9600GSO to 8800GTS (certain 8chip 9600gso's)

[AliG]

has anyone been able to try this yet? I'd like to know if it works before I waste my time trying to find the card or pay for international shipping with the 4850 coming out

[Frank M]

has anyone been able to try this yet? I'd like to know if it works before I waste my time trying to find the card or pay for international shipping with the 4850 coming out

How's about reading the previous page?
Galaxy has unlockable cards, but some of the SPs are really broken,
and the cards are giving artifacts. Me, I'm skipping these cards; i
don't even have much time to play with all the work and exams...

[bedlamite]

It reminds me old Radeons 9500 modable to 9700 PRO
Eh.. great times :P

[Kai Robinson]

Hmm....no way to make an 8800GT into an 8800GTS 512 yet then?

[Cecil]

Thread resurect!

Asus 512mb 9600GSO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121314

Think that one would work?

[spursindonesia]

Umm, the latest 9600 GSO uses G94b core, correct ? So with native 256 bit, there's not much to unlocked, and it comes with standard, hardlocked 48 SPs 24 TMUs configured GPU chip.

[Frank M]

Umm, the latest 9600 GSO uses G94b core, correct ? So with native 256 bit, there's not much to unlocked, and it comes with standard, hardlocked 48 SPs 24 TMUs configured GPU chip.

Exactly. A few months after release, nv sneakily replaced the original,
G92-based 9600GSO (96sp, 192 bit) with a G94 (48sp, 256 bit), keeping
the same name. The give-away is RAM amount: 192bit G92 cards have 384
or 768MB of RAM, while 256bit G94 cards have 256, 512 or 1024MB RAM. So
that there is a G94.

[Andi64]

The description in Newegg is wrong. Look at the card, there are Memory IC missing.
It's based on the 192b-96SP G92, but with 512MB, so... there aren´t 85.33MB chips to cover the 192b bus and 512MB description

It is a G92, 96SP, 512MB 128-bit card, that has nothing to do with any old "9600GSO"

[SamHughe]

Exactly. A few months after release, nv sneakily replaced the original,
G92-based 9600GSO (96sp, 192 bit) with a G94 (48sp, 256 bit), keeping
the same name. The give-away is RAM amount: 192bit G92 cards have 384
or 768MB of RAM, while 256bit G94 cards have 256, 512 or 1024MB RAM. So
that there is a G94.

And giving the fact that you can get those cards for about 50 bucks (30 if you find a deal) one really questions the necessity of purchasing these cards just to unlock. I understand if you are one of the 8 people who purchased this particular model when they first came out otherwise just go and buy a 9600gt for about 70 bucks.