X800 GTO² to X850 XT BIOS Mod

[Unregistered]

Actually someone did some banchmarks on the Sapphire X800GTO.:

http://www.3davenue.com/1401.html

 

[Unregistered]

I meant benchmarks LOL, anyway I wonder how those compare with
the R423 16P?, b/c the Sapphire X800gto is actually a bit cheaper ($164 at Newegg) the last time I checked.

 

[Unregistered]

I ordered one for my friend from comtec.ca because we are in Canada. I originally ordered from computerhq.com but shipping was $50, and newegg doesn't ship to Canada. Comtec.ca is $252 canadian + $15 shipping for us in ontario, they are based in medicine hat alberta.

We got the pci-e sapphire X800 GTO2 to unlock the 16 pipes and oc from the 400/490 stock to 550/600, it doesnt tick past 70'c in the Antec Aria small form factor Case. Also when running 3dmark2001 at the 540/590 we only got 16,600, while my same setup computer but with an agp x800 xt got 21,700. its 16p and 500/500.


the x800 gto2 (video card of the year!)
http://www.comtec.ca/atisapphire-sapphire-x800gto2-pcie-256mb-gddr3-tvout-p-790616.html

they also list the agp version, I hope its not entirely fictional.
http://www.comtec.ca/atisapphire-sapphire-x800gto2-256mb-gddr3-tvout-p-790629.html

Sapphire on every site i've seen has the pci-express version model number 100130, and the agp version 100131.

 

[Makarich]

Guys! Finaly i want to know if anyone sucseded in unlocking pipes on:

GeCube 256Mb PCI-E ATI Radeon X800GTO (GC-RX800GTO3-D3)
Sapphire 256Mb PCI-E Radeon X800GTO DDR

plz tell me.

 

[nick255]

Anyone know how a R480 12P, compares with the 423 16P?

I bought the Sapphire X800GTO which can't be unlocked (so it's 12P),
but I'm thinking since it has the R480 it might still be as fast (or maybe even a little faster)
than the R423 16P.

As far as i know R480 is a revision of R423 with better power management etc so it runs cooler and so can be clocked higher.
I would say a 12p R423 clocked at the same speed as an 12p R480 would have similar performance.

The advantage the R480 core has is that it can be clocked higher.

 

[DanishDevil]

Hey guys, my fan started to well, not work. Thank god the stock heatsink does its job. I'm running at stock settings now just to be safe. I don't even think I'm gonna do any gaming until I get the Zalman cooler. I put RamSinks on the back memory chips from the ThermalRight V-1 (wish it fit this card, but the memory configuration won't allow it). They're just cheapass little aluminum ramsinks, so they won't help much, but it's better than a heatspreader.

I've got some pics of my comp for ya, so I'll post links to em soon.

 

[ShadowFlare]

Anyone know how a R480 12P, compares with the 423 16P?

I bought the Sapphire X800GTO which can't be unlocked (so it's 12P),
but I'm thinking since it has the R480 it might still be as fast (or maybe even a little faster)
than the R423 16P.

I depends on how high the memory is able to overclock. If that card has the 1.6 ns memory chips, it would probably get results similar to my X800 GTO2 at 12 pipelines. Of course, as with any of these cards, the overclocking on the core varies between different cards, so your GTO could possibly overclock better than my GTO2. I posted this in an earlier message:

Here are my 3dmark 2005 scores with default settings. I've added in the X800GT clock speeds and the scores for my X800GT for comparison with an 8 pipeline setup at equivalent speeds, plus at some other speeds just for a comparison of what each is capable of.

Powercolor X800GT 256 MB
8 pipelines, stock clocks (472, 492): 3935
8 pipelines, max stable overclock (560, 526): 4504
8 pipelines, slightly unstable overclock (576, 555): 4750

Sapphire X800GTO2 256 MB
12 pipelines, stock clocks (398, 492): 4448
12 pipelines, X800GT clocks (472, 492): 4961
12 pipelines, max overclock (520, 600): 5563
16 pipelines, stock clocks (398, 492): 5008
16 pipelines, X800GT clocks (472, 492): 5528
16 pipelines, max overclock (520, 600): 6244

I couldn't quite reach the X850XT PE's core clock speed on stock cooling or reach as high of a core overclock as my X800GT, but it is still fast enough to get a very good score. Until I bought this card, I thought I'd never have a card this fast so soon.

 

[intel igent]

ive been looking into this card and @ $260cad before taxxes and a 100% success rate, i think i just might switch to 775/pcie/ddr2 much sooooooooner than planned

 

[VTwedge]

memory faster when core lower?

well i left my core running at 450 and tried to overclock memory just for kicks, well the limit before was 520/520 now memory got pushed up to 565 before givin up instead of 520! thats 65 over the rated limit mind you time ti bench at 450/550 just to be safe hold on!

