9500Pro

[CalsonicGTR]

I was at Circuit City today checking to see if they still had any 9800NP's left (3 left :)) Anywho, I noticed that they still had one 9500 Pro on display at about $200. This card can be modded to the 9700 Pro correct? How is it's DX9 performance compare to other cards? If I hear good things, I think I'm gonna go back and get it

[Pinnacle2k4]

9500 pro cannot be modded into a 9700. As for the price, $20 extra will get you a 9700 or even better you can get a 9800np for a little more online.

9500-128bits with 8 pixel piplines.
9700-9800-256bits with 8 pixel piplines.

[squeakygeek]

The 9500 np is what can be modded into a 9700. A 9500 np has the 256 bit memory interface, but is supposed to have only 4 pipelines. The other 4 pipelines are there, and can be opened up by flashing the bios or using a certain hacked driver, but is not always successful.

[zabomb4163]

only the red pcb versions of the 9500np had 256bit memory interface. but it was never official just somthing that was stumbled upon.


according to a lot of rummors floating around the forums, 9800se's (which have 4pipe lines) can be converted to 9800nps by a special driver hack.