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- Apr 23, 2001
Requested by Black_Paladin
This is a poll to figure out:
1- How many people in this forum were able to successfully convert their Radeon 9500 non-pro cards into Radeon 9700 cards by either using the soldering method (hard-mod), or the driver patching method (soft-mod). On the soft-mod side, there are 2 methods. One is using W1zzard's patched drivers and the other is using the RivaTuner script made my Unwinder. All of these methods count for the purposes of this poll. Keep in mind that using the W1zzard's patched drivers don't always make your card show up as a Radeon 9700 under display properties. If you are using W1zzard's patched drivers for the mod, check the fill rate tests in 3dmark2001 to find out if the mod was successful or not. If your fill rates about doubled, then the mod was successfull. If not, then the mod was not successfull.
2- How many people who have successfully converted their Radeon 9500 non-pro cards into Radeon 9700 cards got no artifacts whatsoever after the mod.
To figure this out, I will list the choices you can pick below. BEFORE CHOOSING AN OPTION PLEASE AND *PLEASE* READ THE FOLLOWING FIRST:
This post is meant to give us as reliable results as possible. Considering the fact that we are not conducting this survey in a lab environment, try to be as honest and detailed as possible. If you were having problems with your computer before trying out this mod and did not succeed with the mod, if at all possible, try to make a fresh install of your operating system and then try again. We would like to eliminate all outside factors that could figure into the results. Such factors include but are not limited to: Corrupted registry settings and operating system files on your computer, CPU overclocking causing instability making it look like the problem is with the "9500 to 9700 mod" whereas it's actually not, etc... You get the idea. IDEALLY, we would like you to format your primary partition where your OS resides (normally the C: drive) and reinstall your OS before trying out the mod and posting your results.
2- OVERCLOCKING DOES *NOT* FIGURE INTO THIS POLL. If you have overclocked your card after the mod and got artifacts, take your card back to STOCK speed and then test again. Ony then, depending on your results, choose the appropiate option. Overclocking can skew the results *severely* here because especially by overclocking the memory, at some point, if you push the card too much, you WILL get artifacts.
3- If you are unsure of which option to pick, just make a post stating what you are unsure about and Black_Paladin who requested this poll, will help figure it out with you which one will be the best possible option to pick depending on your situation.
This is a poll to figure out:
1- How many people in this forum were able to successfully convert their Radeon 9500 non-pro cards into Radeon 9700 cards by either using the soldering method (hard-mod), or the driver patching method (soft-mod). On the soft-mod side, there are 2 methods. One is using W1zzard's patched drivers and the other is using the RivaTuner script made my Unwinder. All of these methods count for the purposes of this poll. Keep in mind that using the W1zzard's patched drivers don't always make your card show up as a Radeon 9700 under display properties. If you are using W1zzard's patched drivers for the mod, check the fill rate tests in 3dmark2001 to find out if the mod was successful or not. If your fill rates about doubled, then the mod was successfull. If not, then the mod was not successfull.
2- How many people who have successfully converted their Radeon 9500 non-pro cards into Radeon 9700 cards got no artifacts whatsoever after the mod.
To figure this out, I will list the choices you can pick below. BEFORE CHOOSING AN OPTION PLEASE AND *PLEASE* READ THE FOLLOWING FIRST:
This post is meant to give us as reliable results as possible. Considering the fact that we are not conducting this survey in a lab environment, try to be as honest and detailed as possible. If you were having problems with your computer before trying out this mod and did not succeed with the mod, if at all possible, try to make a fresh install of your operating system and then try again. We would like to eliminate all outside factors that could figure into the results. Such factors include but are not limited to: Corrupted registry settings and operating system files on your computer, CPU overclocking causing instability making it look like the problem is with the "9500 to 9700 mod" whereas it's actually not, etc... You get the idea. IDEALLY, we would like you to format your primary partition where your OS resides (normally the C: drive) and reinstall your OS before trying out the mod and posting your results.
2- OVERCLOCKING DOES *NOT* FIGURE INTO THIS POLL. If you have overclocked your card after the mod and got artifacts, take your card back to STOCK speed and then test again. Ony then, depending on your results, choose the appropiate option. Overclocking can skew the results *severely* here because especially by overclocking the memory, at some point, if you push the card too much, you WILL get artifacts.
3- If you are unsure of which option to pick, just make a post stating what you are unsure about and Black_Paladin who requested this poll, will help figure it out with you which one will be the best possible option to pick depending on your situation.