 

[ShadowFlare]

well i left my core running at 450 and tried to overclock memory just for kicks, well the limit before was 520/520 now memory got pushed up to 565 before givin up instead of 520! thats 65 over the rated limit mind you time ti bench at 450/550 just to be safe hold on!

Have you tried installing a different cooling system for the card? On my Powercolor X800 GT, even though it had 1.6 ns memory chips, on my system it could not clock beyond 526 without artifacts or beyond 555 without crashing. It didn't have any cooling for the memory. Maybe installing something for the memory would help. Also, it sounds like some of the heat could possibly be transferring to the memory chips, so installing a better gpu cooler would probably help, too; and may actually be required if you want to install heatsinks on all of the memory.


BTW, has anyone bought a Powercolor X800 GTO and tried the bios mod on it? It also has vivo on it, like the Connect3d card and unlike all the other GTO cards, so maybe it will be unlockable, too. Vivo seems to sometimes have something to do with pipes being unlockable. (like the X800/850 Pro AGP with vivo which has unlockable pipes) Also, if anyone does have this card, what kind of memory chips does it have? If it is 1.6 ns memory and the core has unlockable pipes, it would be superior to the Connect3d card. Another thing I wanted to mention; some site said it has an R430 core (not a review, though, and they didn't say they had taken the heatsink off). Their X800 GT is also identified as an R430 in the bios, but is an R480, so maybe their X800 GTO also has an R480?

I haven't seen any reviews on this card, so the information seems nowhere to be found.

 

[VTwedge]

r430 is an x800xl core actually so it wont hit xp speeds i think

 

[VTwedge]

450/520 scores:5456 3dmark05

 

[DanishDevil]

Gimme some Aquamark 3 scores guys! I've got about 73,000 right now on the OMEGA Drivers. Screenshots to come.

 

[DanishDevil]

OK guys. For all of you that have had fan problems with the Sapphire X800GTO2, this is for you.

Check out this pic of the rear of my card. These pins are the backside of the 3 where the stock fan plugs into.

I think we have found our problem. The problem lies in the connector itself. The pin that seems to be half melted is the +12V lead for the fan. Also notice the residue on the PCB. Any ideas? Maybe the PCI-E Power Connector isn't giving the card stable power?

 

[DanishDevil]

Here's the ramsinks I installed temporarily.

They haven't seemed to make a difference so far. I need a new PSU (or at least a PCI-E Connector that gives me all 6 pins instead of the 3 that the stock adapter does) and some better cooling. Then I can really do some heavy OC work

 

[Dr.D]

No, but I might try that now for ya Dr.D

Do it!

 

[bub]

Is your RAM running dual channel?

As a side note...

Is your RAM installed correctly for running dual channel mode? I thought the color coding of the RAM banks directed you to install pairs in similar color coded slots... No?

bub

 

[DanishDevil]

Mine is yes. With the MSI K8N Neo4/SLI, the green slots are channel one, and purple channel two. DC requires all four, 0+1, or 2+3. I have 0+1. Trust me, I'm not THAT noobish

3DMARK 05 OC'd to 523/613:

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1329430



This is with your Omega drivers Dr. D

Next up: New Catalyst Drivers. Before that though, I will elaborate on my experience with the Omega Drivers.

 

[Dr.D]

mmmm cant wait

 

[rev]

I am only able to get my GTO2 to these clocks: 585/530. for some reason, even when i clock the core low, the memory will start to get artifacts around 540mhz, i have no idea why. could it be the cooling? should i try a newer bios? i thought the memeory was able to get real high on these cards.

 

[Unregistered]

450/520 scores:5456 3dmark05

hey man, where did u get your connect3d x800gto from???? i want to get it from the same place as you so i have a higher chance of unlocking it. thx.

 

[nick255]

Mine is yes. With the MSI K8N Neo4/SLI, the green slots are channel one, and purple channel two. DC requires all four, 0+1, or 2+3. I have 0+1. Trust me, I'm not THAT noobish

3DMARK 05 OC'd to 523/613:

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1329430



This is with your Omega drivers Dr. D

Next up: New Catalyst Drivers. Before that though, I will elaborate on my experience with the Omega Drivers.

Nice overclock, is it still running stable?

 

[Dr.D]

Can anyone recommend a Zalman cooler for this card?

 

[narjisse]

Hello Folks,

After installing Catalyst 5.10 Driver, my system sees X800GTO2 as:
Adapter: RADEON X800/X850 Series
Chipset: RADEON X850 Pro (0x5D4F)

with Catalyst 5.09 Driver,
Adapter: RADEON X850 Series
Chipset: ATI display adapter (0x5D4F)

what gives?
what drivers are you using guys?

 

[Unregistered]

Guys! Finaly i want to know if anyone sucseded in unlocking pipes on:

GeCube 256Mb PCI-E ATI Radeon X800GTO (GC-RX800GTO3-D3)
Sapphire 256Mb PCI-E Radeon X800GTO DDR

plz tell me.