NVIDIA gf4 into quadro 4 instantly

[nexus_alpha]

This link over at x-bit labs show you how easy it is to convert a gf4 into a quadro 4 <A HREF="http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/story.html?id=1013385350" target="_new">http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/story.html?id=1013385350</A> now flamethrower don't drool.

 

[flamethrower205]

drool........need tissue.......droooooollll
Now look what u turned me into! A drooling idiot!

Only if you let me see the Umpa Lumpa- Homer Simpson.

 

[flamethrower205]

I'm kinda saddened though...seems xbot took over tnaw_xtennis' work....

Only if you let me see the Umpa Lumpa- Homer Simpson.

 

[Guest]

WTF......... I cant help but *drool* either. I didnt know graphics card alterations where that simple?!?

and consideringt that the Quadro will cost a couple hundered more I want to know MORE, for obvious reasons


Flame, what where you talking about when you said this?
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I'm kinda saddened though...seems
xbot took over tnaw_xtennis' work....

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This almost seems too simple. Have you guys heard of this being done before?

 

[shmeggegie]

yes, there have been quadro drivers for geforce boards made by really smart and determined Russians for a little while, now, (since the geforce 256 and geforce2 mx and gts pro.) nvidia designs all the boards the same way to save manufacturing costs (only one assembly line for two products = less overhead.) except there's one little connection somewhere on the board (I forget where) that id's the card as either a geforce or a quadro. you used to have to bust out the old soddering iron and change the connection to a quadro, but now you can just hack the drivers and tell them to read that little connection differently. obviously, I'm simplifying and don't quite understand the specifics, but that's the basic idea. now, apparently, they don't quite work identically for the geforce4. but, if you want to know where I get my info, go here: <A HREF="http://www.guru3d.com/rivatuner/softquadro/" target="_new"> guru3d's softquadro page </A>

 

[flamethrower205]

That was a typo- xbit, not xbot. Tnaw was just the guy who started the hardware stuff. This has been done many times before, but it doesn't turn into an actiual Quadro, you're just changing the PCI ID. There was a way found to turn certain GF3's into actual Quadro DCC's though. Same thing with teh driver hack- it just tells it to think of teh card as a specific quadro, and disreagrd teh actual PCI ID. The problem with the 27.xx drivers and above is that they have an annoying antiprotection, so Unwider hasn't had time to crack it yet.

Only if you let me see the Umpa Lumpa- Homer Simpson.