Originally posted by Nilsen
Isnt it only the extra pipelines you get? Or can you successfully flash it to 100% XT. Its my impression after reading abit is that those cards that doesnt qualify as XT's by ATI for some quality reason are clocked down to pro speeds and gets 4 of its pipes cut.
well its not as simple as a flash. You have to join some bridges on the GPU for the full 16 pipes to work (and as you said it might not work). This would give you a Pro, with 16 pipelines @ pro speeds.
Flashing the card after you've enabled 16 pipelines will increase your speeds to XT and you will basicaly have a XT card.
Theres alot of guides out there how to do it, but the best way is
1: overclock to XT speeds, and test that it works ok with ATItool artifact tester and/or a highly graphical game like Doom3.
2: once you've tested at XT speeds and know it doesnt overheat you know you got a good GPU for XT speeds.
3: enable the 16 pipelines via the HARD mod joining bridges, but use default pro speeds first. Again ATI tool will tell you if you've got 16 pipelines and you can use artifact tester to see if the cards 4 disabled pipelines are now working ok.
4: if you pass both the "overclocking" and hard mod tests, you can flash your card to the XT and enjoy
more details here:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17230558
