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    Advice needed on a a X850XT AGP card

    I think I got lucky that mine took the bios mod, it would probably clock higher but i dont want to push my luck. Yep, I dont blame Newegg at all, pffft...up to 16 pipelines.... who labels crap like that, hell 4 pipes could be UP to 16 pipes. lol I'll think twice before giving Sapphire any...
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    Advice needed on a a X850XT AGP card

    Thats funny, I went to compusa to get the zalman 900 but saw the 700 cu and went with it as it was $10 cheaper, easy install, knocked 10 degrees off temps under full load and damm near silent. I just played a hour and half straight in Dark Messiah and it played very well, I am officially happy...
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    Advice needed on a a X850XT AGP card

    Update, I used an ATI X850XT bios and have all 16 pipes open card running at 520/540, using ati tool to turn the fan on, stock fan is real loud at 100% arent they...lol idle temps are 33 load is about 62. Havent seen any artifacts yet, played Dark Messiah, game stutters a bit in busy areas...
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    Advice needed on a a X850XT AGP card

    I read threw all the links you posted, that DB of ati bios' is where I got the few I tried, Im just not sure which one opens the pipes and doesnt o/c the card. Maybe Im missing something. I do very much appreciate the links and advice. and Arthur, dolfs link isnt valid anymore on that forum
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    Advice needed on a a X850XT AGP card

    I would use the 850 XT BIOS if the fan worked, I didnt see any artifacts albeit I only had it flashed a few minutes. Arthur, did your fan work after you flashed the card? Would the modified X850 Pro BIOS open all 16 pipes but not o/c the card? Where would I find the modified X850 Pro BIOS?
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    Advice needed on a a X850XT AGP card

    I got another question for ya, If I install the latest ATI driver for the 850 series win XP detects an unknown hardware device and cannot install a driver for it, both the Primary and Secondary RAMDACs are both installed. If I install the Sapphire driver from the CD I dont get this unknown...
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    Advice needed on a a X850XT AGP card

    The box was not shrink wrapped but did have the sapphire seal sticker on each end and didnt appear to be tampered with. I appreciate your input Peter, With its current state of 12 pipes do you think my son will notice a differenece over the geforce 6800 he has now? Remember its a plain 6800...
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    Advice needed on a a X850XT AGP card

    So I decided to mod the card, tested the core and mem to XT speeds 520/540 no problems at all. So I flashed to a sapphire x850XT AGP bios 1.6 samsung ( it does have 1.6 chips on it) It took the mod just fine, running at 520/540 with 16 pipes...BUT no fan once the system posts, once I turn it...
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    Advice needed on a a X850XT AGP card

    Yep I just looked and they are sold out, so much for getting the right one, I just wonder who screwed up, either Sapphire or someone pulled a switch and returned it, but if that was the case they did a good job wth the stickers cuz it does say X850XT on the sticker on the cooler. I took...
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    Advice needed on a a X850XT AGP card

    Thanks for the reply, What is odd is the card says its an XT right on the card, ATITool says it has 12 active pipes, r481 core. I wouldnt mind seeing if can open the other 4 pipes, is this difficult to do?
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    Advice needed on a a X850XT AGP card

    Ok here's the situation. My 16 year old son has my old system, ABIT IS7 mobo 2gb PC3200, 3.2 P4 Prescott and an AGP Geforce 6800 128mb. I was browsing Newegg and they had a Sapphire Radeon X850XT 256 AGP card for $139 so I thought it would play better than the 6800 as its just the plain old 6800...
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