pixel shader

[cdawall]

is there any way to mod my card to get pixel shader 2.x i only have pixel shader 1.3 any help would nice

[ChaoticBlankness]

There is 99% percent chance of you not being able too, but for kicks what is your card?

[cdawall]

asus ti 4200 4x agp 64mb oc'd currently 300/580 (it can do 340/580 stable)

[infrared]

definatly not, sorry :(

[cdawall]

any mods i can do to it????

[infrared]

probably not any worth doing. You can always try voltmoding it, there should be some articles on how to do it with that card. They overclock very well, but since they're only 4 pixel pipelines, you don't gain much.

[Dippyskoodlez]

any mods i can do to it????


Volt mods and upgraded heatsink.

Thats it. ;)

[cjoyce1980]

its a 4 series card, nVidia have moved to the 7 series now, so that must tell you something about your card.

your real choices are upgrade or dont upgrade, Volt mods and upgraded heatsink are only gonna increase the FPS, not the quality of the graphics

[ChaoticBlankness]

I say upgrade, but not yet. With Vista almost upon us it might be wise to wait for a G80 or an R600. However in your case, if you're stuck with AGP, there's no telling if those will be compatible on your system.

[Dippyskoodlez]

I say upgrade, but not yet. With Vista almost upon us it might be wise to wait for a G80 or an R600. However in your case, if you're stuck with AGP, there's no telling if those will be compatible on your system.


I'm doubting they will, but the release of such cards should reduce lower end AGP card prices a bit. :)

IMO, just upgrade to pcie.. cpu+mobo+video if you have to. Well worth it.

[Azn Tr14dZ]

They should've stayed with AGP a little longer IMO...the 7950GX2 only takes up X6 bandwidth, and AGP has X8...but PCI Express doesn't hurt.

[cdawall]

thank you when i get my new amd 65nm system ill put that in mind btw when is the release date of amd 65nm????

[Dippyskoodlez]

thank you when i get my new amd 65nm system ill put that in mind btw when is the release date of amd 65nm????


They're supposed to be previewing/demonstarting it 1q07, so probably spring 07.

[Dippyskoodlez]

They should've stayed with AGP a little longer IMO...the 7950GX2 only takes up X6 bandwidth, and AGP has X8...but PCI Express doesn't hurt.

Problem is, keeping a CPU in there thats capable of pushing that kinda power to the gpu...

Anyways, pci-e 6x bandwidth is NOT the same as agp 6x bandwidth.

66mhz bus Vs 133mhz bus iirc.

SLI will **NOT** work on an AGP board either, as ir requires multiple IRQ's. AGP is only capable of offering 1.

[cdawall]

ok thanx dippyskoodlez so now ill just sit till 07 (o well maybe when they arrive they will do what the conroe did to us in the sciencemark, superpi threads