9500 Pro - I am really confused.....

[jps2000]

Ok I did a complete internet search and found a 9500WARP.Bin and did the flash with it...
Damn thing thinks it a Radeon 9700 now....
Oh well at least the BIOS is unlocked for overclocking.

 

[thecollectivewi]

Thats what its supposed to think when you flash the bios on the 9500pro.

 

[jps2000]

Yup thats what I was hoping to hear...!
Thanks....

 

[Tigertiger]

Originally posted by: jps2000
Ok I did a complete internet search and found a 9500WARP.Bin and did the flash with it...
Damn thing thinks it a Radeon 9700 now....
Oh well at least the BIOS is unlocked for overclocking.

I have had the same problems finding the warp11.
Where did you find it? Please.....

 

[Viper96720]

www.3dchipset.com

 

[AnAndAustin]

Also check out Warp11's own page:

http://home.mindspring.com/~warp11/

 

[Ruckas]

I'm confused. The 9500pro comes with 8 pipes and slower ram right? Or does it come with 4 pipes AND slower ram?

I recently bought a 9500 nonpro, I get a call the next day from the same guy I ordered it from. He tells me that the shipping address isn't the same address on the card. Therefor he's unable to send me the chip. I said I'm moving. He said call the bank and get it changed. I said FuckOff, I just ordered $200.00 worth of ram from another website and they had no trouble with it. So he canceled my order. Now I can get a different card. Think I'm going to purchase a 9500 pro. Modding a non pro sounds fun. But I don't want to fry it.

Ruckas-

 

[AnAndAustin]

Quite simply the only difference between the Rad9500 and the Rad9500PRO is the nonPRO has 4 pipes while the Rad9500PRO has all 8 pipes just like the Rad9700 series, this effectively boosts you from Rad8500 perf to GF4TI4600 perf as a rough guide. Clocks are identical for Rad9500, Rad9500PRO and Rad9700, here's a summary...

Rad9500 -> 275/270 w/ 4 pipes & 128bit DDR.
Rad9500PRO -> 275/270 w/ 8 pipes & 128bit DDR.
Rad9700 -> 275/270 w/ 8 pipes & 256bit DDR.
Rad9700PRO -> 325/310 w/ 8 pipes & 256bit DDR.

All 3 of the cards clocked at 275/270 should hit between 325/290 and 360/350 but the 4 pipes on the Rad9500 will REALLY hold you back. One site even managed to get a Rad9500nonPRO based on the 9700PCB with 128MB so using the full 9700 style 256bit DDR BUT with only 4 pipes, this meant that even with an o/c from 275/270 to 400/310 it still struggled against a stock Rad9700nonPRO, and all Rad9500PRO with 8 pipes tend to hit Rad9700 perf even with 128bit DDR.

Of course you MAY find that Rad9500nonPRO will use the worse RAM and/or cores, they are targetted at the OEM market because they don't offer perf any where near the higher Rads inc 9500PRO. The 9700PRO should o/c even better because it should use slightly more capable RAM but with a simple BIOS flash the Rad9700 makes much more sense.