Manufacturer: Sapphire
Bios Used: Gigabyte
Succesful: Yes. :)
I'm planning on doing a voltmod soon because the core won't go any higher than 525 without artifacts.
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Manufacturer: Sapphire
Bios Used: Gigabyte
Succesful: Yes. :)
I'm planning on doing a voltmod soon because the core won't go any higher than 525 without artifacts.
Can anyone tell me there thoughts about this Gigabyte X800Pro vivo I am looking closelt at this one for the mod and can't really afford another if this one fails:(
-milkmover
All the VIVOs have had equal success with flashing. Gigabytes are just as well as any other brand from all of the results I've seen.
I found a great deal on a Abit Rx800pro vivo and am going to get that this week if it stays in stock :upset:
-Milkman
No, I had Bad pipe lines. :(
- Sapphire X800Pro vivo
- bios Flashed Gigabyte then Ati
- Default Voltage was 1.36v
- Cooling: Using Default HSF.
I had a budget for either 68GT or X800 pro. My heart/gut feeling was on Gainward 6800GT. But most of my friends recommend me to get a X800 pro vivo and flash it to a XT PE. So I did. What a Freaking nightmare!
Flashing to XT PE went smoothly. Only when I started to test then S h i t Happened! Basically Artifacts, artifacts every Freaking where! See AquaMark below:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...I/Gpu/aqua.jpg
It was running 520/560 XT PE speed. I tried up the Gpu core voltage by pencil mod to 1.41v. that was no help. I was going to slap a MCW50 Gpu block onto it but it never got to that point. I tweaked the HSF to spin at Max. using AtiTool but that did not help either.
Finally I gave up hope and Flashed back to a X800 Pro. To my horror the artifacts still appeared after flashing back to X800pro. I tought that the Flash back got screwed up and checked in AtiTool and it detected 12 pipe lines. meaning flashing back was ok.
In the end I had to RMA the card. Got back a new one with 1.4v on the Gpu voltage. But now I'm reluctant to flash again. I replaced the default HSF w/ an Arctic Silencer. O/C results were not to shabby. 560/570 Core/Memory.
AquaMark:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...0-9x306250.jpg
3Dmark'01SE:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...0-9x306250.jpg
3DMark'03"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...0-9x306250.jpg
3Dmark'05:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...5-9x300250.jpg
any confirmations of the x800pro vivo pci express working the same as the agp's?
hey guys new to the forums and first post :),
flashed my card to an XT PE and it worked :)
powercolour X800PRO VIVO bought locally (West Australia) for AU$750 3 months ago
successfully flashed to an X800 XT PE using the gigabyte bios
enabled 16pipes and 520core/560mem
I also had the x800 xt pe sticker under the x800 pro sticker on the heatsink!
good luck to everyone else!!!!
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What's the word on the ABIT x800 Pro VIVO ?
I assume it will flash... how about it's clocks?
ive heard of a few flashes that open up the pipes but some are damaged!
BBA x800 Pro flashed fine to official XT PE bios. 575 / 590 no artifacts with Zalman heatpipe + fan. Slight vmod. Going all out with water in a month :)
Where did you get this information? I would be interested in learning more about the facts in any such cases.Quote:
Originally Posted by aCidbAbY
http://www.pcunleash.com/bbs/zboard....emReview&no=39
holy crap dude i cannot believe i found this card reveiw:D
i searched all over 3 different forums for the link but no!
then did a search for (comparing x800 bios LE damaged pipelines) and viola i found it!
but it is for the 6800 mod not the x800 ...:doh:
So no one has any experience with the ABIT X800 Pro?
What about the new x850 Pro, XT, XT PE... Are they worth looking into?
Only x800 Pro VIVO's can be flashed. No one knows if any of the x850 line of cards can be flashed.
Yes.. the Abit is a Vivo...
Am I correct in assuming that the x850 is a whole new card? I haven't seen anything on them at all...
x850 are just overclocked versions of the x800's. They're the same everything, just different pipes / clockspeeds.
If your x800 Pro is a VIVO you can flash it.
Hmmm... Can an x800 flash to an x850 XT PE??? Now that would rock! :rocker:Quote:
Originally Posted by cuddles
Why would that rock? The x850 XT PE is just 540 / 560 instead of a normal XT PE @ 520 / 540. Most people are overclocking far past those speeds dude.
I think you're missing the point of flashing. XT / XT PE's (and x850 XT / XT PE's) have 16 pipelines. x800 Pro's have 12 pipelines. The VIVO cards come with the pipelines ONLY disabled in the BIOS of the card, so by flashing it to an XT PE bios, you enable those extra pipelines and get a nice big performance increase. With all other Pro's (non-VIVO's) the pipelines are not only disabled in the bios, but are physically laser cut off of the board itself, so flashing does absolutely nothing but mess up the card.
Flashing to an x850 will give you nothing.
It's as simple as this...
I have an x800 XT PE...
I have an x850 XT PE...
Which sounds more impressive? ;)
But you won't have an x850 XT PE, you'll just have an XT PE Bios.
I have an x800 Pro flashed to XT @ 575 / 590...
That sounds much more impressive ;).
http://www.computerhq.com/images/053...9/531915_2.jpg
That's an impressive looking card...
I think it's ugly as hell. The x850 series is just for availability. It isn't anything new. The cards are barely overclocked versions of previous cards and are PCI-E, those are the only differences.
But that cooler looks like it would be pretty decent... Granted... I would rather get an x800 for the money and put it on water...
The x850 is a whole new chip... hmmmmm....Quote:
The new cards — the X850 XT and X850 XT Platinum Edition — are based on the R430 and R480 chips.