Sapphire Radeon 9500 128 mb non-Pro 160.00 SHIPPED at Newegg

[Str8UpKiller]

you must be thinking of a refurb or something. 9700 PROS have never been under 300 yet..

 

[Parasitic]

Originally posted by: Str8UpKiller
you must be thinking of a refurb or something. 9700 PROS have never been under 300 yet..

The regular 9700np (which the 9500np mods to) have been going for as low as $225.

 

[Str8UpKiller]

well I'm going to give this a shot... I'll post results in here when I get the card

 

[blackangel]

The mod works, however, your mileage may vary - my 9500 non Pro ran just as fast in 3DMark2001 as a friend's 9500 Pro - he's got an Athlon XP 1800+, I have an Athlon 1600+

The fill rates for single and multi-texturing doubled, which shows it unlocked the remaining 4 pixel pipelines on the card. I have the Sapphire Technologies red PCB board with 128MB.

Here's the results, for an Athlon Xp 1600+, 133mhz FSB with 1GB of PC 2700 Samsung memory on 1024x768 with 32bit color:
3D Marks - 8969
Car Chase Low Detail - 114.3 fps
Car Chase High Detail - 37.5 fps
Dragothic Low Detail - 175.1 fps
Dragothic High Detail - 98.4 fps
Lobby Low Detail - 114.3 fps
Lobby High Detail - 51.2 fps
Nature - 59.5 fps

Fill Rate (SIngle Texturing) - 927.1 MTexels/s
Fill Rate (SIngle Texturing) - 1103.5 MTexels/s
High Polygon Count (1 Light) - 48.8 MTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (8 Lights) - 13.4 MTriangles/s
Environment Bump Mapping - 139.8 fps
DOT3 Bump Mapping - 114.4 fps
Vertex Shader - 132.2 fps
Pixel Shader - 162.2 fps
Advance Pixel Shader - 95.9 fps
Point Sprites - 13.2 MSprites/s

This was all on Low Detail - on High Detail, scores were slightly higher: 9133 3DMarks, with slight increases in frame rates.

Here's the results, for an Athlon Xp 1600+, 133mhz FSB with 1GB of PC 2700 Samsung memory on 1024x768 with 32bit colorpost Mod:
3D Marks - 10167
Car Chase Low Detail - 122.6 fps
Car Chase High Detail - 38.8 fps
Dragothic Low Detail - 203.9 fps
Dragothic High Detail - 106.6 fps
Lobby Low Detail - 119.4 fps
Lobby High Detail - 51.8 fps
Nature - 88.2 fps

Fill Rate (SIngle Texturing) - 1563.0 MTexels/s
Fill Rate (SIngle Texturing) - 2173.5 MTexels/s
High Polygon Count (1 Light) - 49.3 MTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (8 Lights) - 12.8 MTriangles/s
Environment Bump Mapping - 177.2 fps
DOT3 Bump Mapping - 185.7 fps
Vertex Shader - 133.2 fps
Pixel Shader - 178.6 fps
Advance Pixel Shader - 174.8 fps
Point Sprites - 34.6 MSprites/s

My friend's 9500 Pro with an Athlon XP 1800+, 133FSB and 512MB of PC 2100 DDR on 1024x768 with 32bit color:
3D Marks - 10141
Car Chase Low Detail - 131.2 fps
Car Chase High Detail - 43.6 fps
Dragothic Low Detail - 200.6 fps
Dragothic High Detail - 111.4 fps
Lobby Low Detail - 123.9 fps
Lobby High Detail - 54.5 fps
Nature - 69.7 fps

Fill Rate (SIngle Texturing) - 990.1 MTexels/s
Fill Rate (SIngle Texturing) - 2171.3 MTexels/s
High Polygon Count (1 Light) - 51.2 MTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (8 Lights) - 13.9 MTriangles/s
Environment Bump Mapping - 232.9 fps
DOT3 Bump Mapping - 137.1 fps
Vertex Shader - 143.7 fps
Pixel Shader - 186.9 fps
Advance Pixel Shader - 155.0 fps
Point Sprites - 29.1 MSprites/s

Bought the card through BananaPC.com since newegg didn't have any at the time - cost was $158 including s+h. The mod definitely unlocks the remaining 4 pixel pipelines.... too bad I didn't have a faster CPU, since it scaled well when I bumped up the FSB and was running the CPU at 1800+.... not bad at all....

 

[Medellon]

I just ordered mine, let's hope it works!

 

[JImmyK]

any lack with hacking it fellas?

 

[StayPuff]

Originally posted by: Str8UpKiller
well I'm going to give this a shot... I'll post results in here when I get the card

Me too, we'll see....

 

[Str8UpKiller]

ill get mine on Friday probably.... I'd be really surprised if it worked. I have badluck with comp components.

 

[Vrangel]

Ordered one, couldnt resist.

 

[Str8UpKiller]

well at least one of us will get lucky!

 

[Mark]

i bought one as well so ill let you guys know when i get it. either way, it will definatly be an upgrade over my voodoo 3 3000.

 

[Insomniac]

Originally posted by: Mark
i bought one as well so ill let you guys know when i get it. either way, it will definatly be an upgrade over my voodoo 3 3000.

Me too. What CPU do you have?

 

[joe4324]

I thought LONG and hard about this a few days back, I was watching when Newegg first put up the new lot of RED PCB 9500's.

