Pipelines for my current card?

[Cobra427]

Hey all I was just wondering if it is possible to unlock pipelines on my card...I dont believe it is but I am just making sure.

I have a Saphhire 9600Pro 256

[djbbenn]

No a PRO has the same amout of pipes as the XT does.

-Dan

[W1zzard]

you have 4 pipelines ... there are no hidden pipelines in your chip

[Cobra427]

Ok thanks...I was just wondering. :)

How much of a difference do the pipelines actually make?

[djbbenn]

They make a quite difference in performance. With the x800 pro vivo's, they got about a 1000 points more in 3dmark03 with just the extra 4 pipes enabled. So in simple terms...the more the better. :D

-Dan