ok i bit the bullet, flashed with the club r350 fireglx2 bios....it worked.....wish there was a r360 one other than the hercules but it complained ti wasn't compatible or something so i didn't do it... anwyays which drivers should i install? i installed the fire gl x2 256t drivers from the ati site and it worked.....didn't complain about anything..... (didn't use any crack/patch or free firegl driver) what tabs should i see to know that it worked? i see display, color, options, rotation, overlay, and 3d....where are the firegl optomizations page? thx
LoL! Why you don't want to use the FreeFireGL drivers? Ok anyway, you need to use RivaTuner to patch the driver before installing it and after installing it. Or else you won't see any improvements in performance Well, check the guide There are some 'special' tabs which couldn't be found on Cats
ok i used freefiregl drivers.......and i get the same tabs as b4...only difference is the freefiregl icon on the tab istead of ati one......is hte firegl working?
Remember to try the " firegl" first with max or combustion or any other opengl hardware accelerated program. Even though the tabs are there, it doesnt mean it actually runs... if max or maya, or whatever you use crashes, you probably have to do what i did... If it does work, get ready for some unbeleivable performance increase before my radeon pro could handle about 230,000 polygons on scene...and it sucked. now, it takes 700,000 polygons like nothing! all this while rendering a complete scene, working on photoshop, and premiere .
Hey Guys, I'm somewhat torn between getting a cheaper 9800pro or the new x800 card. The main factor in getting a 9800pro is the ability to softmod it into a x2 firegl card. I like to know if anyone out there is willing try soft modding their x800 card into an x3 firegl card. Since it doesn't require any flashing, it should be safe. Thanks.
Someone emailed me about the X800 to X3 mod. He said he's wiling to use his X800Pro as the test subject I'm still waiting for his reply
hacked radeon 9800 pro Test Results.. I hack bios of radeon 9800 pro and I tested with SPECapc for Maya 5... and the results is fiasco! because no more giving performance the hacked bios. and I tested with softfiregl.... but results is same..no more more performence then unhacked... and here results are original (unhacked radeon 9800 pro) <TESTRUN> 7.89,wireframe 15.77,smoothShaded 25.36,Texture Load Time 21.03,textured 24.49,texturedSelected 31.98,texturedHilited scene,werewolf.ma 5.02,Project File Load 7.83,wireframe 15.83,smoothShaded 21.87,Texture Load Time 21.02,textured 24.25,texturedSelected 32.15,texturedHilited scene,werewolf.ma 5.14,Project File Load 7.94,wireframe 15.9,smoothShaded 21.96,Texture Load Time 21.22,textured 24.48,texturedSelected 32.27,texturedHilited scene,werewolf.ma 5.27,Project File Load 7.98,wireframe 15.88,smoothShaded 21.84,Texture Load Time 21.18,textured 24.5,texturedSelected 32.14,texturedHilited scene,hand1.ma 40.01,Project File Load 1.87,wireframe 14.03,smoothShaded 0.16,Texture Load Time 14.03,textured 13.51,texturedSelected 16.78,texturedHilited scene,hand1.ma 39.84,Project File Load 1.86,wireframe 14.02,smoothShaded 0.16,Texture Load Time 14.03,textured 13.47,texturedSelected 16.75,texturedHilited scene,hand1.ma 39.86,Project File Load 1.87,wireframe 14.03,smoothShaded 0.17,Texture Load Time 14.04,textured 13.5,texturedSelected 16.67,texturedHilited scene,Insect.ma 3.63,Project File Load 67.94,wireframe 128.28,smoothShaded 13.37,Texture Load Time 301.19,textured 301.52,texturedSelected 355.77,texturedHilited scene,Insect.ma 3.59,Project File Load 67.4,wireframe 129.04,smoothShaded 8.83,Texture Load Time 306.89,textured 326.2,texturedSelected 365.22,texturedHilited scene,Insect.ma 3.59,Project File Load 67.61,wireframe 129.25,smoothShaded 8.82,Texture Load Time 303.33,textured 297.19,texturedSelected 356.13,texturedHilited scene,Squid.ma 3.74,Project File Load 10.47,wireframe 21.3,smoothShaded 45.28,Texture Load Time 30.31,textured 33.01,texturedSelected 37.84,texturedHilited scene,Squid.ma 3.65,Project File Load 10.61,wireframe 21.52,smoothShaded 38.43,Texture Load Time 30.7,textured 36.27,texturedSelected 38.25,texturedHilited scene,Squid.ma 3.62,Project File Load 10.58,wireframe 21.44,smoothShaded 38.51,Texture Load Time 30.72,textured 28.74,texturedSelected 38.24,texturedHilited scene,handDef.ma 41.01,Project File Load 1765.61,smoothShaded </TESTRUN> ---------------------------------------------------- here is hacked to radeon 9800 pro (softfireGL with hacked bios) <TESTRUN> 8.11,wireframe 13.12,smoothShaded 24.73,Texture Load Time 18.19,textured 20.82,texturedSelected 27.74,texturedHilited scene,werewolf.ma 6.11,Project File Load 7.8,wireframe 13.19,smoothShaded 