Where to get X850XT PE BIOS?

[Copkiller]

Where do I get Powercolor X850XT PE BIOS?
Is it out, or do I have to wait just a little longer? :-/

I have Powercolor X850XT and it's oc to PE without any problems.

[Hannibal Lecter]

Where do I get Powercolor X850XT PE BIOS?
Is it out, or do I have to wait just a little longer? :-/

I have Powercolor X850XT and it's oc to PE without any problems.

http://www.techpowerup.com/bios/?search=x850

dont know if thats what you are looking for or not

[Copkiller]

Yeah, I have seen it before but I don't think it will work. And I'm afraid for trying that one...lol

I belive it have to be Powercolor BIOS....

Thx for the link anyway! :beer:

[YoMatta]

where did you pick up the 850xt? i'm looking at the thing at zip zoom fly and wondering if I should order it... I didn't realize it was out on the market yet?!

[Copkiller]

It's not out yet...I think. I'm just lucky to have one because the store I bought it from here in Sweden just had 1 x850xt. They will get more in 1/3 -05.

[Vrykyl]

the entire x850/x800xl range is available enmasse in the uk, most places have em in stock

[YoMatta]

oooh, damn the UK (no offense intended of course) cuz they have the cards!! *shaking fist*, ATI will feel my wrath!! (or maybe not... I just want one super bad so I can junk this x700Pro)

[mikeguava]

Have you ever tried to use the PE bios on the 850 XT? Curious whether it worked - thinking in getting a XT yet wanting a PE...

[Copkiller]

I haven't found a Powercolor X850XT PE bios yet.
Plz post me a link if you find it!

[Unreal89]

Wouldn't just OCing it be the same? Does you x850 run @ 540/590? I too have an non-PE, built by Sapphire running @ PE speeds.

[SolidxSnake]

nope, changing the bios does a little more (changes a bit ofthe cards architecture, right??)

[sean478]

the bios on the powercolor is the same as every other x850 xt just use any x850 tx pe bios with the same ram config should be samsung 1.6 ms i recomend the ati bios at techpowerup.com i did the exact thing xt to xt pe with my x850 all the x850s are the same down to the resistors pro/xt/xtpe as far as i know

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x850 xt pe
sb audigy 2 zs platinum
cooler master wavemaster
a8n-sli deluxe
90nm athlon 64 3500+
3x80GB maxtor sata raid 0 (had 4 but one died)
xp120 +delta 3 blade 120mm
thermaltake 680w psu

[Unreal89]

sean, did you notice a difference between the pe bios vs the non-pe OCed?

[sean478]

no performance wise but i cant tell for shure i did it as soon as i got the card but it does give u braging rights and u dont have to mess around with the oc program i did however get more overclockability 10-20 mhz mem

[sean478]

no mater how bad u screw up the flash (if u do witch u wont if u do it right) u can always fix it with a pci vid card ps use the latest version of flash rom.exe from techpowerup.com

[P4HTOC]

BIOS available at www.mvktech.net

[Unreal89]

Is there a utility that auto matically restores BIOS if it fails... like a self-installing disk or sumthing. Cause i don't have a PCI card, and 20mhz sounds sexy :D

[sean478]

no not that i know of but as long as u dont reset the rig in the middle if the flash and only load the x850 tx pe bios with the right ram config it cant go wrong any way that i can think of make a backup of ur old bios with ati tool and make shure the flopy is good (you dont want a bad sector in the middle of the bin file)

[sean478]

unreal89 if u have a 9500 pro there are 4 disabled pipes on it u could unlock with a softmod or a bios/ hard mod it will give u a real performance boost (1800-2100 3dmark 05)

[Unreal89]

No, the 9500PRO has 8 pipes, 128bit. The 9500 non pro has 8 pipes (4 working) and 256bit memory if its L shaped. Those can be unlocked, but mine are already unlocked.

[sean478]

No, the 9500PRO has 8 pipes, 128bit. The 9500 non pro has 8 pipes (4 working) and 256bit memory if its L shaped. Those can be unlocked, but mine are already unlocked.


cool

[Copkiller]

Ok, I've downloaded the ATI bios now.
If I wanna make a bootdisk then....is it really 6 discs??
Can someone pls gimme a link to the correct bootdisk for xp sp2? pls
Have tried a few but I get error messages.
Maybe a bootcd with the flashrom and bios etc wouldwork?

[Copkiller]

Ok, I've downloaded the ATI bios now.
If I wanna make a bootdisk then....is it really 6 discs??
Can someone pls gimme a link to the correct bootdisk for xp sp2? pls
Have tried a few but I get error messages.
Maybe a bootcd with the flashrom and bios etc wouldwork?

EDIT:

Can U belive it?
I had 2 corrupt disketts... :bang head
Now I'm running the ATI PE bios on my Powercolor X850XT card.
Works great! :clap:


(flashrom -p -f 0 x850xtpe.rom RoCkS!) :attn:

[Unreal89]

Does it OC better? I'm very interested :D

[Blackmage]

the entire x850/x800xl range is available enmasse in the uk, most places have em in stock


True but no AGP :shrug:

[Copkiller]

Does it OC better? I'm very interested :D

Nope..OC is the same..
I'm still @ 587/621
But it's nice to have the default clock's @ 540/590 though... :p
I wanna do a vmod but I'm not really shore yet.

[sean478]

thats to bad that ur oc didnt increase it did on mine and my friends x800 pro

ps. dont voltmod that card is to expensive to screw up

[Copkiller]

thats to bad that ur oc didnt increase it did on mine and my friends x800 pro

ps. dont voltmod that card is to expensive to screw up

yeah...guess u're right.
I'm happy with it so far and I really think I would blow it if i tried a vmod..lol

About the OC...shouldn't I see any artifacts before it crashes?
I haven't seen a artifact at all.. =/
The system only hangs..
I think it's weired though.

[beastiedk]

guys, hi, new here.
maybe someone already wrote this but I have a sapphire x850xt and would like to softmod it to xt PE, where to get the bios? and the stupid questions: how safe it is? can I get just the ATI bios or need something from sapphire?
thanks for the patience from Denmark...

[sean478]

guys, hi, new here.
maybe someone already wrote this but I have a sapphire x850xt and would like to softmod it to xt PE, where to get the bios? and the stupid questions: how safe it is? can I get just the ATI bios or need something from sapphire?
thanks for the patience from Denmark...
check ur thread i posted on it

[4PLaY]

BIOS available at www.mvktech.net

http://www.mvktech.net/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=26&func=selectfolder&filecatid=8

I found 2 x850xt pe bioses in the ati list, i assume the one without the words PCIe is for the AGP version right?

Im just makin sure, coz I have a sapphire x850xt and wanna flash it to pe. Any thoughts on this one?

[sean478]

http://www.overclock.net/showthread.php?p=252116#post252116 i have one in my faq :)