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danizaken   08-27-2005 at 10:30:00 PM

Ive suddenly realized that my 9800pro is running as a 9800np at 290/324. Why is this? can i flash it to back to a pro? This card has samsung memory modules.

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danizaken   08-27-2005 at 10:37:36 PM
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The adapter type shown in System Information is RADEON 9800 PRO AGP, so i'm sure it's a pro.

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danizaken   08-27-2005 at 11:38:54 PM
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Help, what should i do?????

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danizaken   08-28-2005 at 12:23:09 AM
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Ok i clocked it to those speeds with ATITool but i want it to be permanent. I can make ATITool auto run on startup with the 380/340 profile but is it ok to keep changing the speeds? since at boot times it's at non pro speeds.

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davemar14   08-28-2005 at 01:08:33 AM
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You would need to flash the BIOS on the card from the 9800np to the 9800Pro BIOS. That would permanetly change it.

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blackphoenix77   08-29-2005 at 12:04:50 AM
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Just ask it politely to change back to a 9800Pro, I'm sure it wouldn't have a problem with it.

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pauldh   08-29-2005 at 12:19:57 AM
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I'd bet it is a plain 9800 non-pro. Doesn't make sense a 9800 pro would down clock unless you did it yourself through ATI Tool.

Forget what the drivers say, what does the label on the card itself say? Alot of the good 9800's(ones without infinion memory) could be flashed to 9800 pro and a least one person who frequests this forum sold 2 of these flashed 9800 np's as 9800 pro's on ebay.


<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=658042" target="_new">3DMark05</A> <A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3781954" target="_new">3DMark03</A>

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pauldh   08-29-2005 at 12:22:43 AM
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I tried that with an Infineon mem'd BBA 9800 and it quite unpolitely said no way! So it went back to circuit city; reason fro RMA...it had the crappy Infinion memory...too slow for me.

<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=658042" target="_new">3DMark05</A> <A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3781954" target="_new">3DMark03</A>

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danizaken   08-29-2005 at 10:45:09 AM
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Actually i got it from ebay so what you're saying about np's sold as pros might be true.
Anyway, i flashed it to a pro. Thanks.

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pauldh   08-29-2005 at 11:51:12 PM
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That's 2.85ns, 350MHz(700MHz DDR) memory. It's also found on 9700 pros and if you are lucky, some 9600 pro/xt's.



<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=658042" target="_new">3DMark05</A> <A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3781954" target="_new">3DMark03</A>

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