21.65,Texture Load Time 18.21,textured 20.86,texturedSelected 27.81,texturedHilited scene,werewolf.ma 6.25,Project File Load 7.89,wireframe 13.22,smoothShaded 21.78,Texture Load Time 18.32,textured 21.2,texturedSelected 27.96,texturedHilited scene,werewolf.ma 6.37,Project File Load 7.98,wireframe 13.28,smoothShaded 21.81,Texture Load Time 18.31,textured 21.59,texturedSelected 28,texturedHilited scene,hand1.ma 43.49,Project File Load 2.42,wireframe 10.14,smoothShaded 0.14,Texture Load Time 10.16,textured 12.23,texturedSelected 12.59,texturedHilited scene,hand1.ma 43.38,Project File Load 2.4,wireframe 10.14,smoothShaded 0.14,Texture Load Time 10.11,textured 12.25,texturedSelected 12.64,texturedHilited scene,hand1.ma 43.54,Project File Load 2.82,wireframe 10.15,smoothShaded 0.15,Texture Load Time 10.16,textured 12.67,texturedSelected 13.11,texturedHilited scene,Insect.ma 4.22,Project File Load 65.85,wireframe 156.51,smoothShaded 13,Texture Load Time 253.64,textured 261.73,texturedSelected 295.81,texturedHilited scene,Insect.ma 4.08,Project File Load 65.87,wireframe 156.58,smoothShaded 8.56,Texture Load Time 254.32,textured 296.84,texturedSelected 296.43,texturedHilited scene,Insect.ma 4.12,Project File Load 66.6,wireframe 157.43,smoothShaded 8.64,Texture Load Time 257.44,textured 262.17,texturedSelected 299.47,texturedHilited scene,Squid.ma 4.3,Project File Load 10.56,wireframe 21.28,smoothShaded 44.93,Texture Load Time 29.09,textured 30.81,texturedSelected 35.19,texturedHilited scene,Squid.ma 4.12,Project File Load 10.63,wireframe 21.28,smoothShaded 37.94,Texture Load Time 29.15,textured 29.78,texturedSelected 35.36,texturedHilited scene,Squid.ma 4.14,Project File Load 10.71,wireframe 21.49,smoothShaded 37.97,Texture Load Time 29.36,textured 27.32,texturedSelected 35.44,texturedHilited scene,handDef.ma 40.7,Project File Load 1739.21,smoothShaded </TESTRUN> ----------------------------------------------------- you can see no more differents, except some viewports bug...
Let me ask you a question 1st Did you patch the FireGL driver which you've downloaded from ATI's site before & after installing it?
first try : I pathced ati's firegl drivers... results : same second try : I uninstall patched driver, then I install FreeFireGL_6378 (soft mod) drivers from russian web site... I choose from configuration tab settings to MAYA Nt... results : same I try all the way but results is not change... what is way now..
maya doesnt really get any increase....you should try with 3d studio max.if it crashes then its still not fully configured.... if you get the special custom drivers from the viewport config. in max , then your set. try to get max, and try again. I can assure you it works
Hey guys, if anyone could give me some advice it would be greatly appreciated.I have a Radeon 9700pro card and would love to load the fireGL drivers.I am currently running Mastercam, Rhinoceros and Flamingo and the card is battling so an upgrade to a fireGL would be great. I tried the FreefireGL drivers and it seemed like a success.The control panel was there with all the functions.However upon starting Rhinoceros 3D and running it, it crashed.Time and time again.There was also no performance gain either.Opening up windows when you right click the mouse was also a lot slower and flickered sometimes.I tried uninstalling and reloading several times, but to no avail.An interesting point to note is that if I look under my information tab it says that my bios is 0.00 .So it seems like it is not picking up the new bios?I don't know, I am new at this.I really don't want to try the long way of doing this as I have no PCI card to back up with, and it looks a lot more involved.But I will make a plan if I have to.Any ideas? Thanks!
Hm. I hope this doesn't mean that the newer vid cards are non - moddable... I still HAVEN't gotten a new video card - channeling all my resources to a new dual Xeon rig. Maybe a Quadro FX 700, later. The nVIDIA software and hardware mods are at a standstill as of now. No successful mods with the advent of the newer cards. A similar situation may occur with ATi, but I really hope this hasn't happened.
hi guys i managed to mod my radeon 9550 to fireglT2 everything seamed ok in specview in 3dmark 03 but when i started 3dmark05 or the new needfor speed demo everything is very bright and strange looking obviosly there is a problem with directx9.0c what could be the issue i moded it with the freefiregl driver please help
Looks like there are still some problems with the FreeFireGL driver. Looks like you have no choice but to use the RivaTuner method
Strange.... Most of them got it working...I'm really not sure about this one. Both the RivaTuner patch scripts and the FreeFireGL drivers are not working properly.