softmod 9500 -> 9800 4 pipelines

Lash444 · **softmod 9500 -> 9800 4 pipelines -** 04-02-2003, 19:16 | posts: 6

I have the correct 9500 non pro pcb board and have tried the original hack to make my card a 9700. The problem was I would get artifacts in the nature scenes on water, and in battlefield on the water. So i gave up...then came the 9500 pro hack which allows me to run on only 4 pipelines. I still get the same problems though. Could it be that my problem lays outside of the pipelines, and that something being changed elsewhere is causing problems for my card?

Unwinder

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Originally posted by Lash444
So i gave up...then came the 9500 pro hack which allows me to run on only 4 pipelines.

I'm afraid that I don't understand u. 9500pro hack? 4 pipelines?! What are you talking about?

Lash444 · 04-03-2003, 14:10 | posts: 6

Thats alright, sometimes i don't understand you either

. Wizzard has a patch out that allows the 9500 non pro to be turned into a 9500 pro in case the softmod to a 9700 fails. Anyway, I got it to work, the drivers weren't getting installed properly. This thread can therefore be closed.

Unwinder · 04-03-2003, 14:27 | posts: 10,312 | Location: Taganrog, Russia

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Originally posted by Lash444
Thats alright, sometimes i don't understand you either . Wizzard has a patch out that allows the 9500 non pro to be turned into a 9500 pro in case the softmod to a 9700 fails. Anyway, I got it to work, the drivers weren't getting installed properly. This thread can therefore be closed.

Mate, you just make full mess from RADEON models. 9500pro is 9500+4 additional pixel pipelines so "Wizzard has a patch out that allows the 9500 non pro to be turned into a 9500 pro in case the softmod to a 9700 fails" phrase has no sence at all. Probably you meant R9800 models with DID 4148 and 4 pixel pipelines, modding R9500->R9500PRO without unlocking pixel pipelines is absolute insane.

**my situation -** 06-14-2003, 04:27 | posts: n/a

i actually tried wizzard's 9500np->9800 mod for the artifacting boards and must be fortunate... i have a sapphire red pcb with the l-shaped layout and notice a dramatic improvement in performance... i have a pIII 850 256mb pc133 ram on a i815 mobo... maybe thats why it seems like a dramatic improvement... i dont ever mess with synthetic benchmarks but used to run morrowind in 640x480 no AA or AF and now can run it at 1280x960 2AA and 4AF at a noticeably higherframe rate--- havent even tried a higher resolution!

much respect to wizzard and everyone for saving me some cash, now i can run higher resolution, aa and af, and less choppy ...