9800 PRO Vs 9800???

[mstubble]

I am wondering, if I buy a 9800 and flash the bios to a 9800 pro, is there going to be any negetive affects to this?

Also, is there any performance difference between this and buying a 'real' 9800 pro?

 

[mstubble]

Anyone?

 

[fumbduck]

i've never heard of flashing a 9800 to a 9800pro.

HOWEVER, a 9800 will easily overclock to 9800pro speeds and give you almost just as much performance, especially for the price.

 

[MangoTBG]

Where've you been? Under a rock? In a cave?

For more information on the 9800 softmod, do a search in this thread and go read up on the thread that started it all over at rage3d.com's forum under "overclocking 9800 series"

 

[magomago]

if you get the one with 2.86 or 3.3 ns samsung ram then a biosflash is fine
you can't do it if it comes with infeon memory but you'll esaily be able to overclock

 

[Corporate Thug]

magomago got it, you MUST get 2.86 or 3.3ns ram to flash

 

[Perplx]

Flashing only benifts the 3.3ns ram I gained 20mhz by doing it. The 2.8ns ram overclocks better with out any modifications.

 

[Corporate Thug]

perplx, i hear that when it is flashed, the clock speeds are automatically set the 9800 pro speeds. is this true?

 

[ScrewFace]

That is correct, Shady. But, alas, will your 9800 be stable at 9800 Pro speeds. Ah, yes. That is the question.:beer:

 

[Schadenfroh]

what brands of 9800 use those ram types? 2.x i mean

 

[mrgoblin]

luck?

 

[OddTSi]

Originally posted by: ScrewFace
That is correct, Shady. But, alas, will your 9800 be stable at 9800 Pro speeds. Ah, yes. That is the question.:beer:

If it's not, is it possible to flash back to the non-pro bios?

 

[MTDEW]

If it's not, is it possible to flash back to the non-pro bios?

Sure , just be sure to backup you original bios before flashing.

I got one with the infineon 3.0 memory chips.

So the memory only does 317mhz
But the core does 430 easily with the stock cooling.

So i kept it. (for my wifes pc)
This is a MADE BY ATI 9800.

Of course I'm running a "real" 9800 pro.
(just havent updated my sig to my new system yet)

 

[BFG10K]

Don't flash the BIOS, overclock it instead.

Whether your card is stable overclocked has no bearing on the BIOS, which only servers to increase the native clocks speeds of the card.

 

[Nocturnal]

Just buy a 9800 pro man!