ATI 8500 => 8800 Mod Does it finally work with the latest drivers ?

~~excelsio~~ · Apr 20, 2003, 11:35 PM

Hi,

I´ve read a lot of modding an ATI 8500 to 8800.

It seemed to work with older drivers.
What about the new ones ?
Anyone tried to crack these ?

What about changing the device ID of an 8500 BIOS to an 8800 ?
Anyone tried it ?
How to do this ?
Will this work ?
So that we can use every new driver by ATI.

Who is able to do this ?

I found this article:
http://www.radeon2.ru/konkurs_2/8500_to_8800.html

Unfortunately this doesn´t work with the new drivers.

So let´s change that damn device ID.

I hope someone can mae it.

thanks

Aspect · Apr 20, 2003, 11:50 PM

Since when was there a 8800 ??

RIV@NVX · Apr 20, 2003, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Aspect
Since when was there a 8800 ??

8800 = FireGL

DriveEuro · Apr 21, 2003, 06:18 AM

That doesn't necessarily make it faster though.. (are you looking for speed?) It just makes the IQ MUCH nicer.

~~excelsio~~ · Apr 21, 2003, 09:12 AM

Hi,

I´m looking for more speed in professional 3D application.
So is it possible to change the device ID of an 8500 so that the driver from the 8800 will work without modifications ?

thanks

DriveEuro · Apr 21, 2003, 04:26 PM

No, will either have to change the card physically or via a software mod.

~~excelsio~~ · Apr 21, 2003, 06:20 PM

So it isn´t possible to change the device ID of an 8500 accordangly ?

RIV@NVX · Apr 21, 2003, 06:36 PM

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...&threadid=7016

The results weren't promising... if you want to try it anyway, you can, maybe you will be lucky.

Apr 20, 2003, 11:35 PM	#1
~~excelsio~~ Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	ATI 8500 => 8800 Mod Does it finally work with the latest drivers ? Hi, I´ve read a lot of modding an ATI 8500 to 8800. It seemed to work with older drivers. What about the new ones ? Anyone tried to crack these ? What about changing the device ID of an 8500 BIOS to an 8800 ? Anyone tried it ? How to do this ? Will this work ? So that we can use every new driver by ATI. Who is able to do this ? I found this article: http://www.radeon2.ru/konkurs_2/8500_to_8800.html Unfortunately this doesn´t work with the new drivers. So let´s change that damn device ID. I hope someone can mae it. thanks

Apr 20, 2003, 11:50 PM	#2
Aspect "Amusing Comment Here" Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Birmingham UK Posts: 232 Rep Power: 0	Since when was there a 8800 ?? __________________

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DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	No, will either have to change the card physically or via a software mod. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Apr 21, 2003, 06:36 PM	#8
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Apr 21, 2003, 09:12 AM	Thread Starter #5
~~excelsio~~ Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Hi, I´m looking for more speed in professional 3D application. So is it possible to change the device ID of an 8500 so that the driver from the 8800 will work without modifications ? thanks

Apr 21, 2003, 06:20 PM	Thread Starter #7
~~excelsio~~ Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	So it isn´t possible to change the device ID of an 8500 accordangly ?