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i an not a nerd

10-05-2005, 01:48 AM

saphalline

10-05-2005, 02:47 AM

Not to rain on your parade here, but I just thought I'd put in a cautionary note on this one. Sort of like a PCG Disclaimer, if you will. ;)

"Modding your individual components in this manner is not supported by the manufacturer, and you do so at your own risk. i an not a nerd nor the PC Guide Forums may be held responsible for any damages resulting from this modification, nor shall any spam result from this thread's content. You are hereby warned about the dangers of flashing your vid card with a BIOS not originally designed for it, including but not limited to: graphical artifacts, system instability, GPU/VPU overheating, turning your vid card into an expensive paperweight, and causing discoloration of pictures of your in-laws on your hard drive."

i an not a nerd

10-05-2005, 09:21 AM

O ya, thanks!

i an not a nerd

10-05-2005, 09:25 AM

Come to think of it, people might wanna check that they have the r423 core. If they have the r480 core, then flashing with the x800xt will probly render the card useless.

i an not a nerd

10-07-2005, 07:24 PM

warning, make sure that you have decent cooling on this card when you do the mod (watercooling preferably)

rw1009

10-21-2005, 08:08 PM

Hey all,

I just bought a Sapphire X800 GT for one of my systems. This card has a default 8 pixel pipelines. It also uses the x800 XT core....

I found that if you flash the BIOS of the x800GT to the x800XT (both sapphire), the you can unlock more pipelines. I have a stable 12 pixel pipelines.

So for computer elites that know how to do these things, this is a great deal!

I want to flash my sapphire X800GT too
but do i need a new cooling fan before i flash the bios?
and can u tell me how and what program i need to flash the bios
thank you