Modding a GF4 MX440

[a4amd]

Is there any tool - hardware or software to mod a GF4 MX 440 chipset for better performance? i have the ASUS make card - ASUS V8170 DDR. Yes, i am upgrading very soon to a Radeon 9700, but b4 that, i just want to play around with this card.

 

[bdaley]

The only mod I would do to that card is throwing it it the garbage.

"I'm a man armed with a fork in a land of soup."

 

[MegaCharger]

If you are about to get Radeon 9700 Pro then what you can do is to overclock it as much as you can then watch it burn. Or just sell it to one of your friends for $100 and tell them "Dude, it's a GeForce 4! It's great!"

 

[Spitfire_x86]

There's another mod, selling the card.

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[redface]

Yeah, the best mod is to insert them into older computers and play older games....Directx 7 game of course.

You can save yourself some electric bill by playing older games in older machine with older PSU (240W or less)

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[a4amd]

Thats exactly what i have been trying to do all this while... watch it burn ...this bloody thing wont overclock more than 279/419, the default being 270/410 :frown: the bloody thing wont even burn.......

 

[Lonemagi]

Got jumper cables and a car battery? It will burn all right!

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[a4amd]

hmmm i can already see it smoking hmmm never had thot of that....might give it a try if i get the R9700 soon enough

 

[umheint0]

Just for kicks, find an old CPU heatsink and get some Arctic Silver thermal adhesive, and mount that on it.

Then find some big honking northbridge heatsinks and mount those on the memory chips.

I think that would give you adequate cooling to crank up your card a bit.

THEN sell it to your neighbour for $150 and tell him you added the extra cooling as a massive performance booster.

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[DCB_AU]

Don't burn(wreck) the card- keep it as a spare, backup.
If you new card ever fails, you can use your old card while you get your new one repaired/replaced.
Also, you could sell it for fifty bucks easily.

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