Msi 9800 Pro

[MrMashashin]

I found a radeon 9800pro i can afford today and i'm going to put an order out on sunday. here it is http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-127-127&depa=1 good deal? lol

 

[DaCoOlNeSs]

I found a radeon 9800pro i can afford today and i'm going to put an order out on sunday. here it is http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-127-127&depa=1 good deal? lol

thats the one I want, I hear it is a very good card

 

[MrMashashin]

lol yea they all say its great. I was going to go with nvidia 5900xt but my firend said i would get more bang out of a 9800pro and he said it would last longer.

 

[Chaballaman]

hsf looks much better than stock 9800pro.. i might get it if i get 9800pro, i dont wanna put another zalman. has anyone flash this card with 9800xt bios?

 

[MrMashashin]

i havent got it yet

 

[Chaballaman]

u can get 9800xt bios here,
http://www.ocfaq.com/softmod/bios.php or http://www.station-drivers.com/page/atidriv.htm
since msi doesnt make 9800xt u have to flash with other brand 9800xt bios with same mem type. it would help if u get fast ns ram n r360 gpu.

 

[ComposMentis]

I have this card and flashed it to the Medion Radeon XXL Bios. The MSI 9800 Pro is the same PCB/core that sells as a 9800XT in Europe. The bios unlocks the optimized shaders and increases the core clock a bit, but not to XT speeds. You'll have to use an OC util if you want to hit XT speeds.

The best guide is here: http://www.rojakpot.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=92&pgno=0

 

[DaCoOlNeSs]

u can get 9800xt bios here,
http://www.ocfaq.com/softmod/bios.php or http://www.station-drivers.com/page/atidriv.htm
since msi doesnt make 9800xt u have to flash with other brand 9800xt bios with same mem type. it would help if u get fast ns ram n r360 gpu.

almsot all MSI cards come with an R360 core though, plus they all ship with LOW NS ran, (probably 2.2 or 1.6) they can easily be flashed to 9800XT and then overclock some more.

the only thing you will be missing is overdrive because MSI modified the board a bit and took out the temp sensor.

 

[Chaballaman]

how high can this card o/c?

 

[umcpgrad]

whats the point of bio-ing it to 9800xt when already in desktop mode it shows it as a 9800xt?

 

[ComposMentis]

whats the point of bio-ing it to 9800xt when already in desktop mode it shows it as a 9800xt?

The system is reporting it as XT but the BIOS does not have the XT shaders unlocked.

 

[umcpgrad]

what kind of xt shader does it not have?

 

[umcpgrad]

I don't feel like detaching the h/s fan.. any other way I can make this work??
to make it a real xt?
=P


edit - nevermind*

 

[DaCoOlNeSs]

what kind of xt shader does it not have?

it doesnt have the XT shader optimizations unlocked, they make the card perform better