Flashing 1900xt to xtx

[chew*]

Well i figured i'd be the pioneer for this and I used ATI winflash and a BBATI 1900xtx r580.rom no problems thus far........seems my temps at idle went down............Anyway thx Digitally Unique for the $525 x1900xtx Retail.......

[Coroner Kyle]

Very nice please keep us posted on this. I might have found my next upgrade.

Does it have 1.1ns memory?

[chew*]

Very nice please keep us posted on this. I might have found my next upgrade.

Does it have 1.1ns memory?

Yes bbati/retail/x1900xt confirmed 1.1ns on my card.

results here >>>> http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=87669

[REBEL900]

Good looking

[Coroner Kyle]

Have you done a before and after the bios flash run on 3DMark?

[C3]

Where can I find the XTX bios?

[G H Z]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...75&postcount=3

[s e t h]

chew* - did the overclock potential change for you after the flash?

[chew*]

Have you done a before and after the bios flash run on 3DMark?

yes in the link provided. all scores are done with exact same config. only diff is one is an x1800xt max OC's one is a 1900xt stock clocks default settings and last is 1900xtx stock settings stock clocks.

[chew*]

chew* - did the overclock potential change for you after the flash?

Heh i havent even begun to OC it yet....gotta hook up waterblock.....Was busy swapping cards swapping waterblock off x1800xt running tests and flashing bios.........also was supposed to pick up my chiller today but it seems they are closed. Monday it is. Maybe i can give the DI guys a run for they're money.

[POGE]

I flashed my xt to xtx and it all appears to be working fine, but when the bios boot, it takes like 20 seconds for the video to recognise, it always has. My motherboard is a dfi nf4 sli-d. And in windows, it just says "x1900 series card", where can I find where it says if its an xt or an xtx? Also, my clock speeds are really low. Ever since I bought it (even after the flash), the clock speeds have been 500/600. Maybe this is the 2d clocks, because in atitool it can clock up to 675/830. Plus my 3dmark05 scores are good (~10450). Any ideas? Sorry if I'm kindof stealing the thread, but this is just more information for other people who are trying to flash, thought you guys might find this useful. Thankyou.

[C3]

I flashed my XT to XTX too and everything works like a charm
Got 1.1ns Ram as well

[chew*]

I flashed my xt to xtx and it all appears to be working fine, but when the bios boot, it takes like 20 seconds for the video to recognise, it always has. My motherboard is a dfi nf4 sli-d. And in windows, it just says "x1900 series card", where can I find where it says if its an xt or an xtx? Also, my clock speeds are really low. Ever since I bought it (even after the flash), the clock speeds have been 500/600. Maybe this is the 2d clocks, because in atitool it can clock up to 675/830. Plus my 3dmark05 scores are good (~10450). Any ideas? Sorry if I'm kindof stealing the thread, but this is just more information for other people who are trying to flash, thought you guys might find this useful. Thankyou.

in CCC it shows 2d clocks as current clocks.......

[hawtrawkr]

i tried to flash using atiflash and it told me p/n mismatch. my card is the bba retail x1900xt is it possible i dont have 1.1ns memory or do i just need to check the force box?

[chew*]

i tried to flash using atiflash and it told me p/n mismatch. my card is the bba retail x1900xt is it possible i dont have 1.1ns memory or do i just need to check the force box?

You need to force flash it......But I would highly reccomend pulling heatsink off first and confirming if you have 1.1ns chips. I don't want and will not be resposible for lost hardware do so at your own risk.

[hawtrawkr]

You need to force flash it......But I would highly reccomend pulling heatsink off first and confirming if you have 1.1ns chips. I don't want and will not be resposible for lost hardware do so at your own risk.

yeah good point id rather take a few minutes and do it right than deal with any potential problems.

[Charles Wirth]

Force flash and it will go.

I would also suggest if your screen has any distortion when you open flash program or takes more than 20 seconds, you should reduce card clocks on your video card before flashing.

Durring the flash the flash, the screen can scramble and windows crash is a possiblility or forced reboot will result.

I flashed from XT to XTX and it seems my overclock increased as well.

[irev210]

glad i could pay more for the XTX and upload the .rom so others could pay less

j/k, glad to see it works for you guys, that is really awesome!


/kicks himself

lol


I guess i cant complain too much, got the crossfire card comming. Now this sucks though, what to do with my DFI EXPERT board... and do I wanna wait for RD580 board?

GRRRRR

[chew*]

A Irev 210......I think the wait will be worth while and i think they will be out sooner than you think

Just out of curiosity why'd ya buy the XTX if you planned on x fire? master card is clocked lower anyways which drops XT down....

[s e t h]

great that it seemed to increase clocks for you FUGGER
i wonder if the ram timings are looser or something
a clock for clock test using the two bios' would clear that up too
now we just need to find out if the bios has anything to do with the cold bug or if the cores are sorted on that basis

[mcbarnet007]

it seems clock for clock is exactly the same. I might be wrong though. I didn't copy down the scores exactly. But at 700/800 I got 12000 on xt and 19980 on xtx bios.

[^don.k's^]

it seems clock for clock is exactly the same. I might be wrong though. I didn't copy down the scores exactly. But at 700/800 I got 12000 on xt and 19980 on xtx bios.

score on xtx bios is wrong, 11980 id guess..

[HousERaT]

Anyone flash the bbati R580 XTX bios on a Sapphire card yet? Since the memory is the same on all cards using 1.1ns I don't think it should matter but I'd still like some proof so I won't kill my card.

score on xtx bios is wrong, 11980 id guess..

I'm hoping he ment 12980..... I don't want to think the score went down.

[Astennu]

I'm Also using a XTX bios. Only my card is a verry bad clocker. I can not run more than XTX speeds. Mem is not liking 800 mhz. And core max 675 :\

I should have bought a XTX.

[chew*]

I'm Also using a XTX bios. Only my card is a verry bad clocker. I can not run more than XTX speeds. Mem is not liking 800 mhz. And core max 675 :\

I should have bought a XTX.

well these ram chips are extremely heat sensitive.......etc GPU heat will hinder memory clock..Had the same issue with my x1800xt till i removed heatsink installed a dd block and ramsinks then 981mhz memory was a breeze....