se , I ended up with a very weirded out screen, tearing textures, blue sparks dripping from the dragon fire, then I started getting ghosted images and weird blue and purple lights on the buildings... then lockup... I had to reduce the memory clock rate to 315 to get rid of the tearing and other stuff I just mentioned, I reflashed my card back to the original, and its running at the same 290/325 used with the firegl8800 bios, and all the weird graphic errors are gone....

Max_87 · 19th Jun 2004, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BRB

Sorry it took so long. I had to find out the hard way that this won't work booting to a CD boot disk. I finally gave up and slapped a floppy in there and presto!, instant Fire GL X2 256.

Thanks again for a well written "How to" that really works as described.

Congratulations on your success on modding your card

Max_87 · 19th Jun 2004, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Capt'n Carnage

I was wondering what the pro's and con's are of doing this. First off im a gamer so most of my games are DX9ish with a few games being OGL (ive had some problems with OGL games stating the radeon series dont use a robust enough OGL drivers)

Would there be any negitive impact in my gaming? would there be any possitive impact to my gaming? Also what type of impact would this have on OCing this video card as ivehad great success with this card on stock cooling and have hit 400 (800) on the ram with ease which i have been told is good for the DDR2 this card uses.

I am entirely not sure about this, some claimed that the performance decreased, some said the performance increased!

If i had time i would try to do some game benchmarks on the FireGL X2

But the FireGL X2 will run the programs (etc. CAD) much faster than the Radeons

marvel31 · 19th Jun 2004, 06:32 PM

Hi Guys,

sorry for my bad english but i will try my best

i started to use some 3d-software with my 9800pro 128MB and in my opinion a mod into a FireGL would be a huge help for this.
i'm so hot to try out this mod but i'm also a little bit afraid of destructing my card.

what changes the BIOS, only the name of the card in my system or will the BIOS switch on some hidden features ?

and guys, what about some banchmarks !!!??
has nobody tested the difference ?

and the last question .... i'm also a gamer, will this mod influence my gaming-performance in a negative way ?

THANKS

19th Jun 2004, 03:48 AM	#11 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 27,884 Reputation: 4630 Rep Power: 81	Thanks for reporting the dead link! I will fix it now. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

19th Jun 2004, 04:12 AM	#14 (permalink)
gd96 Newbie Join Date: 18 Jun 2004 Location: NewYork Posts: 7 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	whoa boy hehe, should never attempt a mod when your tired, I actually forgot that whne installing a new vid card in 2k3 you have to enable video acceleration again, lol, which is why I was getting the errors, and I don't really play games that much(though I like city of heroes) I've been breaking into 3d modeling and rendering, so I am very interested in hacking the card, and I will hack it back after I install the watercooling in my system.....just gets too hot, and this little 9800 is a hell of an overclocker more to come

19th Jun 2004, 04:42 PM	#17 (permalink)
dosmond Newbie Join Date: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Did the FireGL 8800 mod...but... I used the mod on my radeon 8500, and it did work, windows detected the "new" card, and I had no issues installing the proper drivers. One thing that was affected was my cards overclocking, for the worst. I usually can run the card at 290/325 but when I tried that setting and went to benchmark in 3dmark2001se , I ended up with a very weirded out screen, tearing textures, blue sparks dripping from the dragon fire, then I started getting ghosted images and weird blue and purple lights on the buildings... then lockup... I had to reduce the memory clock rate to 315 to get rid of the tearing and other stuff I just mentioned, I reflashed my card back to the original, and its running at the same 290/325 used with the firegl8800 bios, and all the weird graphic errors are gone....

19th Jun 2004, 08:10 AM	#15 (permalink)
BRB Newbie Join Date: 19 Jun 2004 Location: Alabama Posts: 16 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Sorry it took so long. I had to find out the hard way that this won't work booting to a CD boot disk. I finally gave up and slapped a floppy in there and presto!, instant Fire GL X2 256. Thanks again for a well written "How to" that really works as described.

19th Jun 2004, 01:37 PM	#16 (permalink)
Capt'n Carnage Newbie Join Date: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 2 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Hi guys, Currently i own a Radeon 9800pro DDR-2 Video card and just finished reading about the article which states that my video card can flash perfectly to a FGL X2 256 card bios as these two cards are identical right down to the exact same bios. I was wondering what the pro's and con's are of doing this. First off im a gamer so most of my games are DX9ish with a few games being OGL (ive had some problems with OGL games stating the radeon series dont use a robust enough OGL drivers) Would there be any negitive impact in my gaming? would there be any possitive impact to my gaming? Also what type of impact would this have on OCing this video card as ivehad great success with this card on stock cooling and have hit 400 (800) on the ram with ease which i have been told is good for the DDR2 this card uses. Any imput is welcome and wanted, im not fearful of the flashing process as i dont need to use a hacked Bios for this card because of its native configuration matching that of the "Real" FireGl card but im currious of what changes this will actually make. Thnx guys !

19th Jun 2004, 06:32 PM	#20 (permalink)
marvel31 Newbie Join Date: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 15 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Hi Guys, sorry for my bad english but i will try my best i started to use some 3d-software with my 9800pro 128MB and in my opinion a mod into a FireGL would be a huge help for this. i'm so hot to try out this mod but i'm also a little bit afraid of destructing my card. what changes the BIOS, only the name of the card in my system or will the BIOS switch on some hidden features ? and guys, what about some banchmarks !!!?? has nobody tested the difference ? and the last question .... i'm also a gamer, will this mod influence my gaming-performance in a negative way ? THANKS