After looking at the benchmarks I concluded that I was better off with a 9500 Pro wich was "quite" a bit better a Non-Pro at stock speeds. The 50/50 chance the 9500np wouldnt be able to do the hack sucessfully was just too much for me. I have some "moral" issues preventing me from sending a card back that performed EXACTLY as advertised because I couldnt "hack" it. So I'd be stuck with a 9500NP that at times didnt appear much better (if at all) then a GF4 TI4200. So I spent the extra $19 and got the 9500PRO. I'm fairly certain there is no way to put it up too 9700 speeds, even with mad OC, but at least I'm garunteed a fairly fast card

 

[Glenn]

This is a 9500NP from googlegear running wizzards 9800pro hack and overclocked core to 330 and memory to 300.
MSI 655 Max, 512 Crucial Ram @150,(Winbond is on the way) P4 2.4 @ 2.7 FSB 150



Test Results 3D Mark 2003

Game Tests

3DMark Score 5014 3DMarks
GT1 - Wings of Fury 178.6 fps
GT2 - Battle of Proxycon 32.1 fps
GT3 - Troll's Lair 29.1 fps
GT4 - Mother Nature 29.8 fps
CPU Tests
CPU Score 602.0 CPUMarks
CPU Test 1 65.3 fps
CPU Test 2 11.0 fps

Feature Tests

Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 1499.4 MTexels/s
Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 2327.6 MTexels/s
Vertex Shader 15.8 fps
Pixel Shader 2.0 43.2 fps
Ragtroll 21.4 fps



Test Results 3D Mark 2001

3DMark Score 15213 3D marks
Game 1 Car Chase - Low Detail 203.8 FPS
Game 1 Car Chase - High Detail 67.6 FPS
Game 2 Dragothic - Low Detail 290.1 FPS
Game 2 Dragothic - High Detail 155.3 FPS
Game 3 Lobby - Low Detail 190.7 FPS
Game 3 Lobby - High Detail 84.5 FPS
Game 4 Nature 111.1 FPS
Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 1794.0 MTexels/s
Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 2612.2 MTexels/s
High Polygon Count (1 light) 56.6 MTriangels/s
High Polygon Count (8 lights) 15.0 MTriangels/s
Environment Bump Mapping 180.5 FPS
DOT3 Bump Mapping 251.2 FPS
Vertex Shader 193.1 FPS
Pixel Shader 227.3 FPS
Advanced Pixel Shader 66.2 FPS
Point Sprite 38.1 MSprites/s

 

[Mark]

right now an athlon 750 but i got an 1800 xp coming in the mail today

 

[Tipnmo101]

got mine today, couldn't get it to run any of the hacks without artifacts... and i can't get it out of 60 hertz when i am at 1152x864... any ideas?

 

[kevman]

Originally posted by: Tipnmo101
got mine today, couldn't get it to run any of the hacks without artifacts... and i can't get it out of 60 hertz when i am at 1152x864... any ideas?

send it back...eat the re-stock fee. That;s probably what I'll do if it don't work.

K

 

[ObiGon]

Just recived mine today from Newegg and ran the 3dmark 03 on an old AD11 with 1300 Duron and saw no visble artifacting except on the 2nd cpu test. If the checkerboarding is from a broken pipeline then wouldnt all my test have atifacts. So if this is not a broken pipeline issue maybe its something else. (Overheating , Compatiblity, Code in the drivers to disable hack). Here are my first scores...
Ill also be trying this on a NV7-133R w 1800Xp and ill post those results later tonight.

AD11 w 1300 Duron
3dmark 03 w/o hack - 2612
3dmark 03 w hack - 3497

 

[Vrangel]

Damn, doesnt look good so far. Two out of two with checkerboarding.
Newegg is about to ship mine. Well its $24 down the drain at worst, so what the heck.

 

[ObiGon]

Originally posted by: Vrangel
Damn, doesnt look good so far. Two out of two with checkerboarding.
Newegg is about to ship mine. Well its $24 down the drain at worst, so what the heck.

I would'nt feel bad yet, like a said i had only a slight checker board on the 2nd cpu test, ive ran the 3dmark 03 and 02 many times and this is the ONLY problem i saw.

 

[Vrangel]

RMA it anyway. You dont know if its gonna show up a year from now
and ruin your favorite game.

EDIT Come to think of it, can you try it on leaked Doom alpha ?
If it runs it flawlessly then maybe its ok to keep.

 

[kevman]

What's the best way to see if the hack took? also how do I benchmark before and after? I got my card to today and I am hoping to report results soon. I haven't read the hack links, should I use 3dmark 2001? or 2003?

 

[Str8UpKiller]

fillrate score in 02 is commonly used. Read the faq on the links and it will tell you what to look for.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: kevman

Originally posted by: Tipnmo101
got mine today, couldn't get it to run any of the hacks without artifacts... and i can't get it out of 60 hertz when i am at 1152x864... any ideas?

send it back...eat the re-stock fee. That;s probably what I'll do if it don't work.

K

There is no re-stock fee with newegg (at least ive never payed one), thats why i love them

 

[kevman]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: kevman

Originally posted by: Tipnmo101
got mine today, couldn't get it to run any of the hacks without artifacts... and i can't get it out of 60 hertz when i am at 1152x864... any ideas?

send it back...eat the re-stock fee. That;s probably what I'll do if it don't work.

K

There is no re-stock fee with newegg (at least ive never payed one), thats why i love them

really? do you just call them to return it???