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Stephen Chu wrote:
> In article <N7DGc.5562$Q74.732@news.chello.at>, "maniac" <no@mail.com>
> wrote:
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>>Ben Pope <spam@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>>Yes, the R350 core never existed, it was entirely made up to allow a
>>>broader range of products, the R360 is not better than the R350,
>>>which is why the 350 also includes a temp sensor. Umm, maybe not.
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>>You are wrong. R350 was the same chip as R360 but it hadn't thermal senson
>>integrated with the VPU.
>>From the beginning of the 2004 year all R9800 Pro/XT cards are equiped with
>>R360 core.
>>So I can say, yes, all actual produced R9800 Pros are able to work with
>>R9800 XT BIOS. But you will have to check out if your card can work with
>>412/365 MHz (core/mem) clocks. Be aware... card should be additionaly cooled
>>by heatsinks on the memory chips. ;P
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> Is there anyway to just enable the temp sensor?
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> My Sapphire 9800 pro does have a R360 core. I have Zalman cooler on the
> VPU, but not the RAM. So I don't want to flash it with XT BIOS.
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> I guess I can always down-clock the RAM after boot up?
There's a thread on forums.overclockers.co.uk
(http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17229146)
that has a flashing disk that can flash any R360-cored card to:
Have XT features at XT speeds with Hynix RAM
Have XT features at XT speeds with Samsung RAM
Have XT features at 9800PRO speeds with Hynix RAM
Have XT features at 9800PRO speeds with Samsung RAM
I think this sounds like what you're looking for?
I think my card is R350-cored though, because I had odd bits (mostly on
the edges of shadows, I think) when using either of the Hynix R360
BIOSes. Not general "you've overclocked too far" corruption, but really
odd stuff in specific places such as shadows, maybe other stuff. I'll be
taking the HSF off to see at some point.