Sapphire X800 GTO (R430/AGP) to X800 XL Mod?

[Googlhupf]

Hello all!

I recently bought a Sapphire X800 GTO AGP which turned out to have a R430 core. It also seems to have no hardware lockout for the disabled pipelines.

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I understand the basics of BIOS-Modding. Could I simply flash a X800 XL BIOS? Would that unlock the pipelines?

Now:

- What exactly do I have to do to unlock those 4 pipelines?
- Can I go back to the original configuration in case of warranty? (assuming the card still works to a certain degree :D )
- Where do I get the neccessary files?

I don't know yet what memory Sapphire used on my card, but I didn't intend on OC the card anyway.


Greetings from Germany

Googlhupf

[ajujo]

i also imterested i have the same card!!!!

[sweeper]

before you flash the card, with the R430 core, they don't usually overclock much past 450 core and 560 memory. What you can do is unlock the extra 4 pipes. I just did it. I wasn't up to par on changing the BIOS using a hex editor so I had someone do it for me. The pipes are now unlocked from 12 to 16 and my scores jumped in 3DMARK 05 from around 5100 to 5600 and 3DMARK 06 I went from 1500 to 1900. Here's a link to my thread.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=9857

;)