Re: Graphics BIOS problem.
I'm afraid I have no idea how to correct the issue, all I can suggest is reverting back to the old BIOS if you can (you did take a backup didn't you ;) ).
I think a story about this (with instructions) was run recently on TheRegister.com, and the bad new was in the part "if you do this, your warranty is no longer valid".
FYI, Sapphires warranty support seems quite good (I'm waiting for a replacement card, bought the original 9 months ago), but I really doubt that they will be willing to help in this case.
Re: Graphics BIOS problem.
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Originally Posted by si_the_geek
I'm afraid I have no idea how to correct the issue, all I can suggest is reverting back to the old BIOS if you can (you did take a backup didn't you ;) ).
I think a story about this (with instructions) was run recently on TheRegister.com, and the bad new was in the part "if you do this, your warranty is no longer valid".
FYI, Sapphires warranty support seems quite good (I'm waiting for a replacement card, bought the original 9 months ago), but I really doubt that they will be willing to help in this case.
I took a backup, i always do, apart from with college work, and i learnt from that mistake the hard way ;)
I was wondering about reverting back to original BIOS, then testing and seeing if maybe then i could get a replacement, this card is not even 6months old...
Re: Graphics BIOS problem.
They get downgraded when they don't pass the tests of the higher rated cards. It's odd that you heard of a 100% success rate, though. Are there any other settings in the BIOS? Did you install the new drivers after deleting the old card entirely?
Re: Graphics BIOS problem.
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Originally Posted by dglienna
They get downgraded when they don't pass the tests of the higher rated cards. It's odd that you heard of a 100% success rate, though. Are there any other settings in the BIOS? Did you install the new drivers after deleting the old card entirely?
Ok, this really is weird, i've literally had it running fine now for hours, so i think it needed just burning in... lol
Re: Graphics BIOS problem.
Ok, i ran ATItool and found that this card was clocked down because its ram isn't capable of 300MHZ, it infact is only capable of 220MHZ before artifacts start appearing.
So, my "9600XT" is now running at 480/220mhz. I find that a substantial boost in performance often adding upto 10fps in games.
Cool :thumb:
Re: Graphics BIOS problem.
Good stuff :)
I think I read that the parts and manufacturing for both cards has become really close, so much so that if supply of the cheaper version is short they just re-badge the better version - although with your memory speed findings it seems this isn't actually the case!
Re: Graphics BIOS problem.
I'm not saying it will be like this for everyone, but this is before i overcloked (running Aquamark 03)
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4...03stock6mb.jpg
And this is after, notice the score, anf FPS and even triangles per second...
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9...34852254cb.jpg
Enjoy, and no heat problems either i may add ;)
EDIT: I have just bumped this up some more now it is well burnt in, and still no heat problems, no artifacts, no problems :thumb: currently working it at 495Mhz Core, 221Mhz Ram :) Thats a 65% overclock on GPU and 10% overclock on RAM.