Easiest way to flash your X800GTO2 via dvd \ cd

[locutus12]

Using 3D Mark 05 I get a score of 5699

its not the greatest score, but not bad either (stock score is about 4000) try lowering the memory a little and pushing the GPU up higher, they are usually good for 520mhz.

 

[locutus12]

With mem @ 560 & core @ 520 I'm getting 5655.
Hmmmmmm. Expecting whopping results but not the case.
It is showing as anX850 Pro but I can't get anywhere near the results that some posters are getting using clocks like 560/560.
TBH, I'm **** scared of whacking up the numbers too high & frying my card; her indoors just wouldn't countenance my getting a new one

560 cores the exception not the rule, most of the GTO2`s topped out at between 500 and 530 on the GPU. whats your CPU speed ?

 

[locutus12]

3 GHz P4, 800 MHz FSB.
Just ran 3D 05 with clocks @ 520/600 & got a score of 5811.
Gonna play a bit of BF2 to check stability at these settings.
BTW, thanks for the help & advice, I'm sure you'd much rather be doing other things mate

youl find if you bump up your CPU youl get a few more marks too

p.s. i used to get around 5800, more than enough for bf2 @ 1280X1024 on high (provided you have 2 gig of ram, you wont get a jerk free game in BF2 with high settings if you dont have at least 1.5gig)

 

[locutus12]

well the system is fine but i think if you managed to get another 2 to 3 hundred Mhz on the CPU you would probably gain an extra 150 3dmarks, (about 3 to 5% extra graphical performance) its not much so probably not worth bothering with, i just thought i would let you know

 

[locutus12]

Nah, sounds like a headache mate
Thanks for all the help though.
Any recommendations for my next GPU (bearing in mind it'll be around Xmas when I manage to get it).
Looking to spend around £150.

come Xmas a whole new range will be here along with DX10 so none of the current stock will be worth a flying **** if you want the new DX10 eye candy

wait till january when dx10`s abit more established and the new cards have settled in, then feel free to ask me

 

[locutus12]

How much should I pay for one of these cards second hand?

It's been flashed.

i would say between £90 and £110 depending on how well it clocks and if it has an R480 core with the RED circuit board, the blue ones were ok but they are R430 and dont clock as well.

Probs a daft question but does this work with the HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1800 GTO TURBO 256MB card?

to be honest with you i wouldnt have a clue, but your very welcome to try it as i would love to know... just have an original bios and a PCI graphics card rready (i can make you an iso for it if you can get me the original bios for your card)

 

[locutus12]

red PCB, made by sapphire... and the owner claimes he has never clocked it ?? lol... i wouldnt believe him for a minute £100 sounds great (although haggling for £95 never hurt...) it should clock well enough

 

[locutus12]

GoldenGlory, e-mail me, details in my trust, if your quick and if you havent bought one already i may be able to get you a GTO2 for £85

 

[locutus12]

Locust, u r a legend....i have successfully unlocked 16 pipes and now have found new hardware.....Radeon X850 Series.....cheers mate...u have been a great help....

MilkyBar

lol, well im glad to hear it and to answer your earlier question... no, you wouldnt of needed a pci card if you have onboard graphics available

enjoy.

 

[locutus12]

if youve wrote the cd correctly, you dont have to enter a commend, it gives you 2 options, flash to 16 pipes (i think by pressing 1 then hitting enter) or flash back to 12 pipes (by pressing 2 then enter)

 

[locutus12]

i get 3 options

1: flash to 16 pipes
2: rollback to 12 pipes
3: enter a comand prompt

i entered option 1

it done some stuff and played a little sound and the told me to press any key to contiinues...
it then said successfully flashed to 16 pipes
and then it game me the

A:

congratulations. your flashed. hence the confirmation messages saying "successfully flashed to 16 pipes"

ATI tool is relatively simple, just install it, click find max core and it should do the rest for you, then click find max memory, when you have both figures, clock the card at say 5mhz under the max it gave you for the GPU and memory and then run it through 3Dmark 05 to see how it holds up.

make sure you turn your screen saver off before you use it though.

 

[locutus12]

oops....

I flashed a x800 pro AGP with this boot flasher and

No display now, even when the card is in a PC with onboard display the flashrom does not see the x800.

If I got a PCI graphics card, would that allow to reflash firmware ?

yup, get yourself the PCI card, youl also need your original bios and a flash utility, if your unsure of how to flash it, mail me your original bios and i will make an ISO for you to use.

 

[locutus12]

does this work with all X800GTO2 cards or do you need a sepical one?

works with all the GTO2`s as i believe only sapphire made the GTO2, however some later GTO2`s were already unlocked but didnt clock anywhere near as well as the first batches did.

p.s. juno_first im working on it now, sorry for the delay.