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Is it safe to use a 9700PRO bios on my Sapphire 9700np? I read that someone had done this to increase performance. Does it really work? Are the performance gains good?
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Different BIOS?
- Thread starter TheGr8s1
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yup the only difference with 9700 & 9700pro is the clock speeds & memory, plus the 9700 is locked(meaning u have to unlock it by flashing the bios) so i think u have to find the right bios and flash ur 9700
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I found a 9700pro bios in the Rage3D forum by a user named Mufu but it doesn't work on my Sapphire 9700np. I have the Samsung memory on my video card. I also think I have that mysterious cap on the back of my card. Are there a variety of 9700pro BIOS versions? Which is the right one? I'm stuck at 310mhz memory speed.
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http://www.3dchipset.com/bios/ati/warp11/index.php
try this out on your card. and did you read my sticky, just wondering about overclocking.
try this out on your card. and did you read my sticky, just wondering about overclocking.
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forum is too big......which sticky are u refering to?
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i tried mufu's bios and it works. had to use powerstrip to recognize default 9700pro speeds. rage3d still sees it as 9700np speeds by default. now i can up my memory to 310mhz which is the default now. my max b4 was at 3-6mhz stable. not much of an increase but at least now i'm running a full fledged 9700pro.
clocked my card to 370/310 and no problems whatsoever.
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
clocked my card to 370/310 and no problems whatsoever.
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
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Just recieved my Thermaltake Giant 2. Slapped it on my vga card and it's stable at 370/326. Gonna let it burn-in then maybe up it a little more.
