a question.

[TURBOMAN]

i heard u can hack ur radeon 9500 so it can be as good as 9700. will it screw up the video card?

[JIMINATOR]

yes, some and no. look for hacked drivers.

[DiTomasso]

Rivatuner oc program for vid card, you also need the atioverclockantiprotection patch.
Or it will reset the clock to default after reboot.

If overclocking vid card you need better cooling :P

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[TURBOMAN]

so it will overclock if i get the driver hack???

[FUS1ON]

The instructions to do what you are wanting to do is easily found on Google using oc radeon 9500.

Since you didn't say which model of the 9500 you have and it does matter according to these two articles, Here's just 2:
Non-pro model LINK (http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/sapphire9500/)
Pro model LINK (http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NDA5)

I would read everything I could before doing this and also make sure you know what you are doing before flashing the bios.

DiTomasso from reading the second link it's not just a matter of installing a oc prog like Rivatuner.

[TURBOMAN]

ok thx ditomasso and shogun

[(Villains) Crazy Idiot]

You should try Omega drivers, they have soft-mod, if you succide without artifacts, then you can go to hardware mod.

Here is the link:

http://www.3dchipset.com/bios/ati/warp11/index.php

[DiTomasso]

Originally posted by OUTLAWS SHOGUN@May 30 2004, 09:52 PM
The instructions to do what you are wanting to do is easily found on Google using oc radeon 9500.

Since you didn't say which model of the 9500 you have and it does matter according to these two articles, Here's just 2:
Non-pro model LINK (http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/sapphire9500/)
Pro model LINK (http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NDA5)

I would read everything I could before doing this and also make sure you know what you are doing before flashing the bios.

DiTomasso from reading the second link it's not just a matter of installing a oc prog like Rivatuner.
maybe they are right, but it is a very old article. link two
Got this from the readme doc of rivatuner.

SoftR9x00 patch script for the Catalyst 2.0 and higher allows you to unlock 8 pixel pipelines on RADEON 9500 based boards and turn any 128-bit RADEON 9500 into RADEON 9500PRO and any 256-bit RADEON 9500 into RADEON 9700PRO. SoftR9x00 also allows you to perform reverse modification and to convert RADEON9500PRO/9700(PRO) to RADEON 9500. Additionally, SoftR9x00 scripts allow forcing RADEON 9800PRO capabilities on any RADEON9500(PRO)/9700(PRO) board. The script can be also used to block driver-level overclocking protection on RADEON 9500PRO and RADEON 9700 boards.


Rivatuner (http://www.guru3d.com/rivatuner/)

Tried omega drivers they didn't work on my system just sticked to Catalyst

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[TURBOMAN]

how much mhz should i overlock so it wont fry my card??