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02-19-2003, 06:26 AM
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Too much caffeine
Join Date: Sep 2002
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radeon8500/9100
I don't know if anyone has seen this before but this site seems to suggest that you can flash upgrade an 8500 to a 9100 (if there is any difference between them).
I think that is what it is saying (it is in German and mine is a little rusty). |
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02-19-2003, 07:16 AM
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Defender of the Faith
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Re: radeon8500/9100
Interesting!
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02-19-2003, 07:50 AM
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Kindred of Babble-on
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Swindon uk /england
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Re: radeon8500/9100
I have read this on another site, it can be done to non ati made cards as well not sure it,s worth doing though.
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02-19-2003, 08:31 AM
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Defender of the Faith
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Re: radeon8500/9100
I'll prolly try this... :-o
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02-19-2003, 08:45 AM
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Beginner
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Re: radeon8500/9100
If I'm not mistaken, ATI is rebadging the 8500 as 9100 since the 9000, 9500 and 9700 came out so they are basically the same card. They also did this with the original Radeon when the 7500 and 8500 came out and it was renamed 7200. This is because the 8500 is a faster card than the 9000 which is cheaper. With a lower model number people would think it's slower and not buy it.
I think, all your doing with this flash is putting the latest BIOS on the card (not necessarily a bad thing) but I would definately recommend backing up your old BIOS before doing it and unloading the Radeon driver in Windows then reinstalling it after flashing it. As always, when flashing a graphics card, it's not a bad idea to have an old PCI card handy should something go wrong. You can then at least get a display up and reflash the Radeon. |
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02-19-2003, 10:04 AM
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Technoid
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Re: radeon8500/9100
I flashed my 8500 to 9100. Didn't make a difference performance-wise. I later flashed it back to 8500 because the 9100 BIOS was NTSC, so TV-out wasn't functioning (since I live in a PAL country). Besides, some applications that have 8500-specific functions (like comparing benchmarks in 3DMark 2001) don't work with the Radeon 9100 BIOS.
/Martin |
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02-19-2003, 10:10 AM
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Too much caffeine
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Re: radeon8500/9100
Doesn't make much difference to me as I've ordered a 9100 anyway.
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02-19-2003, 10:13 AM
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Kindred of Babble-on
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Re: radeon8500/9100
Could i flash upgrade my radeon 7000 to a 9700 aswell? No? Darn ... :-P
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02-19-2003, 10:51 AM
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Technoid
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
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Re: radeon8500/9100
There is an article over at Rage3D that
compares various Radeon 8500 bios files. Some revisions have more aggressive memory timings, but are not appropiate for all 8500s due to slight differences in memory chips. I have one of the later 8500 revisions with the smaller square memory (forget the name) versus the regtangular chips with the pins coming out the side. My card will overclock to about 312/312 consistently with stock cooling (i never run async). http://www.rage3d.com/articles/8500bios/ billchase |
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